Rack And Floor Tom Setup
I wouldn t hit all the drums in every song necessarily.
Rack and floor tom setup. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Learn tips for setting up the floor tom in this free video of drumming tips on how to set up a drum kit. Most toms range in size between 6 and 20 inches 15 and 51 cm in diameter though floor toms can go as large as 24 inches 61 cm. I still own 8 10 12 and 14 toms 14 used to be rack floor tom now it has legs due to worldmax dss.
How to create floor space using no leg stands. It is not to be confused with a tam tam a gong the tom is popular and used by players worldwide. It is somewhat of an unconventional formation and you won t see it that often. Drum racks save space by eliminating the need for cymbal stands tom tom hardware bass drum hardware and floor tom hardware.
Side stealth racks easier set up tear down 4. David pakman is a longtime. The purpose of a drum rack is to save drum set space and to allow maximum resonance from your drums. One rack tom and two floor toms.
In addition drum racks utilize tom mounting systems like r i m s allowing the drums to resonate more clearly. We ve referenced the idea of getting bass drum like sounds out of your floor tom in the past and continue to receive questions about this so we decided to co. These formations usually take more space and are a good solution for those who prefer larger toms. 12 this way there s minimal difference in positioning and body mechanics when you move back and forth between the snare and floor toms.
As for floor toms the same rules apply as for the mounted toms but a good place to start is to mirror the height of your snare drum with the floor tom angled in toward you just a bit. Using the triple platform tom mount w stealth rack 3. How to convert floor toms to rack toms. A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares named from the anglo indian and sinhala language.
Moving on with the best drum setup debate we have one rack tom combined with two floor toms. How to mount electronics to your setup. One smaller component usually a. My ideal kit would have 3 rack toms 8 10 12 a 14 in betweener that i could configure either way at least a 16 floor tom and an optional 18.