Ditch the bottom heads completely.EDIT: Sorry, I missed the part where you said "snare" drum 100 times. For toms you can ditch the heads, not a snare.

Sometimes I think drummers get a little weird about ringing. Drums ring. They are drums just their nature. You could use the Ringo/funk tuning were you tune the drum then loosen one lug a full turn. Usually it's on the bottom head, actually always on the bottom. I've never had this sound right but supposedly Ringo did. Also you could through some cotton balls inside the drum. The moon gel stuff is kinda silly duck tape does the same thing and thousands of drummers have used it. The comment about backing the drum mics off some is really good advice. The only time I wouldn't do this is drummers who play very lightly or drummers that play their hats loudly. Also the ringing tends to just make things sound more realistic and gets lost with the addition of other instruments. But again this is just what I think.as

Wow, I did not remember this post. This was for a grindcore record that turned out not sounding very good at all.

Lonesome Bulldog wrote:Ditch the bottom heads completely.EDIT: Sorry, I missed the part where you said snare drum 100 times. For toms you can ditch the heads, not a snare.Ouch!

Place a bag of salt/sugar on the outer edge of the snare. This works a treat

Take an old top head, cut a 2 inch wide ring from the outer most edge out of it, and put it on the top head. If it's too much, make it a little thinner. I've done this for years and it works great. Peace and music, Rev.p.s I know that this is a really old post, but I figured I'd post this in case a new person (like myself) checks this out looking for info.