drum decay control drum resonance vs spill drum sustain mixing dynamic EQ drums frequency bracketing gating drum tails snare resonance control tom ring removal transient shaper drums 27th Jan 2026 Why Your Drum Tails Sound Chopped: Balancing Natural Decay Against Spill The Problem in One Sentence You want to remove cymbal bleed from the tom mics, but every time you gate them, the tails get cut off and the drums sound like cardboard. This is one of the most common fr … Read more