Greetings Folks.
I am thrilled with the kicks, snares, cymbals, hats, etc., but struggle with Toms that sound great in a mix. I have Loop Loft, That Sound, Woodshed and a bunch of others…
Any suggestions appreciated.
My guess it’s because frequency are very closed to the Kick especially for the Bass Tom. Try acoustic one or lower in pitch a Mid Tom and put a bit of Overdrive to it then… Try a Filter to remove some of the Low Frequency on Electronic Tom can help too as it will make room for the Kick without too much frequency clash.
Try Micro-Timing so it’s not that much on the exact same position to the Kick. Micro-Timing before or After and then choose the groove effect will suit better to your track… generally i prefer before… but sometimes after work better.
Tuning your Toms well is very important too. (when you sound design them)
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better ask william 
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Mr. William_WiLD,
I really appreciate the suggestions. I will give them a try this weekend.
Thanks Brother!!
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Thanks lionstone.
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To elaborate a bit more, my toms seem to have a slight latency that I never experienced using my old Boss DR-880. I don’t have this issue with my Kick, Snare, or anything else, just toms.
So micro timing can fixed that i think… then you can Rework the Attack of the Synthesis …
Sometimes it’s too long decay and release giving that feel of a delay, because the sound loose himself opposed to the general groove
If you use sample check your sample maybe there’s some silence at the beginning … if it’s that change the sample player position to a better timing 
You can eat a bit of attack maybe it will not be heard too much, and make things proper on beat
I don’t know anything about micro timing, but I will pursue it.
Yes, I am using Loop loft samples. Not sure how to fix any possible silence though…
If sample Tom loosed a bit compared to other sound try first to fix any silence in the beginning of the file with STA parameter (you should be satisfied with that… then try micro-timing)
If it’s working FIX your sample 
and re-import them in the RYTM so it won’t happen again
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Micro Timing is Page 41 you shift your Tom Trigs to the left
If Sample START parameter doesn’t fix your issue
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Thanks for this detailed help William.
I just got to wondering if a small part of my issue with toms has anything to do with panning. I pan my toms left to right…
Excellent. Will try this. 
I like the toms in gold babys 909 sample packs…tape 909…super 909.
Obv they are from the 909 but then beefed up
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Beef is good!
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Tom Jones
Tom Petty
Tom and Jerry
My 2 ct
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with the Tom Tom Club…. Tha Backbone of the Talking Heads…. Chris Frantz maybe want to share his Toms
Clearly some people have been eating a lot of Corn Flakes.
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