You’re on the right track!
You just need to have a different perspective: what you’re turning down isn’t the tom, but what the microphone is picking when you’re striking the tom. In this case, the snare moves from the energy released by the tom. The snare bottom mic is right next to the snare wires, so when they move, the wires are relatively louder than the toms.
If you want to try it and see that the toms really are there, you can solo the Snare Bottom microphone and add an EQ to it. Add a low pass filter at around 500 Hz and turn up the volume. Make sure that you have bleed enabled ; )
Erik Berglund — Toontrack
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