criz p. critter
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If doing a port offset to side and bottom, you definitely have to locate it between two lugs to get an even tension when tuning.
To port or not to port...and where?
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If doing a port offset to side and bottom, you definitely have to locate it between two lugs to get an even tension when tuning.
Rattlin' Bones
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BrokenStick
Junior Member
Put that in the bank. Think I will go cut a hole in snare reso and see what that does.
Rattlin' Bones
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They do sell those gosh-awful snares with giant ports in shell.
eric_B
Senior Member
Or a lot of little ones!
The Pork Pie Vented Little Squealer comes to mind.
In fact, I own one
Rattlin' Bones
Gold Member
Mic on unported bass reso head. Herlin Riley last weekend at Jazz St Louis. This was AFTER his band performed. He stayed around and did mini-clinic for some young drummers.
Sounds good to me!
PS: Ignore the video-bomber (hey I was having a good time lol)
Unported Bass Played by Herlin Riley
Sounds good to me!
PS: Ignore the video-bomber (hey I was having a good time lol)
Unported Bass Played by Herlin Riley
jda
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@Rattlin' Bones
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Rattlin' Bones
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@Rattlin' Bones
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jda
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well three things. non-ported bd is all the way thru- the 3 cds (they're on youtube) every tune and 3) It's new Orleans style like Herlin (Herlin may have been after Idris with Ahmad) and if you thought you danced before just wait
Rattlin' Bones
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Yup - Idris is about 18 years older than Herlin. Thanks, JDA. I'm adding them to my Tidal.well three things. non-ported bd is all the way thru- the 3 cds (they're on youtube) every tune and 3) It's new Orleans style like Herlin (Herlin may have been after Idris with Ahmad) and if you thought you danced before just wait
single-ply
Senior Member
I'm just weird, I guess, but the bands I play with say I sound best when the batter head is ported right in the middle.
RVC
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Not weird at all, @single-ply! It’s a great, familiar sound that’s on a million recordings and fits in a mix of instruments like one of them round pegs (like how Forrest Gump fit in the Army).
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DutchDrummersDreams
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Mr Watts was a fan of the centre hole too 
AudioWonderland
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RVC
Active Member
Good catch! Hmmm… I’m trying to picture how a center-ported batter head would “sound”!He said batter head...
Captain Bash
Silver Member
But look at the amount of laundry he has in the drum, over 50% filling !
Iristone
Silver Member
I had a bass drum that's got a lovely attack without a front head, but it will sustain a pitched note that gets into the way of the bass guitar. The dampening could be necessary to reduce that.
Either way it's a valid tone, as long as it fits the music. It may be wise to have a full, offset-ported, centre-ported, and big-ported heads in handy to fit different musical scenarios.
Either way it's a valid tone, as long as it fits the music. It may be wise to have a full, offset-ported, centre-ported, and big-ported heads in handy to fit different musical scenarios.
DutchDrummersDreams
Platinum Member
Also single ply heads and no strip (on the first picture).