Dipschmidt
Senior Member
What difference would it make switching from a regular bass resonant head to a porthole head?
sorry to resurrect this threat again but with a small porthole will the rebound of the beater be a dramatic change? i like to have a lot of rebound for my heel toe, but with my gig my band's playing we need a reso head with a porthole to mic it.
I dont know how small you are talking but yes any hole big enough to mike will have noticibly less rebound. Thats been my experience anyway. Might be ways to get some back like tuning the head up some if you can.
the bass head is tuned up really tight right now, and I'm talking about a 4" porthole somewhere in the bottom right corner of the reso head
yeah thats true, but if i do get i'd pretty much be using it for the next couple of years, because I don't like switching out heads (especially bass drum heads) often, so it would stay on my kit for quite a while. but when it comes to rebound will a 4" make a big difference with the beater? and is there a major difference between (in the feel of the batter) between a 5" and a 4" hole? I'm thinking about either getting a EMAD resonant head or get a white head and cut a 4" hole myself
sorry to resurrect this threat again but with a small porthole will the rebound of the beater be a dramatic change? i like to have a lot of rebound for my heel toe, but with my gig my band's playing we need a reso head with a porthole to mic it.
Why do you need a porthole to mic your bass drum?
To be perfectly blunt and in my opinion, a lot of drummers/engineers/soundmen don't know how to properly mic a bass drum reso by knowing and using the correct microphones and especially the correct placement of the bass drum microphone.
Dennis
That's exactly why a hole is needed, unless you are doing it yourself.
I love an un-ported head, but reality came into play, and I had to install a 4" hole (I used a HOLZ).
I wouldn't go over 4" if you want any rebound.
I won't go over 4" period, because I hate the sound of a mic inside a shell.
On most shows, I can bring my own D112, and place the mic pointing mostly toward the side of the shell so I don't get any or much click. The rest is in the hands of the soundguy.
Why do you put up with mediocrity when you know how to mic it without the use of the porthole?
Dennis
Because choosing to use a porthole is not putting up with mediocrity, its choosing to use a different sound/feel. I prefer the feel with a small port and have no issues getting the sound I want from the drum