Think about an empty bedroom. It's super echoey. You clap your hands and you can hear the sound reflect off all surfaces. Depending where you are in the room it could be worse or better.Absorbing is a good thing or bad? Maybe changing style to style?
Hmm. you have a point hereCarpet and rugs on the floor will absorb some high frequencies but will not absorb mids and highs. So you run the risk of unbalancing the overall tone as opposed to a broadband absorber which will lower everything more evenly.
I do the same Bo just to keep hats and bass drum from drifting. I like the plywood idea-I'd make it smaller and pre-drill holes for legs to fit. I have an old piece of plywood I may experiment with-maybe staple a rubber gripper to bottom. Have you tried the plywood Bo?Unless the entire floor is carpeted, it's negligible on how it affects your sound. When I play on a room with a bare floor, I bring a 3'x4' door mat rug I found at Home Depot for $20, and it's just there to keep my bass drum and hi-hat from floating around while I play. Because of the spurs and the bass drum pedal, my bass drum doesn't even touch the floor. Depending on the room, I may want the extra reflectiveness of no rug - Buddy Rich used to carry a 4'x8' piece of plywood to put the drums on (digging in the spikes too) so his sound wouldn't soak into anything at all, and that works too. But if you're just talking a small rug just for your kit, I don't think there's enough material to really affect your sound any. Of course, you'll discover this the more you go out with the kit and play in various places with and without the rug.
Not inside a room. But I did an outdoor thing on a football field and had two 4x8’s to set up on so I wouldn’t mess up the field. Totally helped my projection.I do the same Bo just to keep hats and bass drum from drifting. I like the plywood idea-I'd make it smaller and pre-drill holes for legs to fit. I have an old piece of plywood I may experiment with-maybe staple a rubber gripper to bottom. Have you tried the plywood Bo?
Mostly straight up so I‘m sure you heard it. Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection.Not inside a room. But I did an outdoor thing on a football field and had two 4x8’s to set up on so I wouldn’t mess up the field. Totally helped my projection.
If anything they sounded good to me, which helps me play more relaxed, not having to totally beat up the kitMostly straight up so I‘m sure you heard it. Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection.