konaboy
Pioneer Member
So just wondering how guys are getting a nice punchy sound with a D6 and an unported head with nothing in the kick.
We just put a kicking sound system in last week at church and for the first time the kit is mic'd. Yamaha Nexo speakers, 2-dyna 2/12 subs, 48 channel digital yamaha board and a nice series of power amps pushing it all. The kit is a yamaha stage custom and it has the stock unported yamaha head, I put a small 1 1/2"-2" wide strip of felt between the head and the shell on the batter and reso. The kick mic is a D6 which I love. Now the company who installed it said they've had better luck getting a better bass drum sound with a ported head with the D6
Right now the only thing I know that is on the kick is a gate. Before I go punching a hole in the head should I be looking at adding some compression and eq to tighten up the bass sound to get a little more punch out of it or am I better off just putting a port in it and being done with it? I am behind a shield so I know I'm getting some reflection as well.
We just put a kicking sound system in last week at church and for the first time the kit is mic'd. Yamaha Nexo speakers, 2-dyna 2/12 subs, 48 channel digital yamaha board and a nice series of power amps pushing it all. The kit is a yamaha stage custom and it has the stock unported yamaha head, I put a small 1 1/2"-2" wide strip of felt between the head and the shell on the batter and reso. The kick mic is a D6 which I love. Now the company who installed it said they've had better luck getting a better bass drum sound with a ported head with the D6
Right now the only thing I know that is on the kick is a gate. Before I go punching a hole in the head should I be looking at adding some compression and eq to tighten up the bass sound to get a little more punch out of it or am I better off just putting a port in it and being done with it? I am behind a shield so I know I'm getting some reflection as well.