BenOBrienSmith
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Seriously though- tune your reso head! We had a blast putting together this episode exploring a few different intervals between the batter and reso, keeping the batter the same.
Seriously though- tune your reso head! We had a blast putting together this episode exploring a few different intervals between the batter and reso, keeping the batter the same.
Curious how much of this effect would carry over to a ported 16inch Bass drum. I’m assuming it would still be there but less dramatic because the port takes up more surface area on the reso head?
Is the pearl pilllow similar to the Evans bass pillow thingy?That seems a reasonable hypothesis. I wouldn't know from experience. I've neither owned nor played a 16" bass. My 22" has a ported reso, and I can confirm that, as the video demonstrates, the reso's tension affects the tone and sustain of the drum. My only muffling is a compact black pillow made by Pearl. It's much smaller than a bed pillow, consuming minimal space in the shell.
Yes, the Pearl is different material but they serve the same purpose, very light weight versatile dampening options...I remember starting in the 80’s where we had huge portholes in the middle of the reso and duck down pillows (I used to tickle the front row with feathers doing double bass 16ths!), which goes some way to explaining an historic focus on the batter head! Engineers loved us in the 80’s!! ? Great video that really covers off the subject (as per usual!).Is the pearl pilllow similar to the Evans bass pillow thingy?
My recommendation would be to scale the port appropriately if you *MUST* use one. A 3-4" diameter port seems like the way to go. I'm quite happy without a port on my 16" kick.Curious how much of this effect would carry over to a ported 16inch Bass drum. I’m assuming it would still be there but less dramatic because the port takes up more surface area on the reso head?
Yes, the Pearl is different material but they serve the same purpose, very light weight versatile dampening options...I remember starting in the 80’s where we had huge portholes in the middle of the reso and duck down pillows (I used to tickle the front row with feathers doing double bass 16ths!), which goes some way to explaining an historic focus on the batter head! Engineers loved us in the 80’s!! ? Great video that really covers off the subject (as per usual!).
I was recently talking with someone who stated that a ported kick head is just a bill board once you put that hole in it. I didn’t want to get into that so I left it alone.As usual, a first-rate experiment reveals startling results. A common belief is that a ported reso head is nothing more than a decoration, as the incision renders it incapable of producing tone or influencing the length of a note. That notion is clearly false. Thanks for providing carefully wrought content from which all drummers can benefit.
I liked the looser tuning the best also but all 3 were ok.The looser head sounded best to me. I heard more attack and punch. The medium tuning has a nice tone, I guess, but is too boomy for me.
I liked the looser tuning the best also but all 3 were ok.
I was recently talking with someone who stated that a ported kick head is just a bill board once you put that hole in it. I didn’t want to get into that so I left it alone.