what do you think guys? will this head make my 14x5.5 maple snare dead-sounding?
I'm planning to get one. Any inputs would be greatly appreciated. Thanks mucho!![]()
Yes.
It may work for you if you play out miked and want a dead, lifeless sound. If you play out unmiked it will sound like a cardboard box from the audience.
Thousands and thousands of recordings have been made with a standard snare head combo, i.e., coated single-ply 10mil batter and 2 or 3mil hazy reso. You can get a huge variety of sounds out of this combination with appropriate tuning and/or discreet muffling such as moongel.
If you play out unmiked I recommend you avoid 2-plies, rings, dots, and all that other stuff because a muffled snare drum (pins would make it severely muffled) sounds soft and dead from the audience. A bit of ring--a well-tuned snare has a pleasant ring--helps the snare sound loud and lively from the audience. If that kind of sound is too much ring for you in your practice space you can always throw a studio ring on it. (It's always worthwhile to hear your drums, with someone else playing, from a distance in a venue-sized room. Once you do you'll start pulling the muffling off of everything.)
If you play out miked, then you can fool with rings and dots and expect greater success.
Yes.
It may work for you if you play out miked and want a dead, lifeless sound. If you play out unmiked it will sound like a cardboard box from the audience.
Thousands and thousands of recordings have been made with a standard snare head combo, i.e., coated single-ply 10mil batter and 2 or 3mil hazy reso. You can get a huge variety of sounds out of this combination with appropriate tuning and/or discreet muffling such as moongel.
If you play out unmiked I recommend you avoid 2-plies, rings, dots, and all that other stuff because a muffled snare drum (pins would make it severely muffled) sounds soft and dead from the audience. A bit of ring--a well-tuned snare has a pleasant ring--helps the snare sound loud and lively from the audience. If that kind of sound is too much ring for you in your practice space you can always throw a studio ring on it. (It's always worthwhile to hear your drums, with someone else playing, from a distance in a venue-sized room. Once you do you'll start pulling the muffling off of everything.)
If you play out miked, then you can fool with rings and dots and expect greater success.