Drum-El
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I have a 22" Yamaha Oak Custom kick that I'm having a bit of a problem with. Some of you guys may know I can get a bit obsessive with drum sounds, and I've been focusing on really refining my kick lately. I feel like I am at a point in my understanding of the craft that I can get just about any sound I want out of any other drum, but that my kicks are always a step behind.
Anyway, so this drum wide open with no muffling of any kind sounds great with PS3 over PS3 with hole. The attack and impact is absolutely perfect, but of course the thump is a little lacking because of the cancellations that happen in a wide open kick drum. There is also a ring happening after the original sound fades that seems to be about an octave above the fundamental. Like the drum goes BOOOOOMeeeeee. I tried a small pillow in the drum, volume diminished, attack muted down considerably, but it started thumping a lot better. However, that after ring became more pronounced. The more I muffle it, the more pronounced the ring gets.
The drum sounds the best wide open, but it needs something to tone it down just a bit without killing all that attack and body. I have tried even placing a small hand towel, folded into a square, sitting in the middle of the drum not touching either head and it STILL sounds too muffled. What's the deal with this?
I also tried using just a small 1' square piece of cloth rolled up and placed on the outside of the batter head so none of the internals of the shell are getting muted. This sounds worst of any of them because it makes that after ring quite loud by comparison to all the others.
Any of you guys really understand the physics behind the kick drum who can maybe help me maximize the sound of this thing?
Anyway, so this drum wide open with no muffling of any kind sounds great with PS3 over PS3 with hole. The attack and impact is absolutely perfect, but of course the thump is a little lacking because of the cancellations that happen in a wide open kick drum. There is also a ring happening after the original sound fades that seems to be about an octave above the fundamental. Like the drum goes BOOOOOMeeeeee. I tried a small pillow in the drum, volume diminished, attack muted down considerably, but it started thumping a lot better. However, that after ring became more pronounced. The more I muffle it, the more pronounced the ring gets.
The drum sounds the best wide open, but it needs something to tone it down just a bit without killing all that attack and body. I have tried even placing a small hand towel, folded into a square, sitting in the middle of the drum not touching either head and it STILL sounds too muffled. What's the deal with this?
I also tried using just a small 1' square piece of cloth rolled up and placed on the outside of the batter head so none of the internals of the shell are getting muted. This sounds worst of any of them because it makes that after ring quite loud by comparison to all the others.
Any of you guys really understand the physics behind the kick drum who can maybe help me maximize the sound of this thing?