Neal Pert
Silver Member
OK, so imagine you have a snare drum collection for a recording studio and you want to set up those drums to provide you a wide range of options right off the shelf. So, you want something that's always high and ping-y, something really splatty, some big dumb fat drum, a "One Headlight" drum, etc. Here are the drums you have to work with. How would you set them all up (heads, tuning, snares, whatever) to get a range of sounds?
7 x 14 Noble and Cooley SS Maple
6.5 x 14 Ludwig Black Beauty (modern)
5.5 x 14 Ludwig Jazz Festival (vintage)
5 x 14 Ludwig Acrolite (vintage)
4.75 x 14 Noble and Cooley Alloy Classic
Have at 'em. In the end, you want five distinct sounds. No swapping out snare drums here, though you can add one drum. Explain your thinking. Now, obviously all of these drums are versatile and you're going to be messing with tunings and stuff for all sorts of reasons. But just do this as a thought experiment.
7 x 14 Noble and Cooley SS Maple
6.5 x 14 Ludwig Black Beauty (modern)
5.5 x 14 Ludwig Jazz Festival (vintage)
5 x 14 Ludwig Acrolite (vintage)
4.75 x 14 Noble and Cooley Alloy Classic
Have at 'em. In the end, you want five distinct sounds. No swapping out snare drums here, though you can add one drum. Explain your thinking. Now, obviously all of these drums are versatile and you're going to be messing with tunings and stuff for all sorts of reasons. But just do this as a thought experiment.