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Originally Posted by ToneBender67  If the drum is tuned it will sound better with a front head on. |
'Better' is subjective.
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I think a mic port hole in the resonant head has a place in certain applications (live mainly), but at that rate, cut holes in the bottom of the tom heads and shove a mic in there as well.
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Sorry, that is nonsense. Toms perform a different role to the bass drum in the sound of the kit.
You are making a hard and fast rule for bass drums. In my experience, the only rule is to be flexible. This means going with whatever approach is required to achieve the sound needed for any given song or situation. Sometimes you go with the unported front head, sometimes you end up taking the front head off completely (and every approach in between).
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It's easier then taking the time to tune, but the tone of the drums goes in the crapper.
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You're implying that drummers who utilise the hole approach either can't, or can't be bothered to tune properly. Check out lot's of pictures of studio drummers (Aronoff, Gadd, Porcaro, Caliauta), oddly enough they almost always have a small hole in their front bass drum head.
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Listen to Bonham for proof of what leaving a front head on and good tuning sounds like (NOBODY got a better "true" bass drum sound then Bonzo).
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Bonham's bass drum sound was applicable to the 1970's. Things have moved on.
These days studio drummers are competing with software programs and sample replacement. Be as inflexible as you are and most likely your bass drum sound wont even make it onto the final mix.
