| Joeq-
Those are some great ideas, a few I'd never thought to try.
I do use the internal muffler (tone control is the vintage term) on my Supra's (my "go to" snare for recording) and haven't noticed any detuning going on. Of course I turn it to where it just barely touches the head. I suppose if you were to crank it to where the felt pad is pressed hard against the head you'd have some tuning issues.
Soupking-
I'm pretty much anti-muffle (I usually use one felt strip on the batter side of the kick and the tone control knob on the snare, sometimes) but there are instances where you have to use it. I have a 7x14 Radio King snare that's a tad too lively in the studio, I usually just fold a napkin in four and tape it to the reso side of the drum. A lot of people tend to attack the batter side with tape and all sorts of other things, but try some muffle on the reso sometime, I find it works as well (if not better) and doesn't kill the batter head response.
Good Luck! |