| I usualy try to place the hole in the reso as close to the muffle ring of my Reso as possible, leaving just 1cm between it and the hole.
A head has it's fundamental note close to the center and the closer you get to the rim the more overtones you get.
If you cut dead center, it will A.) make the fundamental note disapear and B.) let the most AIR out of the kick.
In both cases you lose the fatness.
The size matters to, the bigger the hole the less tone the reso will bring into play.
In fact on a 22" kick haveing a hole larger than about 7" will take the reso completely out of the equation.
I usualy keep the hole around 4".
With the Recording Customs I would recommend trying to go with no hole first to get some body.
Keep muffeling low and try to muffel only one side at first.
For metal I would once again use a Beta91 inside with something on the reso for the balls (SubKick, Ribbon, LDC, (a Beta52 does sound surprisingly well here)).
If you get the kick sound right you can do it with just one mic inside the hole (paralell to the shell).
Mic placement will depent much on your room, the set and the drummer so you got to try it your self. Yet best is to sit in the CR and let the assistant move the mics. |