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Fletcher · 16th January 2003

I normally hate Evans heads with a blind passion... but for certain kinds off music they can be appropriate. Needless to say, I have less than zero idea what you're going for in a drum sound... but when you mention 5 singers doing a 'gospel' kind of thing, I'm thinking a "softer" kind of drum sound.

For a softer kind of sound, some of the Evans heads might be appropriate as they're a very soft, in my experience, very "non-aggressive" sounding product [which is why I generally hate them]... but who knows, they could be right for this project [or they could suck]

Best of luck.

16th January 2003	#10
Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Suffern, NY Posts: 10,412	I normally hate Evans heads with a blind passion... but for certain kinds off music they can be appropriate. Needless to say, I have less than zero idea what you're going for in a drum sound... but when you mention 5 singers doing a 'gospel' kind of thing, I'm thinking a "softer" kind of drum sound. For a softer kind of sound, some of the Evans heads might be appropriate as they're a very soft, in my experience, very "non-aggressive" sounding product [which is why I generally hate them]... but who knows, they could be right for this project [or they could suck] Best of luck. __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliation: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light