Kickdrum resonance-head dampening

[blackcom]

I know what kickdrum beater-head dampening sounds like, but anyone with long term experience with what resonance-head dampening sounds like and why one would do it?

[Nutmeg II.]

How about taking your time with a kick and a pillow instead of hanging in the internot?

[StereoAtLast]

I know I'm dropping some buzzwords but since I've muffled my resonant head on my kick, my kick has always been cleaner and punchier without all that vibration from the front head, I dont really go overboard with it like some people who basically turn their kick into a goddamn linen closet, and basically stuff it with everything except their mattress, muffling both heads so much it sounds like they're playing a feather pillow instead of a damn kick, but try taping some hand towels to the center of the head, and you should like the sound a lot.

I really can't stand the sound of my kick without a little bit of muffling on the front head, and that way I can slack tune it till it's basically about to fall off, thus giving me the ever popular "clicky-clicky boom-boom" sound which we've all come to know and love

[blackcom]

Originally Posted by Nutmeg II.

How about taking your time with a kick and a pillow instead of hanging in the internot?

How about unplugging the ethernet cable from your computer?

I asked about a deeper understanding of mulfling, not first hand experience.

fuuck

[chrisso]

Originally Posted by StereoAtLast

I really can't stand the sound of my kick without a little bit of muffling on the front head,

Me neither.
Really it's a matter of taste, but I like my bass drum to be a little focused.
I tune low and throw in a DW or Evans pillow type muffler.

[Nutmeg II.]

Originally Posted by blackcom

How about unplugging the ethernet cable from your computer?

I asked about a deeper understanding of mulfling, not first hand experience.

fuuck

I love you too.

Doing it is more relvealing than reading about it.
And it was a small task to do it.

Anyway like on any other drum, the reso is mainly the tone/sustain of the drum, wile the batter head will be the attack and first punch of it.

So muffeling the reso will somewhat control the overtones in the drums sustain and/or reduce the sustain.

The amount of muffling is directly related to the sustain.

[blackcom]

Ive found that the EQ pad from Evans muffles the beaterhead perfect for close micing. It will have some ambience in the room, but close mic signals will be very tight. Also, it works well for placing a Beta91a on.

[joeq]

not quite a linen closet - but I have a small blanket lying in the bottom of the drum that I can rearrange so that it touches or doesn't touch either head.

[dontfearthringo]