Try tuning or different heads?
Hey guys, more newbie questions:
I'm not 100% happy with my drum sounds. I opted for 2-ply everywhere (except resos) and starting to second-guess myself.
All I know about drums is mainly from playing guitar with drummers and hanging with drummer friends talking gear. I like the sounds of my jazzer friends much more than the rock guys.
Here's my issue: my kit seems to sound best when played loud.
When I bought the thing, it had single ply batters on all but 1 tom. They rang like nobody's business and I didn't care for that sound. So I figured some judicious use of pre-dampened heads would help. Changing first my snare, I loved the HD Dry. Then got EC2's for my toms. They do sound pretty good. Then got the EMAD2 and finding it tougher to dial in.
Now I can't pretend I have tried a lot of different tunings OR that I know what I'm doing... I just want to be able to get a more lively response using light touch. Trying to use the right adjectives, there seems to be more attack than I want to hear. It's possible that 2-ply heads are not for me, or that pre-dampened was the worng choice. I intend to try other heads eventually but the current batters are practically new. Can't justify blowing more cash just yet.
Last comment is that I do notice a lot of ring gets buried in the mix while playing and maybe a certain amount is really aceptable? Surely this effect is increased with other instruments playing (I only noodle alone in my basement).
So I'm very curious to try some coated single ply heads, maybe fiberskyn or soemthing (and eventually will). Or possibly I can get closer to what I want by tuning differently?
Help a young & naive brother out! Thanks [EDIT: Wait a second, I'm not young]
Last edited by Natman; 09-02-2016 at 09:21 AM.
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