Re: The Purpose of a Vent
Or, if you play hand drums, try this:
Play your congas the usual way (either standing or sitting) while keeping some air space under them. They'll sound great, I guarantee it.
NOW put the drums flat on the floor (or worse yet, a carpeted floor) so there is absolutely no place for the soundwaves (and the air) to go. They'll sound muffled, flat, dull and lifeless, just like covering the vent as atomcorr2 suggested.
The sound has to go somewhere, right?
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
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"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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