Members Xplora Posted February 13, 2003 Members Share Posted February 13, 2003 I'm a guitarist, and I managed to pick up a kit with a double kick pedal on the weekend. Finally sat down and had a bash on the kick drum... it lacks a lot of the aggression I expected. Hitting it hard doesn't seem to do it! I've worked out that I need to increase the tension in the bass drum and increase low percussive attack. One way I found does this is by psuhing the edge of the kick drum skin with my thumb as I hit it. nice muted aggressive attack. A couple people have said stuff blankets etc inside the drum but it sounds fine with it muted. Is my idea fine? Can I buy something to mute the drum? would be useful to unmute it after I've finished doing my wannabe blast beats Or do I need to use the blankets? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HulkBlood01 Posted February 13, 2003 Members Share Posted February 13, 2003 nice name, same for the guitar. I'm assuming it has no muffling whatsoever. Without having to buy anything, a blanket or towel is the way to go. You don't need anything big; just something the size of a beach towel. Throw that in there and make sure its touching the front and back heads....thats the most important part...just bunch it up on the heads. If you wanted to, you could buy a drumhead with a muffling ring built in, or something with a good amount of dampening. Anyhow, give the towel thing a try and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jokerjkny Posted February 14, 2003 Members Share Posted February 14, 2003 tighten up evenly the lugs that hold your batter head (the part of the drum that the pedal slams against) to about medium tension, and keep the resonant head (the opposite head) very loose, but tight enough to eliminate any wrinkles. like Hulk said, get something similar to a beach towel, a thin blanket or get a long flat pillow similar to what's sold in your local drum store, fold it up so its about 8 in. wide, and as long as your bass drum, and place it inside, so it touches both heads inside the drum. the point isnt to fill it with blankets and pillows, but just use enough, to just be able to touch both heads. the point isnt to muffle the drum, but keep the drum heads from fluttering too much. does your reso head have a hole? if not, get an exacto knife and use whatever you got around the house to make a stencil of either 5" diameter hole that's a little to the side of the reso head (for a more low end, thud-like, boomy sound) or 7" diameter hole right smack in the center (for a more punchie aggressive sound). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yokozuna Posted February 14, 2003 Members Share Posted February 14, 2003 tighten up evenly the lugs that hold your batter head (the part of the drum that the pedal slams against) to about medium tension, and keep the resonant head (the opposite head) very loose, but tight enough to eliminate any wrinkles. Exactly what I'm using. Gives a shorter sustain. And I already use a mufflering, so no other dampening crap needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boose44 Posted February 15, 2003 Members Share Posted February 15, 2003 You could try an Evan's EMAD. There's two different foam mufflers that attach to the outside of the drum to vary the amount of muffling. Best used in the studio or when miked maybe, but they can provide a great thud or boom. -bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Xplora Posted February 19, 2003 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2003 I stuck a pillow in there, its creating some heavy muting, i probably need to play around with it a bit more but its sounding a bit closer to the trigger styled kicks I expected to hear Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Camcos4me Posted February 20, 2003 Members Share Posted February 20, 2003 You could try a 5 inch wide piece of felt streched across the resonent head also. I have found the pillow and towel thing a bit cumbersome, I can't seem to get them to stay where I want them. The best post was about cutting the hole, I suggest the 5 inch hole in the lower portion of the head. Keep Groovin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WorshipMetallica Posted February 22, 2003 Members Share Posted February 22, 2003 Originally posted by HulkBlood01 nice name, same for the guitar. damn Metallica fans... always gotta like Explorers... (yeah... Explorers look cool) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HulkBlood01 Posted February 22, 2003 Members Share Posted February 22, 2003 Originally posted by WorshipMetallica damn Metallica fans... always gotta like Explorers... (yeah... Explorers look cool) lol yeah what can i say. I actually find them a bit uncomfortable to play; I'm an SG man myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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