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They thin the sound and reduce the "undesirable" honk creating a thin lifeless percusso event.

 

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The little holes were passe and too chintzy for the big players. Drummers are insatiable.

 

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They pump 700% more air and help dissipate drumming odors.

 

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Builder malfunctions start adding up...

 

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No offense, but IMO no self-respecting drummer let's his snare fall apart to 2 freakin' strands. Even if you're gigging every night you should be checking the tuning etc... consistantly. Why would you want your drums to sound like poo? Maybe you guys should have a talk?

 

On another note, I'm not even going to comment on the huge vented snare thing...

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I have had the experience of playing a vented acrylic snare made by Spaun.

What i found was that there was not a lot of beef to the sound,just a pistol shot type of crack sound,although the sensitivity was greatly enhanced therefore making ghost notes really stand out nice and clear.

A snare like this might work well for a large venue/outdoor gig,recording?nah!

I would rather have a Ludwig Black Beauty to record with!:thu:

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My (somewhat limited) experience of them is that it makes the drum much louder from the driver's seat (which some drummers love) but much thinner sounding from the audience (which most drummers are blissfully unaware of).

 

90% of any drum is heads and tuning. Get a nice acrolite or if you can afford it a supra--the most recorded snare drum in the universe. (I checked.)

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Holes in shell = loss of tone. Yuck.

 

Tone is everything. You actually want the drum to have a distiction, not just a "crack" with no beef behind it. IMO, a nice crack needs some bass to support it. Crack with "woooof". An ear-piercing gun shot is not tone.

 

Also, do we really need a snare that's louder? I mean, jeez. The only way a snare drum is "quiet" is if there are thick, 2ply heads on them tuned low....which is ok of course...but I've never heard a quiet snare drum, really. They are loud enough.

 

A couple single ply heads, tuned up but not choked, let the shell do its thing and give you tone...that should give you volume and cut-through. Yah, that's right, I don't like the vent-thing. Rant over.

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My (somewhat limited) experience of them is that it makes the drum much louder from the driver's seat (which some drummers love) but much thinner sounding from the audience (which most drummers are blissfully unaware of).

 

 

Exactly on target. Venting increases attack at the expense of resonance.

 

Arguably, the loudest snare available (Yamaha SFZ), has minimal venting and lots of resonance.

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My (somewhat limited) experience of them is that it makes the drum much louder from the driver's seat (which some drummers love) but much thinner sounding from the audience (which most drummers are blissfully unaware of).

 

 

Exactly what I was going to say. It's for more ignorant, childish types who just want to RAWK!12 That's why you see brands that are more geared towards the marketing aspect of making drums rather than the making drums aspect of making drums offering snare drums with giant holes in them. It sells!

 

And some people might prefer the sound, but I think a lot of people just get them to be like Travis Barker or the dude in 311 or whoever the hell uses them, without really understanding their affect.

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And some people might prefer the sound, but I think a lot of people just get them to be like Travis Barker or the dude in 311 or whoever the hell uses them, without really understanding their affect.

 

 

What most of those kids don't understand is studio tricks- EQ/compression/etc- to get that sound on record. They think they'll get the same sound from the snare drum right out of the box.

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haha, this topic never goes over well. If you don't like them then that is fine, but people should make up there own minds. I personally own a vented snare and love it. Would I buy another? Probably not. Does it sound great? Yea it does! They obviously aren't the most universal drum

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