Thank you!

MVP!!

Thank you! so dmb the OP didnt think this would had been helpful in the description. Almost clicked off this vid 100% due to that bs fact he didnt put timestamps in, until I saw your comment. You tha man!!!

Thanks for watching! I appreciate the comment!

Glad you enjoyed it!

really appreciate the comment

Thanks so much for stopping and leaving the comment. Your comment is as appreciated as my video was to you. Glad it helped! New drum recording video coming out soon you may like!

Glad you enjoyed it! I love the smooth white Powerstroke a lot myself! I bought it to use as a resonant bass drum head and tried it in the batter and absolutely loved and was surprised by it!

So glad you enjoyed it!

Really appreciate that comment!

Appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks so much for sharing! Glad you dug the video!

That’s what I’m using on my other crush kit right now. Fantastic batter head. Good choice!

Glad it helped!

Thank you too!

So glad you like it!

So glad it helped!

Agreed. It’s one that surprised me. I ended up really liking it for a more attack sounding kick tone

I was too actually!

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it!

More than welcome! Hope it helped!

@@roycox4415 yes! Ty!😀

Appreciate you checking it out!

I agree!

Back in the day we didn't have bass drum specific heads. I don't think the PowerStroke 3 and Evans EQ1 and 2 came out until 1990. PinStripes, Emperors, and C.S. were the more popular back then.

Couldn’t agree more! I’ve been tinkering for 2 decades and still find I need more time to find the elements I love

Yes that’s a great head and one I’ve recorded with a lot

Yes it was a process but worth it. Something I would want to see so I figured what the hell!

oh my god you're kidding! I couldn't see your name. who is this?!

Just found your Instagram and sent you a message

Definitely.. Still the best bass drum head ever made by evans.

Couldn’t agree more. One of my all time favorite bass batter heads.

actually they replaced it with emad2 which has the same 6.5 mil + 10 mil thickness but they added a removable dampening foam ring. so basically it's the same head.

specially the eq 2 resonant head

Haha! How did you even find this?!

I searched you up on here to check out your channel cover photo. I just updated mine with one of your shots. I told Erin to tell you I’ll create a new one for you if you want! I appreciate you brother!

I get Tom noise also but I try and make sure the kick tuning is sitting nicely below the floor Tom range so they don’t compete. You can try to place a small pillow on the floor directly underneath of the floor Tom to absorb the resonance and/or put a small piece of toilet paper taped to the bottom edge of the resonant head on that floor Tom to help that and the decay in general. I always have to cut some sustain from the floor anyway.

I don’t use a drum dial so I don’t have the tension settings but I think I have the tune bot settings in the video which is the closest I have. The batter heads were nearly around 45-52 all the way around on each lug and the resonant head was around 58-65 all the way around.

I do find the superkick heads to have the most low end. I would try a Superkick 2 on that 20”. I don’t use them on my 22’s because they actually have too much low end for my recording tastes

@@roycox4415 Thanks for the response. Ill check it out! I note you didn't play the Evans G2. Do you have experience with those? Do you think they might give more volume?

You're welcome!

I would probably use a super kick II for that type of tone

I would probably keep the pilllow in there from what I’ve experimented with. The ps3 has great attack and a good full sound but it’s definitely still on the open side of things. Not like a straight emperor or ambassador of course but open enough that a bit of pillow in there will absorb some of the hollow sound in the bass drum, especially for recording.

One other question. Does the impact patch that comes with it be installed on the inside or the outside? I bought the Aquarian super thin kick pad that I want to put on this Batter. Do I still use/need the impact patch then?

@@normnashtynash8815 you want to put the patch on the outside of the batter head where the beater makes contact with the head. The patch gives a little more attack in some cases but mainly reinforces that spot so the head lasts longer

@@roycox4415 Great. Then I will use my Aquarian super thin kick pad instead as the replacement. That is what I thought but I wanted to make sure

A great all around head!

Better lugs we’re around 52 and the reso lugs we’re around 65 on the tune bot

Can’t go wrong with a ps3. Always sounds great and can be used for any genre

Your first question. I have tried both and although they are very similar in what you end up hearing in the recording, the eq3 has a touch more low end bloom to me and is one of the all around best choices for a reso bass head in my opinion but either will work. Usually the thicker the reso head, the more sustain you will get. I also like old school clear or coated ambassadors on the bass reso head. Less bottom end but a nice punch. I did try the non felt version on the batter and I actually thought it sounded decent but to me it didn’t punch as nicely as the Powerstroke 3 batter head that it seemed to want to sound like so I prefer the Powerstroke 3 clear and coated on the batter if I’m going to go Remo. If I’m using Evans than I prefer the eq2 clear for open and the gmad for pre dampened. Unfortunately I have not tried the resotone on the toms yet. I honestly thought that the resotone heads were overpriced for what they ended up sounding like, aside from the kick resonant head with the felt strip. I also found that the felt strip did very little in dampening the sustain which is why I also use a cylindrical pillow against the inside of that resonant head. They charge too much for the reso tone heads in my opinion so I’d rather go with time tested Remo ps3’s or Evans EQ series, etc. Hope that helps out some! Roy

Thanks Roy. Yes totally helps! So one more thing, just to clarify, you did try the reso-tone felt on the kick reso? Cheers

Yes I tried that head on the reso and really like it! Look at the drum recording video I recently posted and you will see that head on the drums and hear it

@@roycox4415 Thanks Roy! Ya, sorry about all the questions, but I'm just abit nervous because I'm preparing for a drum recording coming up that I'm engineering/recording, and I just want it to go well, and want to choose some good heads to help me out abit for what I'm going for. I've recorded drums abit before, and used to play alot of drums, but it's a new kit that I've never recorded with, and I haven't experimented with alot of different heads before, but I am confident in my ability to tune, and tune for the situation/room, so I should be fine. If anything though, what I've struggled with the most on recordings in the past is kick. I've always been able to get inside kick sounds I'm happy with, but I've always been let down by my outside kick sound results, and I am a fan of good outside kick sounds, and also mics/gear isnt the issue. I think a big part has been using beat up/shitty drums that dont tune well, older heads, and sometimes the player, but the kit I'm using shouldnt be too bad. I just got a Pearl Reference Series kit 22/16/12/10 so should go fairly good! I think Ive decided on Coated Emps for all the batters, Clear Ambassadors for bottoms, and now just trying to decide on kick. I'm thinking a P3 Coated or Smooth White with a beater pad, and either the EQ3 or Resotone for the reso. Whats your opinion, should I get a Felt Tone or regular Resotone for the Reso? (I am going to likely add muffling inside anyway, and cut a port hole so not sure if I should go for an un dampened reso, and then just dampen to taste after? What do you think?

@@jamescassidy4045what type of music are you recording?

It’s funny you wrote this comment. After years and I mean years of experimenting with drums in the studio setting I can’t tell you how much your statement hit home for me. When you first start working with tuning and prepping drums for recording tend to lean towards more muffling and trying to get the drums to sound in front of you like what you’re hearing in your favorite tracks, songs, etc. I chased that for years until I realized that what the drums sound like I front of me is absolutely not what they may sound like when recorded. I used to love the Superkick series but now it sounds to muffled and hip hop like for me. The Powerstroke has become my favorite along with heads like the emperor and controlled sound on bass drum. The thing these helps help with, when chasing a great all around tone, is great attack and a full low end that comes out when miked up. I used to muffle my snares way to much until I learned to tune better and now I’m going back to thinner heads or something like a controlled sound with no muffling. Again it all goes back to what sound you are looking for. Remember that hearing less low end when playing and seated behind the drums doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not there, you may just have more attack then you are used to hearing.

@@roycox4415 after a few days of it being on I actually like the sound now! I think your ears have to adjust and when i played with ear protection i could actually hear more of the low end weirdly. I think the cymbals were masking the bass drum and my ears hadnt quite adjusted to the new eq of where the kick now is. Ill see how it goes but i quite like the sound now. I also agree about the room, i think if i get someone else to play it that might be a good test

Not much of a difference between those two heads although the dot added a tiny bit of attack to the inside kick mic tone when recording. Nothing you might hear out loud in the room though. Some of the heads however had a much larger difference in how it “felt” when playing. Like the thicker coated heads from Aquarian. Definitely a feel difference to me.

I like to tune low so I'm pretty sure that my batter on each lug was around 50-54 and the reso lugs were around 65. That's usually about where my heads sit with a tune bot

@@roycox4415Sounds great in your recording- exactly how i have mine Set ;)!

@@texxhexxmm appreciate that! My favorite tuning combo

@@roycox4415 also on 24" Kick?

Was thinking about doing just that!

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Nice!

It’s called a tunebot

Love that one also!

hey bro!

@@roycox4415 Love what you do and doing. Keep it going.

The ambassador or emperor will give you a very open, boomy sound. I really loved both of them when I tried them during this video.

That’s a great head and one of my favs also!

Thanks so much! That snare always sounds great!

Haha! You’re right! I must have taken the wrong take of that head and matched it up. It’s the correct sound for that bass head but probably wrong take of video. Nice catch!

I need to learn that technique, that’s efficiency.

He picked a relaxed easy to repeat middle volume. About the only way to make it through capturing all the sounds in a short time. It would have been nice to have a low to high volume sequence for each head, but that would have added 10% more time to get it done.

You must not have watched the whole video. I show 7 of the Aquarian drumheads

I agree but that has nothing to do with why this video was made or testing the tonal differences between a bunch of different heads. Thanks for sharing.

Yes it is!