What’s your favorite Bass Drum Sound?

Installing a My Pillow will give your bass drum a more conservative sound.

I’ve been a drummer for over 30 years and have seen many videos on tuning . Your video is to the point, accurate and informative. Nice job and thank you

This channel is awesome. I watch it regularly even though i'm not a drummer. Keep it coming

As a beginner who is clueless and playing on a borrowed drum set, this channel is everything that I could ask for. Thank you so much for your easy to use and dedicated website and lessons that don't shame beginners and instead elevate the entire community.

Great video! Your channel is slowly becoming my favorite for drums.

Best bass drum tutorial on the internet. Learned a lot, thanks.

Excellent video! As I started playing gigs on drums about 1 year ago, I’ve been in all sorts of mixed environments, from large hall, no microphones, to stage with close microphones on all drums and cymbals. Sometimes just a microphone on the bass drum. I’ve used both wide open bass drums tuned medium low, to super low and very muffled. It all depends on the situation I find, and there is no 1 tuning/muffling to rule them all. This video does an awesome job of explaining the difference degrees of heads/tunings/muffling/beaters there are. If you gig a lot, you’re bound to use most of them eventually!

Art of Drumming is the Legend of Drumming at KZfaq... when i look this content and videos all other Creators are nothing! That Job what they made is more than professional! Such a good Work at all ways!! 🙌🏻

This is the best explanation of any instrument I have ever seen.

What an awesome video. Amazed by how the bass got deeper when you tune the reso head higher!!!! The A/B comparison here, is really useful.

That content was awesome! I had to a break to learning drum because of my school but I'm following your contents in this channel. They're so useful for me thank you so much!

This channel is ridiculously good! Best video on kicks I’ve ever seen

Great video, especially the use of the "Color Palate" analogy. There is no "best" sound, just different choice applications to serve the music you're trying to make.

Perhaps the most educative video on the topic! Kudos!

Love your channel ❤ ... Just wanna share a funny discovery I have made some months ago with my kick drum. I use a vintage 60s 20" Bassdrum with round bearing edges and long tension rods, that cause the tension on both batter and reso side being identical. I was playing around a bit with the sound. What I was looking for was a fuller, bassy sound with a medium amount of attack. The sound had a little too less tone with my solution before (Powerstroke 3 on batter + original sonor 60s reso head with hole in it) ... so I decided to go for a reso head without a hole. I choose the one I had at home, which was an original 60s wmp clear, I think single ply, head. The tone was sooo long without muffling, also with a pillow inside touching both side just very slightly on the edges I was not too happy with the sound (long sustain). so I put a tea towel instead of a filt stripe between the bassdrum und reso head. the sound was really good already. but it got even more bassy, when I put a thick round-cut 20" paper, which has a logo on it and taped it on the reso side. I used the tape method, where I made a circle with the tape to make it stick on both sides.. front and back, like you put a poster on the wall and don't want to see the tape) THE SOUND BLEW ME AWAY! I tune it super low and it somehow produces so much bass but shortens the sustain, so I created a massive sounding 20" 1960s bassdrum. Never thought, It will come out like this.

Wow, great great video! Thank you very much!

I really like the PS3 batter over PS3 reso with a port, batter tuned low reso tuned high, no additional muffling. Amazing low end tone with great attack. I also love the Ambassador over Ambassador wide open.

Fav vid BY FAR!!! Soooo cool and educational to see what effects different styles of tuning and muffling have on the sound of the drum when it’s closed mic. My fav moment was with the low batter w the high tuned reso head, to say my mind was blown is an understatement. Could you do one of these for the rest of the kit if you haven’t already?!?

Great video!

Thank you for showing all options !!!

Greatest guide for drummers here on KZfaq! Now I would like to see also great guides for the snare and toms maybe? :)

Super clear information. I learned a lot.

Very clear, concise and helpful!👍

very good information!

great video and comparisons, thank you!

OMG I've been playing and gigging for over 50 years and I just learned something about higher tuning resos...amazing. I subscribed...thanks for the info.

Very useful, informative content!

Pretty cool vid.. kick drum tuning is definitely an art.. This vid definitely covers the most important aspects, and is spot on.

6:36 one of my favourite sound. Thanks for your job.

In my opinion, this channel deserves a lot more audience, these videos have an excellent quality, hopefully they will continue for a long time. Greetings from Argentina!

What a great video..... very easy to understand

Really good video covering everything in a concise and well-explained way. Regarding bearing edges, I personally prefer fully-rounded because they are said to be easier to tune and have less ringing due to less overtones. On the other hand, sharper bearing edges are perceived as brighter or more ringing, depending on how one perceives it and have a faster attack and longer sustain, too.

Great video! Most common topics are demonstrated very well with top quality sound. Not mentioned: the effect of reso rings under the bass drum spurs (i use was machine vibration damper rings ...has the same effect as tom isolation and tom spur reso devices) , the effect of burrying the beater or rebound, the effect of tom mount on bass drum or no tom mount, the effect of toms around the bass drum, the effect of acoustics(inside, outside, dry room, reverbing room, ...) , the effect of bass drum mics and placement, the effect of EQ, compression and reverb. The effect of samples/triggers. On 18" bass drum without porthole i use external mufling with blanket on 0, 1 or both sides. Have classic type external bass drum mufflers on an old 18" practice bass drum. Use the Remo MF1122-00 Muff'l Ring Control 22-Inch Drum Muffler on an old 22" bass drum. On Maple 22" bass drum i have the evans emad front and batter and internal muffling. At accordion club i installed felt strip and also a pillow. I also change tunings based on music style, ensemble, acoustics (inside, outside, resonant room, muffled room).

Amazing run down, thank you!

perfect video thank you so much, i learned that i like both low tune with one pillow on the reso head

wow this video is has THE ANSWERS I've been searching for. Thank you sir

Back when I was strictly a hard hitting drummer (playing for Djent and pop-punk bands) I preferred the good ol 22x18 with a bed sheet. These days I still play metal (but like jazz-metal fusion stuff) but way more R&B, jazz and funk. My new favorite kick is my Tama 20x10, and I just have one rolled up towel pressed on the batter head for muffling. Extra low end resonance is my favorite so the batter is loose and the reso is on the tighter side with a port. Great vid guys

Great information, and very useful as well. I like a punchier sound yet retaining the low end. I generally like a tight crisp snare sound, and thus I like the punchy, yet low bass to meld with it.

You guys never fail to make a great video!

i am a metal drummer and i will definetely try tuning my reso head higher. i usually have had it almost loose but the sound you got there was really cool. thanks for the tip, will try it out!

This is the perfect video I never knew I wanted.

Good video, I have been playing for 32 yrs. and am always learning something new.

Such a helpful video. Thank you for doing this.

great job!

Great video

Wow! The best bass drum video on youtube! Thank you!

Wow really helpful guide

Good and unexpected insight that a higher tuned reso gives more low end Did not expect that would be the case

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Wow! You cover it all. It seems that nobody wants to consider the effect of bearing edges. Many years ago when I switched from rock and big band to smaller jazz gigs, I switched to Gretsch drums primarily because of the 33-degree bearing edges which are warmer than the previous 45-degree bearing edges which attacked. Thank you for including this.

Best tutorial on KZfaq 👍

Thank you very much!

I have two drum sets I currently use, one kept in the practice space and the other for gigs. Both bass drums have an Evans Emad on the batter side and a single ply reso head. The only dampening is on the reso head in the form of a small pillow. The live set has a 22x14 bass drum and the practice kit has a 22x18. I think I'll try the felt technique on the live kit as it's a vintage 5 ply Rogers with reinforcement hoops. I love that vintage Bonham sound.

Thank you 🙏

Cheers you are experts you do a great job you are helping me you are my favourite channel for drums! I I might go for a black suede reso head by Remo or power stroke 3 I am working on it ☺️ 🥁

I really like your near scientific approach to drum tone, it really helps take out the hand waving

18x24 maple/mahogany DW low tuning on a powerstroke 3 batter low but slightly tighter on the stock reso w/ a port pre-installed pillows that touch the bottom of both heads felt side of DW beater

Love it!

For the music I play I run a DW 22x18 with a Evans 360 eq4. Sounds like thunder with some sustain. I run just a little muffling. Love the sound I get and everyone remarks how great the bass sounds. I mostly play hard rock and this set up sounds great.

Very informative! Tnx! :-)

This is so helpful

Nice vid

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thanks you all guys this was really useful. GRacias

Excellent and instructive ! 👍👍

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Nice video!

Good info, Love that your using Sonor! One other point is the hole position of Reso. head makes a Big difference as I find at 4:30 position is the best .

that powerstroke 3 sounds amazing

Shell: 20 inch, deep-ish, round bearing edge. Head: no muffler, coated, reso head open.

I love my 24” pdp kick. I’d recommend changing the head though.

he visto muchos videos de afinacion de bombo y bateria y general, pero nada tan certero y preciso como esto. esta gente si que sabe hacer bien loas cosas

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guys, you`re amazing!

When I had my old Pearl Export, I had a 22" kick with 45 degree edges. I pretty much settled on a Fiberskyn Ambassador for the front and a EMAD 1 or 2 (really whatever one i could get, both were great) and ran the batter head and reso at the same tension, fairly low, but upwards of what a normal rock sound is because my style of metal playing needed more rebound. Before I sold the kit, I had a coated P4 on the back and man, do really enjoy a coated head, gave me some low end back which I liked. Excited for my next kit having a 20" kick, the hope being I won't have to run it with so much tension to get the same feel. Any head suggestions for a birch bass drum, nylon beater, often playing metal?

My favourite kick sound is a 22” with a pillow inside touching both heads and it being slightly more attacky and punchy. I have a 20” kick currently with the same principle. I looked for a sound that had a lot of projection, which I landed on with tuning.

thanks

This video looks expensive to make. Subscribed!

I like kick drums that fall somewhere in the middle of boomy and clicky. I bet a remo powerstroke with an open porthole reso sounds amazing

Really great video! What about making one showing overhead mic positions? Thank you!

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One doesn't simply have to be a drummer or even a wannabe drummer to subscribe to this channel. You just need to have a flair for appreciation of the art of beats.

Wow this video alone saves tens of ear training hours

Great video. One thing I would quibble with is that a longer shell gives “more tone.” I don’t know. Shorter shells will create more sustain usually. The power size toms anyway should have “more sound” on impact when played loud but less tone and pleasing sustain. They’re louder but the quality of the sound is kind of meh. The other thing for me personally on the bass drums … 18 inch deep harder to play and slower than a 17, 16 or 14. 14 x 24 and 16 x 22 the sizes I liked best for all purpose. I like the tomahawk chop of my 16 X 22 Yamaha Recording Custom 😂

I have a Pearl DLX kit, 24" Bass Drum, I use an Evans Emad, loud, nice thump, not too warm, not too bright.

Although I play more percussion, than drums. I love watching this channel! 😃👍🏻

Nice video guys, question what kind of hole cutter do you have , seems very handy ;-)

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The one pillow muffling on a bass drum sounds great for me to make a rock sound. But the clearer batter head sounds better than the coated, But the only difference is with or without Bass drum patch with a better attack.

I use Evans EMAD2 bass heads and i use the muffler ring that comes with it but no other muffling needed imo and i have Evans UV2 on the toms and STD Dry snare and i might use drum gels but i really dont need anything else, just good quality drums!

Very sensible you mentioned the need of volume. When playing with a band, especially in Pop, Rock, Metal etc. the best sound of your kick gets useless If not heard in the room. You can spend hundreds or thousands for better and louder or fatter Drums. I ended buying a 18" Subwoofer and a standard kick mike, together less than the shell of my Kick 🤭. That'll work with every standard kick.

Hi guys! Very good stuff! Would you recommend have a sponge inside the bass drum? I have a 24" PDP 805 and just ordered a Emad2 batter head. Please your recommendations.

Nicee drum drum drum

I love the sound of a plastic beater 😍

One thing you didn't mention is the use of an impact patch or dot. These can be thicker or thinner, large or small. An impact patch will bring a little more focus and punch to a bass drum sound without reducing the tone and feel as much as a pillow or blanket. My favorite sound for rock or funk is to use a felt strip on both heads across the bottom 1/4 of the drum, and an impact patch on the batter head. But if I'm playing bebop or straight-ahead jazz, I like a more open, warm sound from a more traditional head such as Fiberskyn with just a felt strip on the reso head.

Love the demos, but i wish u also included burying the beater.

Nice basketball sounds lol

Aquarian super kick 3 coated is the best bass drum head I've ever used.