Fat and shallow

Jay Barracato

Jay Barracato

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Jan 11, 2011
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I m not a drummer.I am just the guy who gets the signal but I really like the sound of fat and shallow kick drums.

A 24 x 14 nicely tuned is heaven.

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Re: Fat and shallow

Bass/kick drums are not the heavy lifting in the drum world wrt lug clearing, since they typically only get hit dead center so preferentially excite just the fundamental and not the sundry higher pitch overtones. A Fat/shallow aspect ratio should have stronger coupling between batter and resonant head. You don't say but I ASSume both heads are mounted.

Regarding one head vs two heads mounted.. The larger diameter 24" will sound a lower pitch fundamental note than smaller diameter kicks, all else equal. Two heads mounted will make a higher pitch fundamental note than one head alone.

YMMV..

JR
 
Re: Fat and shallow

Jay Barracato said:
A 24 x 14 nicely tuned is heaven.

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That is the FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT thing to ANY drum.

When the drum is properly tuned-it is real easy to use pretty much any mic and get a decent sound.

But when the drum is not tuned-we have all sorts of "best mic for kick drum" threads. That is like trying to figure out what drug is best to reduce the pain of a broken leg. When you fix the leg-the pain goes away.
 
Re: Fat and shallow

Ivan Beaver said:
That is the FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT thing to ANY drum.

When the drum is properly tuned-it is real easy to use pretty much any mic and get a decent sound.

But when the drum is not tuned-we have all sorts of "best mic for kick drum" threads. That is like trying to figure out what drug is best to reduce the pain of a broken leg. When you fix the leg-the pain goes away.
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I am starting to think you guys might suspect me of using some sort of innuendo or double meanings in my post titles...

Actually Ivan's principal should be the first and foremost for any system/ any instrument. If it sounds good at the source, everything downstream from there should be easy.

As for the drum, I guess my liking is that the two heads couple faster and give a cleaner impact delay. We have floor toms that also go really low, and I think what I am hearing is that a really deep kick (size not fundamental) tends to not have as much tonal separation from the tom. The lower fundamental also allows for more room in the mix for the bass guitar's tone.
 
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