Bass_Dumb Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I recently purchased an Evens Emad head for my kick drum (pearl 22"). I'm a bass player but have been messing around with this kit for awhile trying to learn more about playing drums. I play mostly rock and want a very focused thump sound out of the kick. with just the evens head on everything sounds pretty good, a little tweaking needed but pretty good. when i put on the resonating head (pearl,came with the kit) it sounds terrible. it sounds really metalic if that makes sense, and resonates alot. i tried to keep it really loose, and that didn't work. tried it tighter and really tight.. no luck. so what i ended up doing was taking a rolled up blanket and instead of having it set against the batter head, i have it setting against the front head. it pretty much takes the front head out of the mix (great!) but does muffle the sound even more. thats great for what i want but i was curious as to how others would approach this problem and if i would just need to buy a new head for the front as well. and how do you all feel about the evens emad, i like so far. thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I also have the emad and this is what I do: 1. put the batter head (emad) on not real tight but not real loose. 2. put the reso head (outside head) on slightly tighter than the batter head. 3. for the inside of the drum cut "egg crate" bed foam about 15" wide and long enough to touch both heads when laid on the bottom of the bass drum. (I used small pieces of duct tape, rolled it up into small sections and connected the foam to the bottom of the drum. To tweek it out tighten or loosen the reso head and switch the emad muffle rings out until you find what your looking for. Hope this helps. BTW I love my emad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I also have the emad and this is what I do: 1. put the batter head (emad) on not real tight but not real loose. 2. put the reso head (outside head) on slightly tighter than the batter head. 3. for the inside of the drum cut "egg crate" bed foam about 15" wide and long enough to touch both heads when laid on the bottom of the bass drum. (I used small pieces of duct tape, rolled it up into small sections and connected the foam to the bottom of the drum. To tweek it out tighten or loosen the reso head and switch the emad muffle rings out until you find what your looking for. Hope this helps. BTW I love my emad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelance Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I like the EMAD heads - Every drum is different, so it's hard to offer a single solution. I normally keep my batter head (the EMAD) fairly loose. The resonant head is slightly tighter that the batter (but not much). It sounds like your blanket approach have given you the tone you wnat (although perhaps too muffled - but if it works, don't fight it). Perhaps you could try a smaller blanket (cut what you have in half) or try a small pillow, etc. Just as a bass player must try differnet guitars, strings, actions, etc until he finds "his sound" - you must do the same with drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroslav Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 For my Pearl studio kit... I use Evans blue hydraulic heads...which sound great on the studio kit. In the Kick... ...I use a medium size, loosely filled, down pillow. I like it just slightly up against the batter head... ...and I let the resonant head...resonate. I also have one of those small Evans "attack" pads on the batter head to give it a bit more "smack!!!"... I thought about trying the EMAD...but hey...why mess with it when it sounds good. I'm happy...my drummer is happy. Oh...the batter head is on fairly tight...and tighter than the resonant head. miroslav - miroslavmusic.com "Just because it happened to you, it doesn't mean it's important." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzman Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 miroslav, I had a down pillow in the bass drum of my Pearl studio set too, but found that it muffled the drum too much. I since placed a smaller amount of padding in the drum. It now has a very deep bottom. I plan on miking the beater side too with an SM57. I have my snare miked on both sides now, sounds great. An AT topside and an SM57 on the bottom. My batter head is just a little looser than the resonant head. Jazzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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