Bass Drum Resonant Head Hole Or No Hole

Hole or no hole.

Bass drum resonant head hole or no hole.

I did the ported head with a flat toneless bass drum and the mic up near the batter head during the 80s mainly to appease foh sound engineers. I used a holed head for a long time and even bought another bd that came with a hole in the resonant head. I ve worked at perfecting my bass drum sound over the past five years striking a balance between a live organic but controlled tone and am not going to sacrifice a great natural sounding bass drum just to make it easier for the foh guy to. I ve always played a bass drum with a port hole in the resonant head so that i could feed a microphone inside the bass drum.

I want to hear feedback from a drummer s point of view bass drum reso head hole or no hole. It doesn t take much force to activate the resonant head which means your drums will be nice and sensitive for lighter playing. Bass drum reso heads. Generally the resonant drumheads in this category are best for softer and medium volume styles of music.

I ve been thinking about this a lot lately and would like to get some solid answers. I know a lot of engineers complain if there is no hole but screw em. A bass drum port hole size wider than 7 inches will sound like you have no resonant drumhead at all. I then put a head with a hole for a record i was producing but not playing on.

Stephen taylor drum lesson subscribe to my channel or i ll smash your bass drum. Do you need a bass drum port hole. Recently i went back to a full front head and i am sooo happy. If you ve got something larger you can get away with a slightly larger hole.

These port hole sizes are for 20 to 24 inch bass drums.