With smaller bass drums, especially in Jazz, such a sound can be. Such a sound can lose a lot of articulation if you play faster note sequences and combinations between hands and feet. For his playing style and the note sequences he uses, it works fine. The other extreme is wide open, like Keith Carlock (when he's allowed to use his preferred sound). You remove drum volume the more you mute the heads. But, you really have to bring up the kicks in the mix to hear what's happening. Metal drummers like it for fast dble bass stuff. It is the popular sound but, I dislike it. You get definition but, no real low end bass presence. All you get is a dry, dead, thud, heard on just about every recording these days.
LOLĬlick to expand.Any bass drum stuffed with pillows, blankets against the heads, etc, that leave no room for resonance between the heads. Your style of music should also dictate the type of sound for your bass. In some venues I may need a small hand towel to calm it down a little on all size bass drums. With PS3 I feel I can control the sound and get that punch for the dancers with some tone. I use PS3 anything type heads on both sides. Playing Classic Country I like to blend with the bass player, they color the tones and I don't want to override that but yet the bass drum needs just enough punch for the dancers to follow the beat. I have a 16x18 bass that will give a good amount of low bass tones. I like the batter head to be tight enough to feel some response, it don't need to be much but enough and to have some tone and I like the reso tighter than the batter which I feel helps shorten the sustain. Let the bass drum be a bass drum, it will naturally have lower bass tones. It is a musical instrument so I treat it like a tom, it's tune-able. Also, my playing is more relaxed and I can play more dynamically. It's easier on my knees, and feels more like I'm playing the drum, vs. Too much padding against the head makes it feel like a practice pad or electronic drum. Feel-wise I like a little give from the head. This gives the bass drum a lot more volume, and I've found that the drum still sounds deep, but has more sustain, most of which sits in the mix and blends well with the bass.
I use an un-ported reso and tension the heads around medium. For the batter I use an Evans Frosted EQ4, but there are many other brands that have built in muffling - I just don't want too much. Tension-wise, I do the same for any style of music. The only time I'll use more is if I'm recording and going for a particular sound or effect. As REF mentioned, there are many bass drum heads these days that don't require additional muffling. I play both off the head and on - much more off. Any discussion about tuning a bass drum has to include technique.
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