Sustain is how long the note of the drum lasts for. A deep tone or a warm tone usually has a good sustain to it.
Q. How do you measure drum bearing edges?
When you have checked the bearing edges, place the drum on a surface that you know is level. Plate Glass or polished granite are good. Look all around the drum at the bottom edge where it touches the surface. A ‘true’ drum will touch the surface at all points and you should not be able to see any light coming through.
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Q. How do you fix a bearing edge?
You have two choices. Either you have to sand (or router) your bearing edges flat and re-cut them. A router with a 45 degree cut will do the trick, or if the dents arent to bad you can just re-cut the edges.
Q. Should I muffle my kick drum?
You’re controlling the ringing, overtones, sustain, volume, or certain frequencies in your sound. Why do people dampen drums? Well, it’s perfect if you need to make drums quieter, if you want to stop drums ringing, or if you’re trying to get a specific drum sound.
Q. What is drum attack?
When you hit a drum, the very first thing you hear is the attack. It’s the sharp “whack”, “crack”, or “thud” sound of your drumstick (or kick drum beater) hitting the drumhead. It’s the sound you hear before your drum starts to ring out (before the sustain and overtones kick in).
Q. Should I compress drum overheads?
As a general rule, compressing the close mics will help you deliver a punchy, even sound, without making the result seem too processed, whereas compressing the overheads or the complete kit can cause the drum levels to modulate the cymbal levels in an audible way.
Q. Why cut a hole in bass drum head?
Bass drums are usually dampened by placing cloth or dampening pads inside the drum. The placement of the dampening tools also affect the resultant sound of your bass drum. It is really a pain to have to remove your resonant drum head every time you’d like to adjust the level of dampening. Hence, the port hole.
