Eq3 with Mike centered on head...seemed to produce more volume and a deeper note...I had similar luck as posted above, with my kickport...now run my eq3 , with the factory port only...less wear and tear on the head...and did not help with tone, or enhance volume...my O2..
All 3 sounded pretty good to me. But we do not know what your doing on the mixing board your using to record this audio. I did a similar experiment a long time ago. I found the kick port to actually cause problems. It damaged the port hole I cut and tore the bass drum head. So I prefer to use a 4 3/4 plastic reinforcement ring, no kick port and I place my mic inside farther. It's about 4 inches inside the port and pointed at the beater. I get a lot more slap and thud while still getting plenty or resonance. I also use single ply emadd head as a batter. And an Emadd reso. This is a very good video. Thank you for doing this. Bruce
Having a Kickport and then micing the center of the bass drum really is not a good idea because you will get a lot less vibration than without the kickport. The kickport really only exists for micing the porthole. If I wanted to also mic the easy head itself I would not put a kickport in there. So the comparison between the factory head and the kickport head both being mic'd in the center is rather flawed. Mic in the porthole sounded the best
yeah understandable but figured I would see how it sounded since I had the capability. I really wanted to do the head without the kick port and just the port hole.. but installing those kick ports with the head on is a pain in the ass lol
I love the mic in the kickport better. That's how I mic my kick drum
yeah it's a very aggressive edgy/punchy sound that I really like.
Mic in the kickport is best! And yessss the black head with gold port looks as amazing as I pictured hell yeah dude!!!
yeah Black with Gold is the better option. I just ordered gold DW and SpazApproved decals for it!
All 3 sounded good the mic in the port was really good. Side note snare sounds wicked good to me.
Thank you!
Eq3 with Mike centered on head...seemed to produce more volume and a deeper note...I had similar luck as posted above, with my kickport...now run my eq3 , with the factory port only...less wear and tear on the head...and did not help with tone, or enhance volume...my O2..
All 3 sounded pretty good to me. But we do not know what your doing on the mixing board your using to record this audio. I did a similar experiment a long time ago. I found the kick port to actually cause problems. It damaged the port hole I cut and tore the bass drum head. So I prefer to use a 4 3/4 plastic reinforcement ring, no kick port and I place my mic inside farther. It's about 4 inches inside the port and pointed at the beater. I get a lot more slap and thud while still getting plenty or resonance. I also use single ply emadd head as a batter. And an Emadd reso. This is a very good video. Thank you for doing this.
Bruce
yeah I've had some failed ports in the day.. but I've learned to cut short and then sand it until even with the template. That's worked great for me.
All 3 sound good, I prefer remo factory my opinion always 🥁
I think they all are essentially the same and putting the mic somewhat in the bass drum gives a little more isolation from other sounds.
Yeah in the kick port is my favorite also. I like that it's a bit more aggressive.
They all sounded good, depending on what you're using it for, for Rock/Metal genre works well. For Jazz and old school funk genre won't work.
Having a Kickport and then micing the center of the bass drum really is not a good idea because you will get a lot less vibration than without the kickport. The kickport really only exists for micing the porthole. If I wanted to also mic the easy head itself I would not put a kickport in there. So the comparison between the factory head and the kickport head both being mic'd in the center is rather flawed.
Mic in the porthole sounded the best
yeah understandable but figured I would see how it sounded since I had the capability. I really wanted to do the head without the kick port and just the port hole.. but installing those kick ports with the head on is a pain in the ass lol
I prefer remo factory