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Where modern rock bass drum sounds tend to be short and punchy and a lot of low end, jazz bass drum sounds have a bit more tonal presence with a warm sustain that lasts a bit longer. In the absence of a felt strip or internal muffling (which aren't 100% necessary) here are the methods we'd recommend for achieving a variety of sounds.

As with our previous episode, we’ve introduced an AKG D112 as a close mic on the resonant side of the drum to help illustrate the bass frequency presence. Each demo is A/B’d with just the C414 and then with the addition of the D112.

Sound Comparison
6:16 :: Wide Open Low Reso / Higher Batter
9:43 :: Batter Side External Muffling (controlling overtones)
13:33 :: 1/4 Turn Increase in Reso Tension
15:33 :: Additional 1/4 Turn Increase on Reso Tension
18:54 :: Reso Side External Muffling
20:37 :: Removal of all muffling

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Production: Ben O'Brien Smith @ Cadence Independent Media

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