my conga's are to loud, to much acoustics
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:34 pm
He there my friends.
I am happy with our spiritual group where I have the possibility to play conga in our rituals when it is needed.
We do these rituals in a chapel that has tremendous acoustics.
Our singers, gitarists, maraca players all their sound get projected very well.
The problem that arises is the fact that my conga's sound to loud en become dominant very easy.
Of course the first thing is to play softer but I don't find it easy to get a good distinction between slaps and open tones.
Yes, I am not a very experienced player yet but I am working on that.
What would be a good way to mute the conga without losing to much ?
My own solution would be to play with a conga that is less loud, projects less.
The old mahogany gon bops could be a option but I am restoring them at the moment.
My old woodcratfs are very powerful, just touching them very lightly brings a lot.
My meinl floatunes have thick mule skins and seem to the best choice for the moment.
I bought a piece a rubber ant slip mat to put under the conga that might help a little but still have to try that.
Are there any other ways work around this situation ?
Thanks, Godskin.
I am happy with our spiritual group where I have the possibility to play conga in our rituals when it is needed.
We do these rituals in a chapel that has tremendous acoustics.
Our singers, gitarists, maraca players all their sound get projected very well.
The problem that arises is the fact that my conga's sound to loud en become dominant very easy.
Of course the first thing is to play softer but I don't find it easy to get a good distinction between slaps and open tones.
Yes, I am not a very experienced player yet but I am working on that.
What would be a good way to mute the conga without losing to much ?
My own solution would be to play with a conga that is less loud, projects less.
The old mahogany gon bops could be a option but I am restoring them at the moment.
My old woodcratfs are very powerful, just touching them very lightly brings a lot.
My meinl floatunes have thick mule skins and seem to the best choice for the moment.
I bought a piece a rubber ant slip mat to put under the conga that might help a little but still have to try that.
Are there any other ways work around this situation ?
Thanks, Godskin.