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It is down to acoustics: when placing a speaker next to a hard surface, eg. the floor, you get a 6dB boost in the bass, because bass eminates in all directions but as it cannot go through the floor it bounces back, doubling the volume of the bass. Treble frequencies are directional so will travel in the direction the speaker is facing.
Place a speaker next to the floor and a wall, you get a 12dB boost in the bass. Place the speaker in a corner, that is, next to the floor and two walls and you get an 18dB boost in the bass.
Putting the speaker on a stand or chair away from walls help not overly accentuate the bass.
All rooms have modal activity and bass builds up in corners. Don't let the drummer sit in a corner.
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So my first thought way to setup with the drums firing down the room but the drummer insists his bass drum sounds better with the reflection from the back wall *sigh*.
Due to covid we have 6 boxes we can use so limited to how we can rearrange.
I did try angling the cabs a way from him but this seems to be worse, I think because then he's only getting bass and non of the rest of the signal bouncing off the wall coming back to him.
Problem is worse for my amp G2 because it has such tasty low end (I might have to dial out some of the thump but then whats the point of having the diezel) but there's some build up from both.
I wondered about putting the cabs on the other wall facing towards him, so it might be louder for him but wont be all bass which I think is coming through his in ears whereas the mids / highs wont so much then standing next to the drums rather than in front.
Overall volume is quite low, the kit is easily the loudest thing in the room.
I am tempted to just tell him to fuck off tbh.
Your cabs might be too close to the wall. I'd bring them forward a bit maybe.
You could try putting the guitar cabs on risers too.
What is the ceiling like?
Or to cut volume tell him to play quieter, and with lighter sticks/brushes - winds our guy up a treat
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