The tiny vents, strategically placed around the circumference, filter out only the harshest overtones. The ST buries other two-ply heads in its category. It has all the volume and ring you could ask for, yet responds to the flick of a fingernail. The ST DRY has the volume and aggression of the ST, but with the higher harmonics brushed from the picture. It cuts through with rich tone.
Ghost notes articulate beautifully, while the rimshot is lightly gated.
Rock-hard, it holds its tone. They give the tom-toms more articulation or more sustain, and make them sound brighter or darker. If you use a thinner resonant head than the batter head, you'll get more attack and less sustain. This is a good combination for fast patterns on the tom-toms. Opposite types of heads, such as a coated batter head and a clear resonant head on the bottom, will vibrate at different frequencies, shortening the sustain and enhancing attack.