[icebwoi]

i am new on this forum and not sure if this topic has been posted before but i've been playing drums for more than a couple of years now but never really had much knowledge about the hardware of the drums.

so i play for my church only and dont have my own kit but i want to make my church drums sound better. since its a small church i feel the drums are too loud and ring too much so i dampen them with tape and tissue paper and i think it works quite well having a sound that satisfies all our drummers at our church.

its been a while and the batter heads of our toms, i realized are really worn down and i think they would need to be replaced. well these toms are double headed and i was wondering because the resonant heads are so new if i could switch them to the batter side and change the toms as single headed toms so we dont need to buy a new set of heads (just an idea) i know that simply swapping the 2 heads is bad because a good resonant head plays a role in making the tom sustain and sound better. is there a difference between batter heads and resonant heads?

also, would doing this make the toms louder or quieter? or only not sustain as much? or is the only way of having a quieter drum just to not hit them as hard? how would this make a difference in the toms? i really look forward to trying this but not sure if i should because i dont have much aspect on this topic. any help/advice is appreciated!