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Jazz hats - Stick Size Also, if you do buy Jazz hats you probably shouldn't hit them super hard. They really aren't made for "rocking out". They usually can't take the same amount of abuse as hihats geared towards rock music can. What size stick are you playing with? Maybe you could try...

Hitting too hard Yeah, I second the idea that you must be hitting the hats too hard. Hihats can be one of the louder parts of the kit, but you shouldn't have a problem keeping them at a reasonable level in comparison to the rest of the kit. I know you said not to question your mic...

New Hihat The first thing that I noticed was your lack of a good pair of hihats. Chances are thatt you hit those the most in a song, thus you should at least buy a decent pair of those. However, rather than dropping 200 -300 on pro hihats - maybe you should settle for something mid level and...

muffling Yeah, defintiely take some of that muffling off of the drums. Ive found that muffling rings do a better job at muffling overtones while allowing the drum to still have some character than duct tape anyways. Rings are pretty cheap too. I actually think that you should try using...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew what model/brand of microphone is often used on hihats (should be a condensor), but has a bendable "head" "capsule" thingy. I never see them in catalogs or in online music stores, and I was just wondering what kind of mic it is, how much is it, and how...

Adstech Instant Music Update - I ending up buying a device from Adstech called "Instant Music." It is designed to record your records and cassettes onto your cpu as Mp3s. It's an external soundcard - and comes with a bunch of Nero software. I foudn it for 40 on amazon.com and the only...

Tighten Up!!!! are the snare wires touching the bottom head? "hollow overtoney" sounds like how i would describe a snare that was poorly tuned with the snares turned off. Maybe you just don't have the heads as tight as they should be to get the soudn that you are looking? Tune it up - pull...

mic help put the bass drum mic inside the bass drum pointing at the beater. to get the click you should probably use a patch of some sort with a wood beater. you should probably buy just one other mic and put it above the kit so it picks up the cymbals and toms a little. if you are at a...

Thank You Aciddart Thanks for the great post! I'm not sure if i want to bother putting in a new soundcard in my already 3 year old cpu. I think i may purcahse an Mbox and run my cassette recorder into that, which should get rid of any of the quality loss, and just record the music onto my cpu...

I would like to transfer my cassette recordings done with my Tascam portastudio MKII to CDRs. I have been trying to transfer them on to my cpu using either sound recorder or sound forge, but i end up with a lot of hiss that isnt on the tape to begin with. I need to find a way that I can avoid...

I would like to transfer my cassette recordings done with my Tascam portastudio MKII to CDRs. I have been tryign to transfer them on to my cpu using either sound recorder or sound forge, but i end up with a lot of hiss that isnt on the tape to begin with. I need to find a way that I can avoid...

Starclassic EFX kit I have a Starclassic EFX kit. I really like it. I used to have rockstars and there is a gigantic difference betwen the two sets. I have an 18x22 bass drum and it sounds wonderful tuned nice and low. I really liked the sanre too, but 5-1/2" wasnt deep enough and i got the...

take it off and put it back on I think its pretty obvious that this guy just got his kid a drumset and probably can't just tune it right off the bat. it took me a little while to get the hang of it. my advice to you would be to take the head off of the drum, wipe the edge of the drum to...

good price Those go for about 300 new - thats an excellent price for a used one. I have one of the Tama starclassic G-maple 8x14 snares, and I really like the sound of the maple compared to the birch one that I had. Actually you need to watch for two things when buying it: 1. Be certain...

i hate double pedals i hate double pedals! I had one for a while and i got pretty good, but it almost felt like cheating and after using it for a year or so my right foot wasn't as fast. I sold the double and got the single version instead and my right foot has been super fast ever since...

Hi, I recently bought a used Fender Mexican Jazz Bass. It was hardly used and was only about a year or two old at most. I don't think it is a normal j-bass though. It says, "Offset Custom Body" on the headstock, and the "made in mexico" text is on the back of the headstock instead of the...

How they recorded the drums and cymbals hi, im not sure what drums/haeds grohl used or how he muffled or tuned them, but i do know one very important fact about those recordings. They recorded the drums first and then overdubbed the cymbals. Grohl said, in an interview with Modern Drummer...

Hi, I just bought a fender jazz bass used and im tryign to find out hwo old it is. Is there anywhere that i can submit the serial number and find out how old and exactly what kind of bass it is? thanks, msmales555

Good Question I also have 16 and 18" floor toms and ive been a little perplexed as to what mics i should use. The Sm57 just doesnt cut it on the low end of anything larger than 14". I usually record at home, but the last time i was in a studio they were using AKG C414's. the problem with...

purchased bass thanks for all of the help. i ended up getting a near new fender mexican jazz bass for 250. its in incredibly great shape and sounds wonderful.