recordman
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I agree. I tried a set of aquarians on my kit once and I instantly pulled them off and threw them in the corner. I use a superkick II on my kick and one of their dampened resonant heads though and love that.
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I agree. I tried a set of aquarians on my kit once and I instantly pulled them off and threw them in the corner. I use a superkick II on my kick and one of their dampened resonant heads though and love that.
kidkage
Bored of Canada
Thanks for the help, and the entertaining thread also 
I enjoyed the read.
I enjoyed the read.
kidkage
Bored of Canada
I know that snares are supposed to buzz a little, but mine was having fuck amounts of buzz 
Turns out last time someone played my kit they detuned my bottom head.
Without telling me
Dont you just love those people that automatically assume their way is the ONLY/right way?
And assume your house is there house and move your Wii
Anyway, pointless rant, but still, thanks.
Turns out last time someone played my kit they detuned my bottom head.
Without telling me
Dont you just love those people that automatically assume their way is the ONLY/right way?
And assume your house is there house and move your Wii
Anyway, pointless rant, but still, thanks.
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dintymoore
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I've got a new Supra that I use live and that mofo is dialed in. Even guitar players who generally don't know shit about drums comment on my snare. It blows everything else away. I may not technically outplay anyone, but I'm sure gonna sound better.
That's that deep one you recently got - I bet that's killer.
People always are telling me they like my kick drum. It's huge - 26". Recently a guitar player told me that my kick made his guitar sound good, I was proud of that.
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dintymoore
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I've got a new Supra that I use live and that mofo is dialed in. Even guitar players who generally don't know shit about drums comment on my snare. It blows everything else away. I may not technically outplay anyone, but I'm sure gonna sound better.
That's that deep one you recently got - I bet that's killer.
People always are telling me they like my kick drum. It's big - 26". Recently a guitar player told me that my kick made his guitar sound good, I was proud of that.
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Greg_L
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Greg_L
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That's that deep one you recently got - I bet that's killer.
People always are telling me they like my kick drum. It's big - 26". Recently a guitar player told me that my kick made his guitar sound good, I was proud of that.
26" kicks are pretty bad ass.
Yeah my Supra is 14x6.5.
Powerstroke 3 batter, Ambassador Hazy reso, Puresound-30 wires. Nothing can touch it. Nothing. It sounds awesome no matter how you tune it.
Rimshot
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Miroslav!
Anyway, don't let anyone play your stuff. Problem solved.
^^^ Best advice! ^^^
I'm always accused of being elitist because I never let anyone play my instruments. I spend a lot of time tuning them just right and I don't like anyone walloping my cymbals and denting my drum heads and screwing around with my tuning and also the tension on my snare wires. I'm even more fanatical about my hand drums. These are instruments that I use to make music and make a living and I'm not about to let any dweeb that thinks they can play screw up my stuff, I have one derbakki (doumbek/darbuka) that was custom made for me and I spend a lot of time making certain that the tuning is always perfect for me. It's an expensive instrument with real mother of pearl inlay and it's very fragile, especially for some asshole that wants to play it wearing rings.
If you want your drums to sound the way you want them, then never let anyone else play them. Then if they sound sucky, you know you can only blame yourself.
recordman
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I've said it before, my opinion is the only one that matters and my way is always the right way!
Ninja_Drummer
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I know for one as both a musician and a drummer that drummers are the most paranoid about letting people play on their kits. Especially if they have that "perfect setup". I personally don't really care as long as you're not try to put a hole through my kit. But of course as always. The drummer usually pays the most money for gear in a band.
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Greg_L
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My cymbals alone cost more than most people's entire set up, so fuck them. They aint touching it.
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RAMI
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I'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that drummers are the only ones that OWN kits.
Bass players are the most paranoid about letting people play on their basses. Weird. Wild.
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ez_willis
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Some food for thought--Jeff Strong, the guy who wrote "Drums for Dummies" (not like I've read that... ) said that he sometimes plays with his wallet sitting on his snare. I think it was mainly for helping mute the snare a little, but it might help you out. Good luck!
) said that he sometimes plays with his wallet sitting on his snare. I think it was mainly for helping mute the snare a little, but it might help you out. Good luck!
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Greg_L
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Some food for thought--Jeff Strong, the guy who wrote "Drums for Dummies" (not like I've read that...
If you use the right heads, you don't need to do dumb stuff like that.
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RAMI
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Well, that's why that kind of advice is in "Drums for Dummies", as opposed to "Drums for Smart People".
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Greg_L
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On the subject of ringing drums:
This is probably common knowledge to experienced drummers and drum recordists, but a ringing drum is rarely as bad as it seems. If you hit a snare or tom by itself, in a quiet room, it may seem like it rings too much. Drums are acoustic instruments. They make a full spectrum of sound. Harmonics, overtones, all that shit. That's what makes a drum musical as opposed to sounding like a wet shoe slapping against a table. When you hit that drum by itself, it's probably gonna ring some, and you may wanna reach for the ductape, pillows, towels. and maxipads. Don't. It's supposed to do that, and chances are you won't notice it at all in a full mix. You ever hear a drummer during a soundcheck? By themselves, the drums may ring and bellow all over the place. Once the guitars and bass fire up, all that stuff disappears. The same thing happens in a mix. A well tuned, non-choked drum is gonna sound good in your mix and your drums will have life. Let the heads do their job, and if you're using the right ones for the sound you need, you shouldn't have any problems. Maybe a little piece of moongel or tape is all you need to fine tune the sound you want. If you're having to use wallets and rolls of duct-tape, you're doing something very wrong.
DON'T OVER-DAMPEN YOUR DRUMS!
This is probably common knowledge to experienced drummers and drum recordists, but a ringing drum is rarely as bad as it seems. If you hit a snare or tom by itself, in a quiet room, it may seem like it rings too much. Drums are acoustic instruments. They make a full spectrum of sound. Harmonics, overtones, all that shit. That's what makes a drum musical as opposed to sounding like a wet shoe slapping against a table. When you hit that drum by itself, it's probably gonna ring some, and you may wanna reach for the ductape, pillows, towels. and maxipads. Don't. It's supposed to do that, and chances are you won't notice it at all in a full mix. You ever hear a drummer during a soundcheck? By themselves, the drums may ring and bellow all over the place. Once the guitars and bass fire up, all that stuff disappears. The same thing happens in a mix. A well tuned, non-choked drum is gonna sound good in your mix and your drums will have life. Let the heads do their job, and if you're using the right ones for the sound you need, you shouldn't have any problems. Maybe a little piece of moongel or tape is all you need to fine tune the sound you want. If you're having to use wallets and rolls of duct-tape, you're doing something very wrong.
DON'T OVER-DAMPEN YOUR DRUMS!
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grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
I'm not a drummer but I've always had a kit at home for my friends that drum and recording purposes. It's generally been a cheap kit that is embelished with better bits of hardware and cymbals. I'm never the one that plays it but I demand a certain respect towards it - which they always have given. Except one time. I'd just bought this Arbiter flat-lites kit and I was doing a session with a guy who was about 17 at the time. Like alot of youngsters that can play, volume, violence and va-va-voom trumped listening and working out what was actually necesary and he huffed and puffed and blew the house down ! The hi-hat cymbals were bent totally out and the snare looked like a family of termites had been living on it for the past 5 years. And this was the first time the kit had been used ! This was just the practice ! Still, it made me have to get some decent cymbals because the set that came weren't much cop. He's grown up a bit since. He'd've cried if someone had done that to his kit ! But it's certainly not elitist or selfish to not let someone else on your kit, not at all. I'd say it was eminently sensible.
Unless of course, that's the sound you are actually going for. I know people that do it, not to stop the rings, but because they like that sound.
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