Why a Drum Riser?

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Correct; it was to raise the whole drum kit. I'd have to see if I have any pictures of it - I recall the idea originally being in Modern Drummer magazine back in the mid 90's, when they ran a step-by-step pictorial of how they built the exact same thing.

And yes, it was small! I was using a Gibraltar rack at the time, and I had blocks of 1x2 screwed down to hold the bass drum spurs from sliding off the front, with another strip to keep the throne from sliding off the back!
 
Greg_L said:
Me personally, I have no problem getting thunderous tom sounds and a deep kick. For one, I use the right drums/heads for the job. Secondly I know how to tune my drums. Thirdly, I don't choke my shit down with pillows, blankets, tape, and and muffling. I think a lot of people would be surprised with how big their kick could sound if they'd just take the king-sized sleeping bag out of there.
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I just saw this thread.... Your kit IS on a riser. It's suspended on the wood framed second-floor of your house, you silly boy. It does the exact same thing my riser does.

You should see how little shit I have in mine. Just a a little piece of auralex at the bottom. I totally agree. Pillows/sheets/couches/snuggies are all bad ingredients inside a bass drum.

And, I do close mic all my drums. There is a big difference. Not so much with recording though, the difference is actually more with "room sound". And it's a fake effect. What supercreep wrote is bang on. The riser is actually enhancing the low thump of the kit, and I need that, since my kick is smaller than most peoples rack toms.:D

I'm pretty suspect at the science. Like I mentioned before, I just notice a difference, I don't really stand behind the so-called "science" of the whole thing.
 
VOXVENDOR said:
I just saw this thread.... Your kit IS on a riser. It's suspended on the wood framed second-floor of your house, you silly boy. It does the exact same thing my riser does.
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Dude, my kit is on the ground floor sitting on ceramic tile. Well, there's a rug, but that's it.
 
Greg_L said:
Dude, my kit is on the ground floor sitting on ceramic tile. Well, there's a rug, but that's it.
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Ceramic tile, on wood. Same thing;)

(Just saying)


I did a vanity search and figured I'd respond to all these mentions of my great self, so calm down. I'm just tying up lose ends.:D
 
I haven't even checked "voxvendor" yet. I'm saving that for this evening. "vox" too.:D
 
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