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Literally A Person posted:Love sparkle blue tom just hanging out trying not to look out of place. 13" ebay find - same production run just different color and hardware lol - it sounds rad as heck as I just don't like Tama's 12" toms I didn't realize I was building an accidentally patriotic-looking kit tho lol  (Ed: the original 12" Tom that came with that kit is actually in the first picture, sitting in front of the vdrum's kick drum lol)
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Duke Chin posted:13" ebay find - same production run just different color and hardware lol - it sounds rad as heck as I just don't like Tama's 12" toms I love it man. Makes it look like you took your time putting a kit together you really like. Is that your playing out kit?
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Finally getting my office/music hole up and running.    I need some sound dampening in here but it's been a low priority due to mostly farting around with synths and a DAW lately.
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My kit is crammed into the basement with a bunch of fish tanks for company. Bonus cat tax: 
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God my e-kit is supposed to show up today and I am loving PUMPED for a hybrid kit. PUMPED
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV8ofb2Ed2c I need a split-tone drum pad. Drumeo is too expensive for me. Has anyone had any experience with split-tone pads?
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Been playing my cyborg drum kit for a bit now and I God damned love it. Had a real hard time trying to integrate the bits I wanted but finally landed on a setup I really like. I feel like I am drumming in the future.
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im currently in some real obsession with 60s pop/rock drummers and old country drumming , and some of the little details I think get lost in modern drumming? like, the kick-snare interplay (?) is never that complex as hip hop beats these days, but those guys would do such interesting emphasis on the hi-hate part, or syncopate in such a way....its cool man
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Ended up breaking down and rebuilding my CYBORG DRUM KIT like 85 times because I ended up hating how it was set up every time. Kept getting knee pain and poo poo from trying to get my legs in wierd spots and poo poo. Idk. But I think NOW I have finally settled into what seems like it's going to be my  longterm setup: Have to say the dtx drums are p sweet. Like, I know it's not the 80's anymore and e-drums aren't absolute poo poo anymore but I really didn't expect to enjoy the playing experience so much. Great feeling on the mesh pad and cymbal and having the kick tower on my left foot really gives me a nice variety of sounds over there while still using a kick I am super familiar with. Good little computer unit that does a lot of stuff I personally will never use but is still cool. Let's me customize kits on the fly p fast and I can use my own samples and even tune/pitch shift them and poo poo. Loving this.
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Jan 29, 2024 17:48
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Nice! Seems like a long way to have to move your foot back (i.e. towards your body) to get from the acoustic hats to the electric kick but if you're having fun that's cool. Just looks like the middle pedal on the left could shunt forwards like 4 inches without having to move anything else and be more playable.
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sebzilla posted:Nice! Seems like a long way to have to move your foot back (i.e. towards your body) to get from the acoustic hats to the electric kick but if you're having fun that's cool. Just looks like the middle pedal on the left could shunt forwards like 4 inches without having to move anything else and be more playable. I do play heel up with my left so the kick pedal is decently comfortable there. You are right though, if I could that sucker would be slid up about 3" but because of the interaction between the kick pad and my hi hat stand I just can't quite.
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Ah yep, now I see the hi-hat leg is in the way. Time to get a 2-leg stand!
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sebzilla posted:Ah yep, now I see the hi-hat leg is in the way.  God drat it and I have money in the drum fund too.
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I think my biggest ergonomic breakthrough was when I started sitting up real nice and high and had the drums meet me. I have so much more foot speed and control this way. what actually got me thinking about it was watching a video of little seven-year old Yoyoka playing a Zeppelin cover and barely reaching the pedals, but she could put down those doubles effortlessly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91pz1E8pAOY
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AndrewP posted:I think my biggest ergonomic breakthrough was when I started sitting up real nice and high and had the drums meet me. I have so much more foot speed and control this way. Height is what made it so I didn't hurt after a couple hours of playing. I like lording over my kit.
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20 Blunts posted:im currently in some real obsession with 60s pop/rock drummers and old country drumming , and some of the little details I think get lost in modern drumming? Have you heard of the Bakersfield Sound? Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and more recently Dwight Yoakam. Buck Owens is considered the pioneer of this form of "non-Nashville" country music from the mid to late 60s. Buck used the same backing band on the road and in studio so their sound was tight. Willie Cantu was the drummer for Buck and was a big contributor to the sound. He plays more rock/heavy jazz and uses accents instead of just boom-tap-boom-tap Here they are playing live for a TV taping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg6x8fG2aIc
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I'm having achilles surgery on my right foot in a few days and won't be able to walk on it for roughly 10 weeks after that. I am dreading the thought of not being able to play drums during that time. Is it crazy to be considering playing kick drum with my left foot instead so I can still get behind the kit? I've been planning to learn double kick, but I'm not sure if this will help or hurt that goal.
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Feb 1, 2024 20:12
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That's how most people build up their non dominant leg. However I would ask your Dr because you are very likely to put additional weight on your right leg since your left is weaker, and that could effect your healing.
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Thanks, I'll have to chat with the doc at the post-surgery checkup about that. I suppose worst case scenario is I finally pick up a copy of Stick Control and go to town on a practice pad while I'm laid up.
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Left footed bass drum technique is critical for drumming while driving
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timp posted:Left footed bass drum technique is critical for drumming while driving I don't think my clutch would enjoy that. I've been trying to get better at tuning my drums, bought all new heads and new wires for my snare (Tama superstar) and I just could. not. get it to sound right. All it has is a whole bunch of ringing and absolutely no snare action. I followed all the youtube tutorials, tried many times to loosen everything and tighten it back up quite systematically, and I was getting extremely frustrated at it. Took it to a drummer friend so he could give it a shot, and we figured out that the (only) local music store sold me a Remo pinstripe clear for the reso-side, which from what I understand is a double-ply head meant for the batter side on toms. No wonder my snares weren't snaring. I'm going back today for a new proper reso head, hopefully that'll do the trick. I do have a question though; in my quest for tuning I got the lugs quite tight, not at their max but much tighter than I probably should have. Is it possible that I could have destroyed the heads doing so? how would I know?
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Wait...a music shop put a pinstripe on the resonator side? I would not go back there ever again. Get a Remo Ambassador clear head or similar.
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Bonzo posted:Wait...a music shop put a pinstripe on the resonator side? I would not go back there ever again. Get a Remo Ambassador clear head or similar. Yeah that's exactly what I bought during lunch! They're the only music store in a 100km radius. I'm just glad they have heads in stock, and their prices are similar to Amazon so I'm happy with supporting local business. But yeah they don't know much about drums. At least now I know what happens when you use the wrong type head!
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Colonel J posted:I do have a question though; in my quest for tuning I got the lugs quite tight, not at their max but much tighter than I probably should have. Is it possible that I could have destroyed the heads doing so? how would I know? No, you’d have to tighten them with a power drill and even then. I think that Aussie YouTuber made a video about “how tight can I tighten a head?” And I wanna say the hardware bent/broke before the head did. Those heads are meant to be stretched.
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I've heard of the infamous split head from over tuning but never have I seen this phenomenon in meat space.
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One trick I've seen a lot lately to take some of the extraneous ring out of your toms without using moon gels is dropping some cotton balls into your drums. Matt Garstka does it at least.
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AndrewP posted:One trick I've seen a lot lately to take some of the extraneous ring out of your toms without using moon gels is dropping some cotton balls into your drums. Matt Garstka does it at least. Gonna need some clear shells to really take it to the next level. On cyborg drums again; the trick was putting my e-drum hi hat pedal next to my right foot. Which incidentally gives me an extra instrument to play over there which is pretty juicy. Having new noises all over the place is making my brain do that thing where I become cross-eyed and maybe enter THE SHADOW ZONE for a minute while playing.
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AndrewP posted:One trick I've seen a lot lately to take some of the extraneous ring out of your toms without using moon gels is dropping some cotton balls into your drums. Matt Garstka does it at least. And if all you have is tape, never use duct tape for muffling. Gaffers tape is what you want. The glue on duct tape will stick to your heads for life.
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I like where this is going https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYbAryrYsO0
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The wireless technology is amazing. The sounds are... okay. I'm surprised that we're still at a point where nothing has matched the quality of a Pearl Mimic Pro for sound quality, which has Steven Slate Drums built in.
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One on hand I love wireless eDrums, on the other I'm recalling all the arguing/yelling/screaming/tantrums thrown by guitar players when they discuss wired vs wireless. For me personally, I'm not happy until hitting a cymbal feels like hitting a cymbal.
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Literally A Person posted:I've heard of the infamous split head from over tuning but never have I seen this phenomenon in meat space. I've had snare side drum heads pull out of the counter ring a couple times before. Clearly was a defective/manufacturing thing but it can happen. Anymore the first thing that fails (besides drumsticks) is snare wires popping off way too soon. I don't even play with that tight of a gate.
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Bonzo posted:I like where this is going I watched this last night - just absolute lol on the machine gunning, cymbal sounds and output options on a $9000+ piece of gear. It's like they sub licensed the mesh heads and then also all the worst parts of old Roland internals/modeling
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Worth noting that Roland actually bought DW. Also you are buying a $5000 Collector's Series DW kit when you get this. Not that it isn't too expensive but they're not just the "shells" that Roland sells for the VAD series.
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The 5000 series pedal and hi-hat is at least $800US.
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AndrewP posted:Worth noting that Roland actually bought DW. Huh I did not know that. Welp that explains that.
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While expensive as hell, the pricing probably does make a little more sense than the $8k VAD706 which does NOT come with a full DW Collector's acoustic shell pack. Overall I'm not clear who the target market is for these things. Someone who wants a new DW kit but also wants to dabble in edrums? A professional musician who doesn't feel like micing acoustic drums every night but also doesn't feel like dealing with wires? (the answer is actually probably mostly churches with money to burn)
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I see it as a concept kit. I have a Pearl ePro, which lots of churches used, but nothing really came out of it other than the evolution of the RedBox unit. I paid $2000 used and it that includes a pretty good sized rack (lol)
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Ha, I forgot about the ePro. Pearl also had the eMerge kit that was expensive and probably a better physical kit than module. Unfortunately it didn’t work with anything else, which is a shame because Pearl released what’s still probably the best module on the market with the Mimic Pro. In conclusion, Pearl’s edrum offerings are a land of contrasts Also it just dawned on me that the DW kit doesn’t have a module, you have to supply the beefy PC yourself. So yeah, that is a ridiculous price
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I've had to Frankenstein it a bit, but I guess maybe that's good it can expand. I've never tried it with normal heads but I bet it sounds like crap. I don't think I would record anything other than a demo on these. They are ok jamming or playing to a small crowd. They are bulky and feature limited but they look nice. Much better if you just bypass the RedBox sounds and go direct in to Garage Band. Part of me wants to keep them and really just experiment by adding pads and pedals where I can. That rack is pretty solid and has some real estate.
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