RudimentalDrummer
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Yes I have to take a Cab to bring all my Drums home each time - then spend a day Polishing it as most of my kits are 2nd-hand ones (this is the most tiring job - to bring your Kit to shine again)....
HowTo Muff Your Acoustic Kit(Low Cost/Retaining Feel/Touch/Sound-Avoid Complains
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Yes I have to take a Cab to bring all my Drums home each time - then spend a day Polishing it as most of my kits are 2nd-hand ones (this is the most tiring job - to bring your Kit to shine again)....
Composer of Requiems
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Haha yeah I know what you mean =X I didn't realize how bad it could get until I got some secondhand toms... it was horrible. Lucky my own drumset isn't moved much and I don't let it get damaged or tarnished.
IbanezFreak
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just curious...tho i don't play drums at all...
will this ''muffling'' actually affect the sound of the drums? or is it like the main volume control on a guitars amp? in other words...it only decreases the loudness and nothing else?
EDIT: i came into this thread simply because it was at the home page...
will this ''muffling'' actually affect the sound of the drums? or is it like the main volume control on a guitars amp? in other words...it only decreases the loudness and nothing else?
EDIT: i came into this thread simply because it was at the home page...
RudimentalDrummer
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IbanezFreak
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i see..and how much would a soft but yet a good drum set cost?
RudimentalDrummer
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Seriously I feel that if I want to make the drums Soft - (which is the key objective here), then really dont need to invest so much $$$$ on this so call Practice- kit - maybe from around S$400 to S$500 for the Kit (1st or 2nd-hand depending on the Brand here too) add the cost of Muffling the Kit which is not expensive - - But no Cymbals here har which is a seperate thing (have to be excluded here).
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RudimentalDrummer
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OK bro, I will put some sample (of a Video using my Hand Phone) when I have the time to do it - sure no problem, so that you all can hear (most importantly how the Snare and Bass Drum sounded-this to me is also the most important).
PS:- As I had explain earlier on (How I did the Muffling for the snare which in this case is different from the way I muff all the Toms) - - - as for the Tom-Toms I have a (Rubber HQ Pad place at the bottom - this is because I wanted the toms to be softer)......So, if the Tom-toms are did exactly in the same manner as the Snare Method - It will be louder (of course-but in very acceptable level too) and you will get a (Much closer tom sound nearer to the Original Tom Sound).
I have to us (method a) now for my toms, because, my neighbour complain case is still pretty fresh still) - - till later on - I might take out the HQ-Rubber-Pad from all my toms (no worry not say very loud here, just a little louder) to get the more real tom sound.
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RudimentalDrummer
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I buy them from Cushion/Curtain shops - it's easily available Bro
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Composer of Requiems
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@terencei: Sorry for offtopic, but I haven't seen you around the forum lately, and I think your PM inbox is full. Sent you two PMs but I don't think they received.
RudimentalDrummer
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OK, I got all the Materials from The Cushion/Carpet Shop - the one Directly Opposite DXS Meetup (Jurong Green CC), blk 40 sonthing Jurong West Ave.1.
alvinthedrummer
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heavenbjorn
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Haha... Now i can consider going acoustic again then electric drums..
Composer of Requiems
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The feeling is very different!
oh yea juz tried it 2day, does feel different, but at least its softer.. quite fun too, but maybe i shldnt practice with it 2 often
