General Music Chat

I just picked up a TAMA superstar kit SL , shells only. I checked a bunch of other swingstars, and rockstars. They didn't sound to good.

These are not going to sound as good as the some of the really good drums I did check out. But they will do.

Crip is busy dealing with amps, I am shocked at the difference in drum kits, cymbals, stands , pedals, etc. You good drummers have a lot to deal with.

By the way, they were brand new, GUIT CENTER special order $799, bad economy, made friends with the guy, $400.

Any way RG thanks for your help. You keep Rockin'.

SEE !!!!!! I DO GET INVOLVED IN MUSICAL POSTS!!!!!!!

wow $400.....WOW $400........WOW!

They are not as good sounding as your kit, But sh*t you live too far away.
But then you start to add all the little stuff , stands, pedals,and CYMBALS. I have just developed an even greater respect for all you drummers. God it makes a new Les Paul look cheap.

Of course as the universe will be.. I just hooked up with 2 drummers that have "DRAG AROUND " kits , worth more than my house,

Pure class A a/b test.
By eliminating all out of phase signals you can enhance the sound “clean it up” to give you the perception that its louder when in fact the db’s are the same. Analog recording never had a “real big” problem with this as does digital. You can hear that the room acoustics for the drums come back to life. I will also add that I took the resonating frequency of the E and reversed the signal to give two sounds on one guitar on a single track. It’s on my profile as pure class A studio A B test. Check it out, what do you think?

There are a couple of other complex things going on in the Pure Class A digital hardware with bit rate and signal path.

That's really cool RG. Great explanation.
I think you were posting that somewhere else. That's ok.

Now I don't know anything about hardware. Whole different world....
I just picked up a yamaha straight stand , extended stand, snare stand, and high hat pedal stand[is that the right term?] 4 pieces.All double braced.
He threw in a little timbale.

I don't have a clue what the frig I'm doing trying to put this drumkit together.

Any way that was only another buck and a quarter. so I am up to 525 usd.
How am I doing so far?
We haven't even gotten to CYMBALS.

FOGEDABOUTIT.

All I can say is drummers are great and when I see the work that they do to make a band sound great.... GO KISS A DRUMMER.

Sorry, RG ,need simple tuning suggestions so I can get my drums up and running,,,,,, So I can get some great drum tracks without having to pay your airfare.

For a quick down and dirty watch part 1 and 2
http://youtu.be/4owNL-FwoLE

After ya do the basic tuning, you can take it up a knotch with a tuner;

Adjust the drum so the drum head is flat. Place the tuner on the drum so the base of the tuner is flat on the drum head and is about ¾ of an inch from the edge of the drum. The tuner should be next to the tuning lug. Move the tuner to each lug and tune each one until they all reach identical readings.

Hauling and setting all that drum stuff is a major hassel too.
It probably accounts for >50% of our set up time.

Thanks for the tuning link. Don't know a thing about it but I am going to send it along to Steve-o.
He may find it interesting if not useful.