{"id":31004,"date":"2016-09-03T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T09:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=31004"},"modified":"2016-09-03T17:18:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T15:18:29","slug":"fat-sounds-thanks-to-drum-dampeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/fat-sounds-thanks-to-drum-dampeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat sounds thanks to Drum Dampeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing that comes to mind in getting a thicker, more consistent<\/strong>\u00a0drum sound while at the same time controlled and free of annoying resonances, is the use of\u00a0mutes and attenuators for drums<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0These accessories minimize the mid-range frequencies and reverberation of beaten skin, essential for both on stage and in the studio. There are two ways to mitigate your\u00a0snare drum<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0tom<\/strong><\/a>: modern Damper Pads<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(see\u00a0Moongel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0) or more classical\u00a0Damping rings<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Drum<\/a>There are\u00a0several reasons<\/strong>\u00a0why a dampener such as Moongel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is much better than\u00a0duct tape<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in muffling the reverberation of the skin.\u00a0Firstly Moongel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0damping rings<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0can be removed<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0reused<\/strong>\u00a0without leftover\u00a0residue<\/strong>.\u00a0Additionally, Moongel is colourful and is easily\u00a0identifiable<\/strong>\u00a0during setup.\u00a0The main reason we believe Moongel<\/strong>\u00a0is truly greater is because of the possibility in determining<\/strong>\u00a0the degree of dampening: the closer it is positioned to the center of the drum head<\/strong><\/a>, the greater the dampening effect.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief overview of the products mentioned in the article. Obviously, the explanation here is very simplified.\u00a0If you have further questions or technical questions, please contact our drum department<\/u>.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Damper Pads (gel material)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Moongel<\/a>The Moongel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0supports by\u00a0RTOM<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0classics<\/strong>.\u00a0The pads are in gel material and are self-adhesive, able to adhere to the surface of drums, cymbals and most percussion instruments. They eliminate unwanted harmonics and excessive reverberations according to their placement.\u00a0Furthermore they are washable and reusable.<\/p>\n

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\"SlapKlatz<\/a>Here are a few alternatives for a smaller budget: Millenium Drum Mute Pads Black Mamba<\/strong><\/a> or the transparent SlapKlatz Gel Pads 10-piece box<\/strong><\/a>(also available in\u00a0green fluorescent<\/strong><\/a>). SlapKlatz are also popular because of the variety in available pads found here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Damping rings<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>For those who prefer to work with\u00a0Damping rings<\/strong><\/a>, we propose the following examples: the\u00a0Millenium 14″ Sound Control Ring Snare<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0Evans E-Ring 14″ Clear Snare 1<\/strong>“<\/a>\u00a0to be placed on top of the\u00a0drum head<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for a thicker and rounder sound.<\/p>\n

\"10627687_800\"<\/a>An alternative to the good old\u00a0blanket<\/strong>\u00a0tucked in the\u00a0bass drum<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is an EQ-Pad Bass Drum Mute<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0Evans<\/strong><\/a>. This bass drum damper\u00a0is used by professionals in controlling attack and sustain.<\/p>\n

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Drum Effects\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you’re a drummer who loves\u00a0effects<\/strong>, then we still have some alternatives in getting the most out of your drum kit:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Fat Snare Drum The Original 14″<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0is designed to turn any snare drum into a beefy, 70\u2019s vintage inspired snare.\u00a0It is applied directly on the skin of medium high tuned snares for an authentic, deep, warm sound.<\/p>\n

For a vintage jingle sound, we recommend the\u00a0Big Fat Snare Drum Josh’s Snare-Bourine<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0Thanks to the four bells (equal to those on a tambourine) affixed to the sides of the pad, you can turn an ordinary song into a joyous pagan celebration.<\/p>\n

Hear the difference between damped \u2013 undamped in our\u00a030-second<\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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For more\u00a0information<\/strong>\u00a0on this topic, check out our PA-Workshop video<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

What are your experiences with\u00a0Drum Dampening<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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Using tissues or duct tape to mitigate the sound of your drums is a thing of the past! Here\u2019s a clear guide on how to use the accessories needed for this purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":30620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tblog_post_audio_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1083],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear"],"category_colors":{"color_key":"gear","css_classes":{"text":"cat-gear","text_light":"cat-gear-light","bg":"cat-bg-gear","bg_light":"cat-bg-gear-light","border":"cat-border-gear","text_on_bg":"cat-text-on-gear"}},"reading_time":{"minutes":3,"formatted":"3 min"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}