{"id":37458,"date":"2017-01-11T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=37458"},"modified":"2017-01-11T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:00:13","slug":"10-tips-expand-acoustic-drum-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/10-tips-expand-acoustic-drum-set\/","title":{"rendered":"10 tips to expand your acoustic drum set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small percussion instruments, additional drums, electronic pads or exotic cymbal sounds – new sounds bring more fun and action into the life of a drummer. Drummers have the ability to easily integrate new things to their existing <\/strong>setup<\/strong><\/a>. Many other instrumentalists don\u2019t always have this luxury! Here are 10 tips to help you expand your <\/strong>acoustic drum set<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Side-<\/strong>Snare<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Millenium<\/a>The Side-<\/strong>Snare<\/strong><\/a> traditionally goes next to the hi-hat<\/strong><\/a> and can create high-pitched additional funky snare sounds. If you\u2019re a fan of fat\u00a0muffled sounds<\/strong><\/a>, a deeper <\/strong>snare<\/strong><\/a> like the Gretsch 13 “x07” Silver Series Ash -SN<\/strong><\/a> will do the trick. And for an instant \u201cwet sound\u201d try the Big Fat Snare Drum<\/strong><\/a> original 14″ snare topper.<\/p>\n

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    1. Drumset\u00a0<\/strong>timbale<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Pearl<\/a>Timbales<\/strong> are loved by many and not just among ska and reggae drummers. The\u00a0<\/em>Afro-Cuban version packs a pinch of Latino sound to your drumset<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0You can easily mount them on your drums using\u00a0a clamp or tom holder<\/strong><\/a>. And if one timbale is not enough, you can double the action with a LP 845-K Mini Timbales Set<\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n

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      1. Octobans<\/a> <\/strong>and <\/strong>Roto Tom<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"Millenium<\/a>Octobans and Roto Toms provide bright and melodic sounds. The slender Octobans<\/a> <\/strong>made famous by Stewart Copeland and Simon Phillips, are distinguished by their length and characterized by short and percussive sounds. Roto Tom<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0such as the RT6810<\/strong><\/a> from Millenium<\/strong><\/a> are great additions. By turning the frame, you can easily change the pitch of each roto tom to play the right tune.<\/p>\n

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        1. Cowbells<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \"LP<\/a>Whether it\u2019s Guns’n’Roses or Blue \u00d6yster Cult – in rock music there were several songs that needed a cowbell<\/strong><\/a>. But not enough! For high-pitched sounds \u00e1 la Black Magic Woman there\u2019s Cha Cha Cowbells<\/strong><\/a>. The LP timbales Bell<\/strong><\/a> delivers a bright, but not quite as brutal sound. Cowbells can either be mounted to the bass drum<\/strong><\/a> or fixed to your kit with a multi clamp<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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          1. Drummer <\/strong>Tambourine<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \"LP<\/a>The classic Drum Set-<\/strong>tambourine<\/strong><\/a> is played with drumsticks and can be attached to a cymbal stand by means of a percussion-holder<\/strong><\/a>. For John Bonham and classic rock fans, there is the hi-hat tambourine<\/strong><\/a>, which gives a beautifully rich sound. You can give your drums and cymbals a jingle accent with a Ching Ring<\/strong><\/a>, which\u00a0can be placed directly on any hi-hat or cymbal.<\/p>\n

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            1. Effect Cymbals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \"Zultan<\/a><\/strong>Hi-hats<\/a>, <\/strong>Ride<\/strong><\/a> and Crash Cymbals<\/strong><\/a> are often the standard\u00a0for any drum kit. Add some spice with a small Splash cymbal<\/strong><\/a> for example for lively sounds, or a China Cymbal<\/strong><\/a> for a somewhat brutal flavour, or Stacks<\/strong><\/a> for short, trashy sounds.<\/p>\n

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              1. Sampling pads <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \"Alesis<\/a>Whether percussion sounds, an electronic bass drum or a fat disco snare – electronic sounds are easily added with a sampling pad<\/strong><\/a>, such as the Alesis PercPad Percussion Pad<\/a><\/strong>. For more professional applications, such as when working with click tracks or loops, or your own sounds, there is the SPD-SX<\/strong><\/a> from Roland<\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n

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                1. Trigger Modules<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \"Roland<\/a>Hybrid drumming, i.e. mixing acoustic and electronic drums, is all the rage. The TM-2 module<\/strong><\/a> from Roland<\/strong><\/a> and suitable triggers for snares<\/strong><\/a>, bass drums<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or tom toms<\/strong><\/a> transforms your acoustic set into a hybrid set. Now you can either mix your acoustic drum sounds with the electronic sounds or replace them completely.<\/p>\n

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                  1. Double bass pedal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \"DW<\/a>Whether for blast beats\u00a0or complex patterns – a double bass pedal\u00a0will give you more variety in your grooves and fill-ins. For beginners, the robust and smooth DW 7002 pedal<\/strong><\/a> with chain drive is highly recommend. Those addicted to speed, should definitely look at the high-end aluminum models of Trick Drums<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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                    1. Cable Hi-Hat and X-Hat<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      \"Millenium<\/a>In doublebass playing, it is incredibly convenient to have a second hi-hat on the other side of the drum kit. This not only gives you a second sound, but supports open handed playing. The easiest way to do this is with an X-Hat<\/strong>. An affordable example is the X-Hat Hi-Hat<\/strong><\/a> from Millenium<\/strong><\/a>. You can also move your hi-hat to any location in the setup, and open and close it with a remote cable<\/strong><\/a> as you would a regular hi-hat.<\/p>\n

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                      Have you been thinking about pimping up your drum set? Then these 10 tips are for you… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":37433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tblog_post_audio_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,10720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear","category-learn"],"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\/37458","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=37458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}