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Just did a little comparison test to see how my new favourite sticks (Tama Oak Japanese Fire 7A) are holding up against my old favourite (VicFirth American Hickory 7A).

I played the same 12 songs with each pair, and there is a clear winner (IMO), the VicFirth stick looks frayed and the tip is damaged, while the Tama stick looks fine:

(Above image is of the two right hand sticks)

I just hope they doesn't destroy my cymbals :-)

After testing a lot of them, I landed on this one:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.moekadu.metronome/

Perhaps not the most advanced metronome, but it's open-source and have all the things I need.

It's a must have tool for any drummer (imo), even if you don't use one to practise, having a metronome behind the kit can save many lengthy arguments ;-)
I don't use it live that much, but for songs that require sync with an echo or similar situations I use it for count in.

I also tested a few commercial ones, at best they had annoying popups, and some didn't even keep the beat.

My cheat sheet for Foo Fighters Pretender, I haven't even added fills, there's a lot going on for such a relatively simple song, now I understand why our former drummer was a bit reluctant to add it to our repertoire :-)

Our drummer quit the band I was playing guitar in, so the bass-player became guitarist and I got my favourite chair back :-)

It's a bit bitter-sweet, cause we where finally beginning to come together as a band, but as they say, when life gives you lemons...

It's an old Asama kit with a couple of additions, a Tama 14" floor-tom, a set of no-name octobans and a popcorn-snare.

Never had a drum-throne break like this

Tired of how bad is the original one, I made a proper Alesis Nitro / Nitro Max hi-hat controller. This works much better than the original one and it can play Closed / Half Open /Open and Chik properly, without crazy pressing on the pedal but in a more normal drum kit way.

I have been using it for 3-4 months now and Iove it! Since many people already showed interest, I decided to make a pre-order campaign, if at least 10 people order it, I will make a batch of them!

Interested? Look Here

Is this what they call "hybrid drummer"?

I am getting fed up with trying to use my 3 leg hi hat stand with my double bass. I don't play in a band or professionally, just for fun, so I don't need anything high end. I've been looking at the Tama HH315D Speed Cobra 310, but thought I'd see what other ppl are using. From the reviews I've read on different pedals, the main issue is stability, as they tend to wobble more. The DWs seem to be the best but they are more than I want to spend.

15" Dark Matter hihats

19" Energy crash

22" Bliss crash/ride

22" Dark Matter Flat Earth ride

18" Pang Chinese Style

My Noble & Cooley - Horizon kit in honey amber black burst. Now why won't lemmy let me upload more than one pic to a post?

I've decided to treat myself to a E-Drum set this christmas but now I'm stuck trying to find a good fit. So I'll try to write quickly about myself and the ones I've found so far that could be good.

I'm a music producer and play some guitar and piano. I also own Superior Drummer so the kit will 100% of the time be routed into that so if the drum module sounds ass idc I'm good for sounds. But drum programming is just not fun.

I've also never touched a drum in my life. I'm not looking to become a expert drummer. I could easily just buy a high end kit and that's that, but knowing myself it will eventually gather dust in some corner. Not tryna become the next Mike Mangini. So I'm mostly looking for something that's juuust good enough and won't immediately disintegrate when looking at it funny.

Here are the kits I've found so far and some drawbacks about each:

Alesis Nitro Max: I've heard that this one's actually a relatively meh kit and the fact that the ride (and maybe the hihat?) aren't chokeable would be the biggest deal breaker.

Roland TD-02K(V): This one seems to hit the sweetspot between price and not being extremely flimsy, but in all my research I always hear this: "Always get a kick tower". But obvs I don't know how bad a simple kick pedal is compared to the real deal. I assume with a real kick tower it's easier to upgrade to a double pedal setup which I might want to do down the line and idk if you can just connect more kick pedals to this thing. But aside from that this kit would prolly be my go-to.

Millenium MPS-750X: This one might be a bit too large for my space and on thomann I'm reading some mixed reviews regarding build quality so idk what's up with that. Otherwise this also seems like a fine if maybe a bit pricey option.

Yamaha DTX402K/DTX432K: I haven't done research on those yet but they're available and also in my price range.

Alesis Nitro Pro XL: This one seems to me like the best option but at a cost ofc. The question with this one isn't "is it good" but rather "does it make sense to buy a set this good if I could save money and live with the compromises".

So bottom line I think the biggest question I have is whether I should get a set without a kick tower and save lots of money, or treat myself and have no regrets. And secondarily does the chokeability of the ride matter?
Again I'm mostly just going to do it for fun and to spruce up my own songs, not to join a band or audition for Dream Theater haha.

Also idk if I can get to a music store to try one out in person.

I got myself a practice pad and a few sticks. I've messed around with it a bit now but I need to start actually focusing and practicing so I can do it right and eventually be decent. Where is a good place to even start my very first 'lesson'? Any particular social media accounts I should check out or anything like that?

Needed a port for my Bassdrum and bought one of these simple cutters
I was plesantly surprised about the final result, but just a word of warning, if you are doing it on a nice kitchen table, put somthing other than a single piece of cardboard under

End result looks nice thou:

drumheads:
You can cut them up into strips for snare-wire straps, or damper ring for your snare

Sticks:
Wood Filler, Pet Bedding, Spill Absorbent, Composting Aid, or perhaps make a fire starter?
I know that it'll take a while to get a useful amount of saw dust from hitting the hi-hat, but if your bass-player is into Tony Levin, he might find use for the bottom half of old sticks to make a set of "funk-fingers".

Shells:
I know that some like to use old drums for wastebaskets and coffee-tables, but personally I'd rather restore an old drum to it's former glory or donate it to someone who can use it to play on.

Let me know if I'm missing something

::: spoiler spoiler Can't wait to hear Anika Nilles playing with these guys, I'm just all smiles today :-) :::

Found this listed for 25,-DKr (about 4 Euro), and I know it looks nasty in it's current state, but I'm hoping to restore it. I also got a millenium mic-stand and a Yamaha hi-hat stand (that had not been standing outside for a week), so that alone made the trip worth it.

Quite a nice haul:

I know that WD-40 and aluminium foil works wonders on old chrome hardware, but I'm not sure how to handle the black painted rack, I'm thinking that the best solution would be to sand it down and paint it, but if anyone have a better solution I'd love to hear it.

https://peertube.wtf/w/m2xJy3pWw7CUqQwLnzqL4m
https://youtu.be/nIr6eSO35og

I always wanted to try recording drums with natural reverb a'la Led Zeppelins fourth album, and this is my attempt at doing that, with a few caveats thou, first being that I don't live in or have access to Headley Grange, but I do have a staircase to the second floor, where I placed a B&O BM3 (a bidirectional ribbon microphone I bought at a yard-sale for a couple of euros).

I also don't have access to the same recording equipment, drums and talent but that never stopped me before :-) Here is what I used to record the video:

BassDrum: AKG D12
Snare & Toms: Sennheiser 504
18" FloorTom: Sennheiser MD 431
Overhead: Behringer C-2
Room Mic: B&O BM3
Soundcard: Focusrite 18i8
DAW: Ardour (Linux)
Videoeditor: Kdenlive
Drumkit: Pearl Wood-Glasfiber with a Ludwig Rocker snare

I was shopping for sticks when I saw the Tama 50th Anniversary drumkey, and I just had to order one, mostly because of the colour.

It came in this cute little box :-)

Sorry if this sounds like a commercial, I'm usually against useless extra packing, but this one is actually quite useful imo.