Hi,
I've owned them all (most of) Ambassadors, Emperors, Pinstripes, G2s, Aquarian, etc, etc...
Of course it's a subjective matter BUT for the purposes of reasonable control for inside practicing, what would be what some may consider "the quiet(er,est) of the drumheads in your experience?
Evans Hydraulic??
(I don't want to go the mesh head route).
Thanks!
If by "quietest", you mean most dampened, then yeah, hydraulics would be about it. EC2s are pretty controlled too.
On a bass drum, a superkickII is about the deadest I've ever heard.
Give these a look from remo. http://www.remo.com/portal/products/3/8/895/ds_silentstroke.html
Interesting. Let us know how it turns out if you go this route, although I have a feeling there may still be vibrational issues for persnickety neighbors. Perhaps setting up on thick carpet and using zero rings as well might lower the volume even more.
What are you going to do with the cymbals?
Al
How about those Aquarians with the foam built in? Iam talking about the ones for the toms (not just Superkicks)
Interesting. Let us know how it turns out if you go this route, although I have a feeling there may still be vibrational issues for persnickety neighbors. Perhaps setting up on thick carpet and using zero rings as well might lower the volume even more.What are you going to do with the cymbals?Al
Not sure if I'm going to go the mesh route. I'm moving into a new house today, probably gonna set up my R-360 and will probably test the waters before I go really drastic with mesh. I have control, just wanna do what I can to keep things lower. As far as cymbals, I'll probably set up my Dream stuff which sounds good a lower volume.
Keep the suggestions coming!
Man.... New Haven has some tough noise ordinance regulations!! 55 decibels 7am-10pm which is roughly the sound of a clothes dryer they state. And 45 on Sunday. I can understand your concerns.
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Mayor/ReadMore.asp?ID=%7B41FD0022-E2D7-498A-8B72-000D39BBBD4B%7D
I grew up playing in a Manhattan apartment. All you need is two terry bath towels. Throw them on the snare and toms and you're good to go. No muss, no fuss, no trip to the music store.
John
It's what -everybody- did when you wanted to keep the noise down and not have the neighbors call the cops. There were 80 families in my building alone. There were no ''mufflers" you could throw on your drums to quiet them down. Towels is all we had, so that's what we used. I knew several other drummers who did the same thing. I probably heard about it from one of them. Common practice among city-dwelling drummers. Neighbors are everywhere... above you, below you and on either side of you. If you practiced too loud, you were bound to pis$ somebody off.
John
