![]() Bass Drum Pedal: This is the pedal that controls the kick effect on the bass drum.Hi-Hat Pedal: It's the pedal that controls the effects of closing and opening the hi-hat cymbal. ![]() Ride Cymbal: This is the pad that simulates the ride cymbal.Crash Cymbal: It's the pad that simulates the crash cymbal.Hi-Hat Cymbal: It's the pad that simulates the hi-hat cymbal.Bombo: It's the pad that simulates the Bombo.Goliath/ Grenadier: It's the pad that simulates the goliath.Tom 2: This is the pad that simulates tom 2.Tom 1: This is the pad that simulates tom 1.Snare/Redoblante: This is the pad that simulates the snare drum.Controller module: This is the mixing console that contains all the sounds and knobs to control the factory settings.This impressive instrument has been designed in a wide variety of formats, so that it can meet every need for all learning levels. The combination of its components makes it the greatest expression of musical innovation in the world of percussion instruments. Most of all, enjoy yourself and look after your arm and hand health.Ĭome2Drum – The internet’s premier resource for drumming lessons and products.Electronic drums are simply technology at the service of music, because they represent the effort to take acoustic drums to a new level of versatility. Don’t play on the one that someone else tells you will “make you work harder”, or “it’s closest in hardness to the drum head”. ![]() Which one make you feel good? THAT will be the one you want to play on. I would like you to get your drum pad collection out and try the different surfaces. And surely it doesn’t match up to a 50/60 shore hardness drum pad – madness! I understand as you tighten the head that the surface will become “harder” but by no means do I feel like it ever becomes “concrete”. Some drummers have tried to convince me that the actual drum head is “hard”. I used a Black rubber pad from Scotland (made in N.Ireland I believe) and it totally impacted my hands in a negative way – to the point where I had to stop drumming for a month! So that pad made it’s way to the rubbish pile pretty quickly. There will also be a higher chance of hurting yourself through RSI and impact injury. In fact, you will work harder to create the bounce as the rubber is not creating it for you. When you are playing on a piece of rubber that is hard (rubber hardness is measured in Shore – 40 shore is my preferred hardness) then you are not going to get a great feel. (I will go into the whole pipe band drum stick preference side of things on another post). This relies on a few factors : the hardness of the rubber, the thickness of the rubber, the surface it is sitting on and the sticks you are using. The surface you play on creates a definitive feel. Why have I ended up settling for this piece of rubber? ![]() The majority of my students want to ditch their brand new pads in place of my rough cut practice pad. I play on this pad about 6 hours each day (I teach pipe band drumming full time). Yep, I rocked along to a rubber factory and tried out tons of different surfaces – found the one I liked and got an off-cut. The very best pad that I own cost me Nada. This also meant that mum and dad forked out for a new pad every 6 months, until the next “perfect practice pad” arrived on the market! Trust me, there is no “perfect” practice pad. I have also received the opposite advice! As a young drummer, I just believed what I was told – and therefore had a differing opinion every six months. I have also been advised by many drummers of the reasons why hard pads are best as they make you work harder, and resemble the true feel of the drum. Over the past few decades I have personally tried over 30 rubber drum pads, some great and some horrendous. These rubber mats offer us a great practice surface to play on when we can’t play on the snare drum (usually at home, as playing on a snare drum at home would require some forgiving family members and patient neighbours!). It goes without saying that the majority of pipe band snare drummers own more than one “practice” pad.
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