The Disappearance of the 13-Inch Tom – and what we can learn from it.
DRUM ACOUSTICS · INSTRUMENT DESIGN · CULTURE The Disappearance of the 13-Inch Tom - and what we can learn from it. How a superstition solved the wrong problem — and…
Five Rules for Breaking Into a Market That Doesn’t Want You
DRUM INDUSTRY · BRAND STRATEGY Five Rules for Breaking Into a Market That Doesn't Want You What every new drum manufacturer needs to understand before spending a dollar on marketing.…
Evans Calftone vs. Adoro Heritage
Evans Calftone vs. Adoro Heritage: Which Synthetic Calfskin Head Really Delivers? Drummers who want the sound experience of real calfskin heads without giving up the benefits of modern synthetic heads…
Heritage- eye opening
Adoro Heritage in test: EYE OPENING Listen up! Drum specialist Adoro is giving its Heritage drumheads a new edition. The "2.0s" are said to be even more powerful, durable and…
How to improve your drum sound
Recently a drummer was desperate to know how he can make sure sound engineers would get his drum sound right. He wrote: "Playing live we always have different sound guys.…
Why do drum sets have ascending toms?
Before mic'ing became a necessity, acoustic drums were just that: acoustic. And when they needed to be louder, drum manufacturers made them bigger and longer. That led to some diameter…
Play drums at room volume with Silent Sticks
Originally published May 2020, Sticks Magazine (Germany). Translated and edited for clarity. Playing drums at room volume? On a normal drum set? Silent Sticks from Adoro make this possible. And…
How did drumming get so damned loud?
How did drumming get so DAMNED LOUD?
When you go to a gig and the band is wearing in-ear monitors, audience members are stuffing plugs in their ears, and the chap running the soundboard is deaf, it…
How quiet can you play?
The goal of drum manufacturer Adoro Drums was and is to build high end drum set that work well in an all acoustic setting, sounding full and warm even when…
Warm Tuning: what it is, and why you want it.
TL;DR: Warm tuning means you tune your resonant head about a third higher than the batter head, resuting in overtones an octave below the fundamental tone. This makes your drums…
The Touch – Low Volume Drumming
This is Episode 1 of my lesson series on "Low Volume Drumming." Here I'm going over the basic touch I use for low volume drumming. Learn how to reorient your…
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Drum Volume Problems: The Case Against Shields and Enclosures
My parents always told me, “Just because everyone’s doing it, doesn’t make it right!” That wisdom rings true with how to solve drum volume problems too! Problem: The drums are…