frozin
Faux-Ass Nonsense
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Post by frozin on Jun 11, 2005 17:38:02 GMT
hey man, been there done that- still struggling with the snare drum issue with this new dw snare i bought. the big question is, what heads are you using? A good majority of it is tuning, but the heads are almost as important. I'd love to be able to tell you what heads work best for certain situations, but with the few kits i've owned, it seems like what works on one drum won't work on the other sometimes. So what drums are you playing too? One thing I live about the evans website is they have charts for all the specifics on their heads- check it out at www.evansdrumheads.com and browse around. I've found most of their information to be pretty accurate. And hey, once you start recording you'll obsess with this crap even more- at least I do, but I practically live in my studio trying to get things sounding good!
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Post by dalyzach on Jul 25, 2006 4:43:29 GMT
As a footnote to my comments on RotoToms from a few months back, I actually bought a pair of them recently from a pawn shop. 16" and 18", the biggest they made. Total impulse purchase. I haven't dared to play them yet.
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Post by fvgazi on Jul 25, 2006 4:59:51 GMT
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Post by dalyzach on Jul 26, 2006 0:27:00 GMT
The only thing that could beat that would be a kit with Roto-Kick Drums. You just know the Remo factory's got a few prototypes lying around...
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Post by fvgazi on Jul 26, 2006 16:28:48 GMT
Well from what I hear, the roto-kicks didn't sound too hot (i don't see why they would). I have only ever seen one full set of roto-toms with the kicks.
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Post by dalyzach on Jul 26, 2006 17:47:35 GMT
I was only joking! Do you mean to tell me that they actually made Roto-Kicks? I can't imagine them sounding very good either. There's a company called Firchie that makes "Roto Snares": www.firchie.com
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CAK
You Drink a Lot of Coffee For a Teenager
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Post by CAK on Jul 26, 2006 21:17:20 GMT
What distinguishes Roto drums from normal drums, other than width? Is it depth, shell material, ...?
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Post by fvgazi on Jul 26, 2006 23:30:35 GMT
Roto-toms are single head stretched across a metal frame. Unlike wooden drums they have a very definite pitch and are tuned by rotating the head. dalyzach: haha, i don't catch on to sarcasm with drumming very well since i take it so seriously. they definitely made "roto-kicks", but that obviously wasn't a great idea since they just sound like a really big roto-tom and not a bass drum. i can't even imagine what a "roto-snare" might sound like... weird.
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kid
First Hits
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Post by kid on Aug 11, 2006 14:17:52 GMT
How can I get some of your music?
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CAK
You Drink a Lot of Coffee For a Teenager
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Post by CAK on Aug 11, 2006 20:06:35 GMT
I guess you could strap some strings on the back of a roto-tom and get the same effect.
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Post by dalyzach on Jan 13, 2007 0:15:21 GMT
Guys, I thought I'd let you be the first to know that I'm thinking of selling those RotoToms (16" and 18" w/ stand) I bought a few months ago. I just don't have any practical use for RotoToms of that size right now. Message me if you're interested before I throw 'em up on eBay.
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Post by cliff on Jan 18, 2007 3:47:15 GMT
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Post by fvgazi on Jan 18, 2007 5:27:07 GMT
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Post by dalyzach on Jan 18, 2007 17:13:36 GMT
Royster Jr. plays with En Vogue now. En Fucking Vogue! Is that really the best utilization of his talents? Dude, start a math rock band! My new favorite drummer (and probably yours as well) is THIS GUY: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoaPneBI3nURemarkable. He's got dozens of videos up on YouTube. The comments are often as funny as the videos. I'm actually thinking of recording a parody.
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Post by fvgazi on Jan 18, 2007 20:45:26 GMT
haha... jeff indyke... quite a character to say the least. mine as well throw this out here for all the other zach hill disciples like myself: www.myspace.com/holysmokesthesquire
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