LUDWIG: Vistalite Sound Test - GEAR GEAR GEAR 

Yeah so true, they have a lot of energy coming out of them from the drum seat.

Sure does.

Yeah, great gear. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks a lot!

Sounds great Leonard.

A 24" is like immersing yourself in a hot bath as compared to wading in water up to your knees.

@@KillerDrumsTV What's a 20" then? Getting your feet wet in a puddle? hehe

Thanks mate

That's awesome Greg. As drummers we are often led by things that impressed us as kids or teenagers (call it nostalgia or even marketing) but my experience is that playing drums that have meaning or sentiment to us make all the difference. Congrats mate, enjoy! - Tony

Isn’t buying a new drum nowadays the most indecisive thing that you can possibly do with all the videos out shell size type of wood and don’t even get me started on finishes you can change your mind every single day of the week especially since I love DW. I hope you love yours as much as the one I decided on.

Correct

Yeah I understand, but a snare stand sucks the tone out of your Tom unless you’re using a snare stand Tom resonance system of sorts or tuning the drum to a resonate pitch. The Tama HTS108W Single Tom Stand is our preferred way.

Jackie, is great playing for anyone and on anything.

Yeah, I get it. There is a sound difference between DW and the Ludwig's mostly due to do the extra weight and size of DW lugs etc. but essentially acrylic drums are all very similar, so if price is king. Long live the king.

Hey Tim, thanks for your comment. Phasing is a complex reality. On my show, I don't follow any other prescription, set up or engineering rules other than does it sound the best that it can. Some people say I use a Glyn Johns style of set up, but I had never heard of him at the time. I simply use the room mic on the floor as my main body of sound, move the left OH to capture primarily small toms and LH cymbals, the right OH for floor Tom primarily and RH cymbals balancing the two based on the player; the snare has it own mic for clarity; I move them each around individually until they make the kit sound it's best. Regarding "perfect" phasing, the truth is that with any more than one microphone on more than one sound source, you simply can't avoid phasing, so it's not about in or out of phase for me, like all things drums, it's about how does it sound. There was a time studio engineers used two mics on toms, one top and one bottom out of phase to capture the "best sound". The simple fact is that you can't have all mics in phase to each drum and cymbal on your kit, the physical reality that every drum and cymbal is at a different distance to all others (and there for microphone) makes that a fool's errand and impossible task and more so - chasing in phase with multipack mics and drums a best case scenario for me. As such we just do our best on the day (as we are on location, using headphones only, shoot three or four kit set ups and recording in the same room as the drums are being played) and simply found it's best just to listen with your ears. To be clear, I never measure distance away from snare or anything really, we just listen for balance, low end and fullness and if it's position is good for that and it works for that drum/cymbal setup and player, that's where it goes. Thanks for your comment, if you rewatch and look closely, I do believe you'll see that the mic went back to where it was anyways. Have a great day, Tim, thanks for your thoughts. Tony M

Thanks for your comment, we're pretty stoked to have Jackie Barnes on our show as a regular guest... ru-vid.comvideos

@@KillerDrumsTV Agree. Nothing wrong with his drumming. Prefer this to some guy mindlessly doing blast beat lol !