You playing actually sounds crazy good on these (no surprise)! That opening improv with the constant stream of ghost notes was groovy as hell. Is it weird that I can almost hear these being used as a distinct 'sound' instread of just a quiet alternative to normal cymbals and heads?
Ok, I am not a drummer (I did play snare in 4th grade) 😄 however, I just bought a Gretsch drum set for recording. Are these "quite cymbals" for recording purposes or just for practice? TY Subscribed!
I agree. I used to be a staunch Remo guy and my buddy ALWAYS tried to get me to switch to Evans, but I was stuck in my ways. I finally made the switch 3 years ago and I haven't looked back!!!
I'm a church drummer and we are really trying to reduce the drum volume. We've been looking for solutions everywhere and these seem pretty promising. I'm assuming the reduced volume would mean we could actually EQ them and mix them into our space. Which would be especially helpful since we also stream each service. My only real concern is the snare since I tend to do a lot of edge of the head shots for certain songs. What are your thoughts on that? Or, would there be a way to use a traditional snare head but muffle it to get a similar volume? Great review, thanks!
Bro thanks so much for bringing these videos out time and time again, got into KZ IEMs because of you and no doubt products you bring to the channel in the future are gonna help big time. Big Love from Sydney, Australia 👊🏼❤️🎵
is 80% enough for a wide-open living room that is 6x4 meters and 3.5 to the ceiling... what can I do in a living room? is the only place I got... any advice on how I can do my best to not disturb neighbours!? thanks
Don't get me wrong bruh... I love evans heads, they are currently on my entire GIGANTIC set of drums!! About a year before my dear friend AJ Pero ( Twisted Sister/Adrenaline Mob ) passed away, he said... "B-man... you're still playing those Aquarian heads...!!????!!" I replied, "why hell yeah Ant, no more endorsements for me... so, I am still playing the last of my Aquarian's!!" AJ said ... "Dude, Evans, which is really D'Addario now, has entire new line of heads... soup to nuts, I'll send ya a crapload of them, tell me what you think!!" He did, and that was the..... last time I heard his voice.... 😧 .... !!! We did text while he was out on tour with A.M., but..... well, it's not the same!!! Sooooooo, I am a believer of Evans and D'Addario & Pro Mark hickory, perhaps I'll be able to eventually afford that setup... BUT BROTHA... WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS........ 🤔 WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PUMAS....😳😲?!!? THEY ARE SOOOOOO LIT!!!! I GOTTA GET THOSE FIRST!!!!! 😆😜🤭🤫 ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER DRUMMER!!!!!!!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏼
Super cool. The market for these must be booming for Evans to put out this set. Ive heard of guys using the cymbals for real small jazz cafe type gigs. Also bet after covid, tons of people got into music, and we're the only ones with out a volume knob. Until now!! Boom. Thanks Rob. Keep it cool man.
I've waited for this video for quite a long time. I saw the dB heads on their website and I was thinking of getting those heads to add on to my kit with some low volume cymbals. But, I have a question. Does the snare head allow you to still use your snare wires on the snare drum or you just have to remove it and use the drum head like that?
I just got these. Really cool so far. A few issues I've had personally with setup: The hihats are much shallower than my other stuff. I have a DW 3000 hihat stand and a Tama touch drop clutch. I had to put a thicker foam under the bottom hihat because the bottom of Tama's quick release mechanism was hitting the top of the plastic cymbal protector piece on the stem, preventing me from being able to fully close them. Also, if you have a ported bass drum reso head, you're probably going to want to change that out too because with it on, you get a pretty dead sounding bass. Tuning is a little finicky. You have to get the tom reso heads really in sync with the batters or you won't get anything from them. The floor tom is proving hardest to get right, but I also have a cheap $400 Ludwig kit. Overall, this set is really impressive. But there needs to be more tuning guidance than just a one sided pamphlet for people who are newer to drumming. Just be warned, this isn't something you're going to slap together if you decide you just want to play for a half hour at 1 in the morning. If you're GOOD, you can probably get it all changed out in a half hour.
When I was apartment living many years ago, these heads from Remo, Moongel or D'Addario were not available. I had to do my quiet practice on a wood set with gum rubber by Ralph C. Pace. I also used to use an elastic cymbal muffle on my left and right side rides. Today we got something for any situation. Although I wouldn't use steel hats or cymbals for anything.
Rob great review. You sold me on the rtoms. Like them because you can keep the mylar heads on . Only issue i dont like is the rims on the Rtom is a bit high. So which do you prefer now, the RTOM or the evans db1s?
Great review as always!! I'll be real- when I saw what looked like another quiet head and cymbal pack I didn't think it would be anything special, but oh man was I wrong, this is so cool!! The heads seem like they combine a standard mesh head like the Evans SoundOff with the RTom Black Hole pads and EMAD tech (though not removable) to get the ultimate combination of awesome features on one set of quiet drumheads. The snare head is really cool as well, I don't like how many quiet heads take away the body of the snare and response from the wires so this one actually gives us that snare sound. The only question I have for you is how you'd compare these to the Evans SoundOff drumheads in terms of sound and feel. And as a big fan of thinner cymbals, seeing a cool set of really thin quiet cymbals with good stick definition is really nice. The studio I teach at has a set of L80 cymbals which do the job but feel a bit too heavy for my liking, especially compared to my usual thinner AAX crashes. I was looking into buying the Sabian Quiet Tone cymbals which I know are thinner but I may have to give these a try first.
Great preview! I have a very specific question about the sound of the cymbals compared to the low volume zildians, where the attack sound of the stick is so loud that the cymbal sound is lost in the mix. Are the Evans cymbals better balanced; do they have a more musical sound than the L80’s?
Really cool product, thanks for the video. Would be cool to have a side by side comparison with same gear and mics gains (and room mic aswell) to really compare difference in volume. Maybe also with a db meter? 😜
Great review 🤩 I am a drum instructor at the School Of Rock and I wonder if these drum heads can handle a lot of the hard hitting from beginner to intermediate drummers?? I have about 10-14 students of all ages in a weekly basis…. Durability compared to standard drum head?? Either way it was a great presentation thank you for sharing new products it was very informal and educational, thank you again and I look forward to more awesome DRUM videos!
Great video! These look very promising. I just moved back into a townhouse from a regular house and I’m still learning kit. I have the Evans Soundoff mesh heads and they work well. I’m now thinking about getting these new heads and using the Soundoffs as resonate heads. Those cymbals sound really nice too. How loud would you say they are compared to standard cymbals?
I currently bought Remo silent stroke and with an added piece of tape they work and sound good. I'd like to try the Evans snare and bass drum head when they come to Canada in 2024.
Hey Rob - another great video. Question for you - would these work in a small church setting? Mic it up like a regular kit without the extra stage noise? Do they put out enough volume for that or would the wedges completely overpower them? Thanks man.
Right on!!! I bet when you two get together you have a lot of fun. You both are very talented cats, and also explain things very well to us. I feel blessed to have come across both of your channels. Keep up the great work.
Just a quick FYI. I have a DIY eKit with Pintech RS-5 triggers with their trigger traps, and then these cymbals, with rack-mounted medium Condenser mics setup underneath the right and left-hand groups of cymbals. IE one mic between the hats and crash, and the other mic between the ride and crash. After a bit of EQ, slight compression to cut the over-tone push a bit, and volume balancing between my Drum module output and the over(in this case under)heads on my Mixer, The kit sounds amazing!
Im an evans gouy for a few years now and I love the idea. I don’t need them but if I would buy them. Would the cymbals come in differrent sizes too? I play 20/24/15 Zildjian K Con Proto’s as a main set.
Great videos Rob, been working on some of your beginner exercises. I've been attempting to learn on an old Yamaha DTX and not a big fan of the feel. Wondering if this is a better alternative for my acoustic kit. Since nobody let's me play the acoustic due to the volume.
Its really interesting to me, especially when you dont have a room where you bother your neighbours and other people. Plus it sounds really good and it seems that you have the same feel like with normal heads (rebound, ghost notes etc.) But how often do you have to change the heads? Is the durabilty like on the regular ones? Thanks for the video.
When you look at the Remo versions that are JUST mesh, they move no air in the shell. If no air is being moved, the reso head isn't resonating and you get no tone. Early adopters of "silent kits" were learning that putting some tape on the heads was allowing the reso head to resonate and thus produce some tone. Then folks started experimenting with different types of mesh heads from electric kits and were finding that 2 or 3 ply heads could produce tone. I had went with a very thick and tighter woven mesh head from GoEdrum in conjunction with the low volume Zildjian cymbals (14" hats, 16+18" crashes, 20" ride, 18" china). Part of the things that make these Evans heads sound as good as they do is the patch and the foam pushing air and allowing the reso head to produce tone! I'll definitely be picking some of these up to compare and most likely mix and match the best sounding for each head and cymbal.
Bless up, Rob. I'm thinking of buying a Yamaha Stage Hip with an EAD10 module and 3 Yamaha Triggers. I would like to hear your opinion and, if possible, do a video on using Evans DB One Low Volume Set on the Stage Custom
Can you use Drum Triggers with these Db One drum heads, I have the Stainless Steel Lo Volume Cymbals they match my Drum Kit Chrome Rings and they Sound Amazing in my Apartment, and doesn't piss off my Neighbors, like before when i had the Regular Brass Cymbals they were very loud .👍
Thanks for the review. I have the Evans "sound off" currently on a practice kit and am very happy with them. Had just seen the cymbals come out and they sound good as well. I have the Zildjian L80's, but only hats and a crash/ride. These dB ones sound as good or better than the L80's (in headphones, anyway).
Great review Rob, as always thank you for keeping it real 👍🏻 I’m curious how these heads and cymbals would work if I wanted to use my Yamaha EAD 10? Maybe adjusting the sensitivity on the EAD would work? Just curious.
Great video - what do you think about using these in a church / live music setting? I'm trying to replace the old electric kit with my real kit, but volume is gonna be an issue.
Hi Rob. Just 1 question. I have spent years trying to get a softer quieter kit - & some dollars. But to no avail. My problem stems from the fact that my practice kit resides upstairs on a particle wood floor. I carpeted the floor but only helped reduce ambient sound - especially when I closed the door. However, the kick pedal sits on the floor which transmits to the room beneath where my wife watches TV. As I said, I carpeted the floor (helped a bit) But not much. Also have installed a Roland anti vibrate seperate floor (just under the kit clean pedal only)which lifts the pedal off the floor. At that point I stopped trying. The problem is not the drum heads & not the kick drum head but the clunk down of the actual pedal. Do you have any suggestions Rob. Cheers Owen
Thank you for the musical demonstration. They do sound almost recordable, and I can imagine that kinetic device on the bottom of the head is making it less bouncy hopefully. It all sounds good, but you also played them well, so they can’t have all the credit. I was wondering if you could order specific sizes though? Or is it just a standard set up as if everybody played the same sizes, which they don’t. Thanks man.
The Evans bottom hi hat is a lot different here, and the drilled section of all cymbals appears to come out closer to the edge on than the Arborea. If (again, a big "if") Evans took an Arborea set, slightly softened the brightness with the additional holes, and improved the hi hats, it's worth the additional cost.
Hi, thanks so much for always providing such good content for us drummers to review, was wondering in your honest opinion how is this compared to the RTOM?
Wow, thank you for the very thorough demo of these products. Lv your vibe when you talk. The word “sincere” just keeps popping into my mind when I am listening to you talk. Also you either demonstrated the exact questions I had as they were popping into my head or answered questions I had not thought about yet. I stayed focused on your content and not your delivery because I felt safe and felt you reaching out to the community to help us practice better. Bravo! Your success is well deserved because you care.
Do I need snare wires for th snare head? My throw just broke and I’m already using remo silent and time to change. Also, is the bass punchier than other silent strokes? Having issues with my snare and bass levels compared to toms and cymbals
Too bad the sizes are limited. My drumkit is 20 bd, 8, 12 and 14 toms. And my cymbals are 20 ride and 14 and 16 crash. I want to mimick my drumkit with the home situation. So i need to find another brand.
I really love the cymbals! They seem to be the ideal practice cymbal. I currently have some Zildjian L80s, and my only problem with them is their rough texture, which tends to chew up the tips of my sticks. These dB1 cymbals seem to be more finished where the holes are punched, with smooth edges. The sound is musical (many low volume cymbals are way too bright sounding for my taste). I also love the sound of the heads, although I think I'll stick with my Rtom Black Hole pads, since they go right on top of the existing rims and heads. If I had the luxury of having a second kit for quiet practice, I'd opt for the dB1 heads (especially the snare). Excellent review!
Thanks for the review Rob! Never heard of these before. Would you recommend using them at a church worship services? Our building is a commercial warehouse with very high ceilings and seats about 150.
Live performance/playing wasn’t necessarily the goal for these heads and cymbals. But minimally mic’d in a mostly acoustic setting, it could be very cool and worth experimenting with. A bit of added gain on the mics may be enough to bring them up in the mix.
You can go either way. Your drums will be slightly quieter without the resonant heads, but they're still extremely quiet with them on and the drum retains a little bit of tone too. I would personally leave them on but it's worth trying both and seeing what suits you.
hey rob, put a couple of rivets through the holes on bottom of hat and check it out. i put them on mine and great auxillary hat. Can you do a video on it
Those cymbals and the hats stand up in their own right, kind of sounded like an electro jazz fx set... I'm really going to have to look into these as 90% of the time I'm playing an acoustic kit at home with mutes on which can get pretty frustrating. Thanks, Beatdown, for giving me yet more stuff to spend money on 😂😂
I love it when I show up to a small room or jazz gig and hear: "Can you play brushes all night?" Me: Yes, if the music calls for it. Can you play on just the white keys all night and not use the sustain pedal? Or the other one when I showed up for a reunion gig about 10 years ago. I hadn't even set down my bags and got: "What's the smallest kit you can play tonight?" I said, "The one I brought." Don't be asking your drummer to down size a 4 or 5 piece kit when one less tom will not change anything on the drum foot print on a stage. Move the trumpet player off the stage to the side. Or! and you going to love this...."can you move back a little?" Wait a second, I have several stands and drums on a rug to move and you want 8" more space? You think you could move your amp a little to the left and step over a bit instead? One thing you have to move, but you want your drummer to move all his stuff. ?! You're welcome.
I just ordered a set of heads and can't wait for them to arrive. I live in an apartment and hope this will allow for more practice time. Thanks for the demo
