Testing the WEIRDEST Drum Hacks I Could Find

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Gear Used (affiliate links)
- Sticks/Hardware -
Vic Firth Freestyle 5b Drum Sticks:
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Vic Firth VKB5 Beater:
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Roc n’ Soc Drum Throne:
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Tama Road Pro/ Iron Cobra Hardware:
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- Drums/Heads/Cymbals -
Remo Silentstroke Drum Heads:
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Remo Emperor Clears:
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Remo Powerstroke Pro:
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DW Collectors Maple:
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- Microphones/Headphones -
Earthworks ICON Pro:
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Pair of Slate ML-1 (as overheads):
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Austrian Audio CC8 (as rooms):
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Earthworks DM20 (toms):
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Earthworks SR20LS (snare top):
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Lewitt DTP 640 REX Bass Drum Mic
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Shure SM57 (snare bottom):
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Austrian Audio Hi-X60 Headphones:
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Earthworks DK7 Drum Mic Kit:
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Today were checking out some weird drum hacks! Imagine 5 Minute Crafts, but for drums... Ever wanted to complicate your bass drum muffling technique and carry around a bike tire pump? Well you're in luck! But Tiktok drums are kinda interesting too. Just reverse your snare side head if its too worn out and won't tighten up enough. Concert toms are somehow making a comeback, but whats the best way to turn a regular drum into one? Maybe Remo Silentstrokes are the answer? Ringy Snare? Just fill it with silicone! But my favorite by far is using a microphone as a bass drum beater
Testing the WEIRDEST Drum Hacks I Could Find

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@rdavidr Год назад

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@Augfordpdoggie Год назад

god your drums sound incredible

@forrestmcelfresh521 Год назад

Shure SM-58 is a vocal mic, SM-57 is optimized for instruments. 58 has limited frequency response on both high an low ends.

@rockycavignac6152 Год назад

Bro...... NO. Just Noooooo! Warby Parker??? Spend the few extra bucks and go to to an Optician. For instance, I would've NEVER let you walk out of my office without the anti-relective coating on your lenses. ESPECIALLY if you're gonna be on camera!!

@jgreen2015 Год назад

Ya know... Apparently piezo sensors can work as contact mics.. Hint hint

@jgreen2015 Год назад

Ya know... Apparently piezo sensors can work as contact mics.. Hint hint

@alanduncan1980 Год назад

Instead of hitting a drum set with sticks, why not hit a microphone set with drums? It's the future.

@TheMetalFreshTiger Год назад

🤣😁🤘

@heavymachete6235 Год назад

actually, the youtuber simonthemagpie did this for a video once

@juergenkulmermusic Год назад

My Thought !!! 😂👍

@tepetti Год назад

You only need 3 mics no matter the setup

@heavymachete6235 Год назад

@@tepetti may I ask, what mic configuration?

@_cosully Год назад

David that freeze frame part at 1:43 was so funny it caught me totally off guard

@unholymunk Год назад

The fact that SM57 survived that kinda beating is just a testament to that mics durability!

@freelance_commie Год назад

You ever seen the marketing poster they made thats nine squares of different torture tests? I just remember using it as a hammer, dropping from like 50 ft onto hard floor and submerged in a pitcher of beer and still worked after that haha.

@SlyHikari03 Год назад

I feel like someone ether lit that mic, froze it or dropped in water and recorded a song with it.. At least that’s what I’ve heard once.. This thing can take a beating and stand the rest of time.

@Starcrunch72 Год назад

I'll tell you what a 57 doesn't survive, 15 years of snuff spittle...that really cakes it up and assures that no one else will use your mic 😎😎

@TheMetalMarci Год назад

At 2:09 he starts talking perfectly on beat

@trollyou2731 Год назад

😂 you're right

@davifelixmollergriebeler3313 Год назад

Hahahahaha

@yevernotice9408 Год назад

Observant guy

@manassehsimon4082 Год назад

Yea... Like he was rapping 😂

@SlyHikari03 Год назад

Starts spitting fire

@siddharthsule1479 Год назад

I use the mesh head as resonant trick, but it’s cos I use the mesh heads for when I’m practicing at home and have clear heads for gigs, so just a matter of turning toms upside down!

@rdavidr Год назад

big brain moves right there!

@steamer2k319 Год назад

@@rdavidr It's been another long day. Thanks for the microphone-beater -based laugh at the end of the vid--I needed that.

@tbtdylarn8611 Год назад

Babe wake up the best beard on RU-vid posted

@JoeyyyyyDrum Год назад

Yessir 😍

@Desecrator6 Год назад

No I'm tired

@M0M... Год назад

stop simpin

@supraphonic88 Год назад

I've been meaning to try the mesh resonant thing forever but have just been too lazy/cheap to get around to it, glad to see it kind of works!

@EpicSHMOW Год назад

I was recording once in a buddy's basement "studio" but we forgot to bring the subkick to properly mic the bass drum so we lowered a mic in through the hole for the tom stands and taped the cable for the mic so that it was suspended in the center of the drum. It turned out to be one of the best sounding kick drums I've heard

@franktatom1837 Год назад

The microphone hack was hilarious. One hack I've tried with some success is waxing the unfinished edges of wood drums with good paste wax intended for furniture. I polished the edges to a fairly high shine before I put the heads on. Many years ago, I also used (get ready) WD-40 on the edges of metal snares, to help the head slide on the edge while it was tensioned. I just wiped the edge with a cloth soaked in WD-40 before installing it to give it a slight amount of that substance. Seemed to help, to be honest. I got the idea from the need to lubricate large sheets of metal when forming it on a die. The best/worst (i.e., hilarious crazy thought but works, hilarious crazy thought and doesn't work) hack I can recall was the suggestion to line the inside of a snare with maxi-pads to quell ring (you may have tried that already), from back in the "how much more dead can we make a drum sound?" 70's. Surprised shag carpet as a snare liner wasn't used then, instead.

@johnpeccarelli2389 Год назад

I didn’t know Jim Root was so good on drums! 😂 🥁 Cool hacks…

@frelopermanboy7426 Год назад

he doesn’t even look like him, lmfao.

@mbj6555 Год назад

The mic beater is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

@millcreekrange Год назад

On the V-Belt in a steel shell hack, years ago I picked up a Ludwig Hammered Bronze 6.5x14 snare in a pawn shop. Only had one die-cast hoop. Brought it home and put a new set of die-cast hoops on it and it had a lot of ring. I also had a new set of 30 ply maple hoops in my shop. Put them on the snare and I loved the sound as well as the looks. To date, those hoops are still on that snare. It has a nice warm tone to it with just enough ring to it.

@arheru Год назад

Did you use a belt?

@millcreekrange Год назад

@@arheru no, just used the 30ply Maple Hoops.

@stevencooper564 Год назад

The two inner tubes actually sounded really punchy, surprisingly good sound honestly.

@Sam3103s Год назад

To be honest with his mics anything will sound good.

@bilhamcobbly2957 Год назад

Hi David, I think I discovered a good bass drum hack to make it sound clicky/Electronic.depends on the size.Use a loose bass drum head,Or any one ply batter,That’s at least 3 inches undersized.Take two coins preferably quarters.tape them to the batter outside of the hack,Where the beaters impact. Then take the “prepared” head and it should rest inside the clamp on the hoop bottom.the top of the resting head will fall forward.Then tape just the 12oclock position.it’s ready.The coins should be hitting indirectly from inside that patch. Thanks

@liamfitzdrums Год назад

I apologize for bursting your bubble but I'm pretty sure that's exactly what Vinnie Paul was doing on those Pantera albums to get his bass drum sound.

@bilhamcobbly2957 Год назад

@@liamfitzdrums Ha! No bubbles bursted here.I know that fact.Mine is slightly different.Sorry for not being clear.Vinnie taped his with the coins facing the beaters directly.With the possibility of the beaters sticking to the tape as it heats up from playing.Mine is a hack that can be placed against the head or quickly removed for the booming regular tone.My coins are hitting from the underside of the head/Hack

@pinelybones Год назад

You know the trick to fatten a snare by putting an upside down head on it? Try it on a floor tom, it can sound pretty good and resonates well if the batter head is tuned a little low

@codyjasso5325 Год назад

Hi David, I'm not too sure where I got this hack from but putting cotton balls in all of my toms really helped to get rid of overtones and that's the only sort of mufling I use now!

@glengamble526 Год назад

I use that too. Old school and works perfectly.

@RaphHwang Год назад

When it comes to the silicone filled bearing edge hack, Tama actually makes a snare that way (the Soul Toul signature model). I think it's JDM exclusive

@tharrock337 Год назад

alright, david, we are going to need you to test every mic you have in every position on that beater you can imagine. clearly the problem here was not the idea but it was your execution. Sincerely, your entire audience without any exceptions.

@ljdunsmore1 Год назад

Wouldn't it make more sense if the mic was stationary? If it were in a fixed position and you struck it with a beater that would make a lot more sense to me. Iv watched a guy play a kick mic with a felt beater and a few socks wrapped around the mic for padding. It actually worked pretty well.. it was consistent and had low frequency, what more do you need? Seems like phasing was a big issue considering he was literally moving the mic every half second. Besides also getting the wobble and spring sound of the pedal.

@DulceDul217 Год назад

I screamed laughed so hard when I saw the image of the mic drum beater 🤣

@yeetsus5449 Год назад

The last one sounded like a good les claypool impression

@paulgriffingatorgrooves Год назад

Thanks for sharing! The bass drum / mic beater is hilariously ridiculous, or ridiculously hilarious! I have a hack for the overstretched snare side head: Take another old trashed head, and cut the Mylar completely off and throw away. Use the rim from the old head to place between the current head and the rim to create a spacer which allows about 1/4” additional tightening potential for the head.

@notasilicaanimus Год назад

The best muffling solution that I've found for the bass drum is a remo muff'l ring and a falam patch.

@derikhancock1224 Год назад

Enjoyed the In The Air Tonight fill snuck in there.

@tb7077 Год назад

There are times I really love a good honky snare.

@TylerOath Год назад

I also saw the other day on Instagram where you put actual corn kernels in a popcorn snare instead of snares. Cant wait to try it! Lol

@GeraldSmallbear Год назад

That's basically a wave drum. Small ones work quite well as snare drums.

@hendrickroy7481 Год назад

Your toms seem to have more character as concert toms. Pretty cool sound!

@yelltempus Год назад

David, David, David I suspect you might be just a tad young to know about the original reason for fan belts & silicone in flanges & beards. It wasn't dampening, it was directing the air column inside the drum over the entire bottom head. Hopefully increasing the sensitivity. The dampening factor was just an unexpected benefit. We would epoxy the fan belts in place. It was most common to just epoxy a fan belt in the flange that made the bottom bearing edge. Of course people started filling the bead & the top flange as well & that's probably when the dampening factor started to get noticed.

@andrewallason4530 19 дней назад

Great to see the old Royal Star mentioned. I have a Royal Star kit (possibly early 1960s ‘oil-slick’ blue) with all the original hardware AND skins! I’ve had it since 1987, and absolutely love it. I use modern hardware and skins (though I still use hydro-heads, which are well out of fashion and getting harder to find replacements) and the original stuff is ‘protected’ in old gear bags.

@Crumpelstiltskins Год назад

You make such great and well polished videos. I really like your editing and approach to content production. Thanks!

@hieronymus1288 Год назад

Always such a pleasure watching your videos. Keep em' coming!

@rdavidr Год назад

🤘

@extremelycreativeusername3190 Год назад

6:10 my drumset that i play shows with does not have reso heads on the toms. i have the rims on however so the bearing edge is safe. i mic up the toms from the bottom and they sound even better they did when i still had resos and would mic from the top. surprisingly a great thing to do to your kit for shows!

@SeeMick1 Год назад

Fun fact: My friend took the original pic of the SM57 kick beater while working at a recording studio. It was a slow day.

@SamXDesc Год назад

9:50 should definitely come as an effect to an e-drum module.

@thecowboydrummer Год назад

Thanks for featuring my flip the bottom head hack! 🤠

@sdothark Год назад

Using the Pyle mic for the beater was a nice throwback, that budget recording video got me into your channel!

@williammayer6829 Год назад

Everytime I see you've posted my day is made! Thank you for being amazing 😊

@snoowy3 Год назад

His look of pure disappointment at 9:48 as he looks down at the mic haha

@cisumsevolbor Год назад

Totally enjoyed your video. Thank you. My favorite was the mic/beater. I totally cracked up.

@JDogTheDrummer Год назад

I used alien gel tape for my muffling! You can get a roll of it off Amazon or Lowes or about $10. Its shock resistant, leaves no residue when you take it off, and you can wash it and reuse it!

@honkytonkinson9787 Год назад

My son got a pack of superhero window decals that worked perfectly for muffle gel. Captain America was always on my snare and the hulk on the floor tom

@freelance_commie Год назад

@@honkytonkinson9787 like just vinyl static cling (or whatever is holding them up!) decals?

@honkytonkinson9787 Год назад

@@freelance_commie close. They were similar to moongel but opaque. They also seemed higher quality; didn’t get dirty as easily and didn’t bleed color into coated drum heads. I wish I knew what brand they were, or where to get more, but it was something my son got for Christmas years ago and I sort of stole them lol

@MyVideoJournal Год назад

Love your channel keep up the awesome content! Wanted to suggest if you ever get into sampling sounds to a drum module that kick mic sound was very interesting! I think this would give you more control. Happy Holidays!

@zikandgroovefr Год назад

I thank you for making this video from the bottom of my heart. It gives me some idea to improve my video recording.

@djjazzyjeff1232 Год назад

I like that silent stroke reso head trick a lot. Seems to really reign in those toms and make them sound more controlled. Probably wouldn't need a gate for them live. Also, won't have to worry about a big PA system causing any sort of floor tom sympathetic feedback resonance, which I have run in to in the past with a super resonant floor tom. I wonder if it works on a snare drum to make it not so damn loud lol. Sometimes my band plays some places with really challenging acoustics, and the snare just clatters around in there. Every band that plays there has that problem, not just us, but that doesn't mean that I'm not interested in finding a solution lol.

@simonr9870 Год назад

At least we all know that an sm-57 is a good choice since they can take a beating.

@TheMilford Год назад

practical twist on the mic trick: Check out the kick sound Tejas, by ZZ Top. Supposedly the mic slipped and was resting on the head during recording, but it ended up sounding great.

@bwrinn8 Год назад

I'm confident I speak for everyone when I say... We need more like this.

@rusticsurviving2606 Год назад

I use a old couch cushion cut to a 22" circle pushed against the head...Mainly to reduce the volume but it sounds great..I use a 20 lug bass drum with a Natal double bass pedal..thanks for your videos

@bengozzy408 Год назад

I'm going to make that beater for myself. Um, the Vic Firth one. Definitely not the 57!

@indi2174 Год назад

Best way to start my day off great is at @5:56 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💝 and now you have concert times

@partondrumworks Год назад

The Mic on the kick pedal is definitely an interesting hack. Wonder how it would sound if you had a small towel taped to the head to absorb some of the impact. I know it not practical at all but is an interesting concept.

@TyAllyn_BeastBeats Год назад

Thanks for these awesome videos David!! I just had to sell my drum kit. I was building it but by bit and ran into financial issues. These videos help me get by since I can't drum!! Thank you!!

@CornerStoreDrums Год назад

There we go! Love the channel! 💯🥁

@RainMakeR_Workshop Год назад

I've been thinking about trying mesh heads on the resonant side of my toms and kick. Mostly so I can have a quiet practice kit and loud rehearsal/gigging kit with just one kit (not a lot of space at mine, so I can't have multiple kits). Just a few slight mods would be needed. But it seems pretty simple... in my head at least. The biggest being adding extra leg brackets to my floor tom and possibly extra spurs on the kick drum. Which isn't much.

@BB.156 Год назад

Since silent strokes came out I’ve been hoping someone would try that out. I immediately thought that it would be a great use for playing at regular volumes.

@areyoujelton Год назад

A small woven rug draped on a kick makes a very lovely dampening effect. (And also allows you to place things like a wallet or keys on your kick without fear of them falling off.)

@chinmeysway Год назад

I’ve been doing this with a few blankets. Just didn’t have anywhere to put them! But was wondering if it’s good for the sound to bleed less from the kick into other mics maybe.

@Journeyman.71 Год назад

Variation on the last one: use a good beater, attach a small lavaliere mic to the shaft, below the beater head.

@Noone-of-your-Business Год назад

5:15 - sounds great to me. Maybe a bit reverb-y, but definitely great.

@marshalmallow1844 Год назад

The "mic as a beater" trick turned your kick sound into "Default crappy keyboard MIDI kick" instantly. I am curious as to what a cheap contact mic attached to either the beater or the beater pad would sound like though. Although now I've written it down, it does just sound like I'm reinventing a drum trigger

@famitory Год назад

the mic thing would probably sound better just putting a contact mic on the head on top of where the patch goes so a normal beater can hit it.

@deathkorpsofkrieg7639 Год назад

video idea, put moongel on cheap and expensive cymbals. or perhaps put giant moongel on say like a 22" ride

@gregonline6506 Год назад

Hilarious 🤣 The mic against the bass drum.

@ItsBigRickSon Год назад

Imma be honest, the mic kick actually has a cool sound. Kinda reminds me of like movie montage bass hits.

@sammcdouall4849 Год назад

How you need to try smaller bike tubes for the snare and toms. Maybe try something like half an old shirt across the tube when you pump it up. Maybe wrap around the tube and staple the cloth back on to itself, then do again on the opposite side.

@ThaClancyFam2 Год назад

The section starting at 9:30 🤣🤣 I am rolling bro. You just earned a sub from me.

@reifygfx Год назад

dude really forged his own kick drum mic adapter for this video. major credit

@TechNiVoltisgr3at Год назад

One of the ideas I came up with in a drum shop, is to get one of those giant water balloons, fill it with water, and put it into a bass drum as muffling. Never got around to it though

@Ronsonic Год назад

Back in the early 70's a few guys used a big pooffy beater directly onto a Shure SM57. Unlike the way you did it - backwards - mount the mic where the head would be.

@craigs1266 Год назад

My first thought on using a microphone as a kick drum beater is using a Shure Beta 56.

@diegomonteirobatera Год назад

The concert tom/silent head trick was pretty slick. I'm doing that!

@HamptonGuitars Год назад

I use a small pillow filled with buckwheat husks (?) that works great. Also Tell Warby Parker to offer glass lenses!!

@andrewjohnson388 Год назад

Love this channel but with Heads, em, use coated heads!! both sides, and tune to pitch. Never muffle, including bass drum, with felt strip across on front, with no holes! Tuning!

@jeffbridges6110 Год назад

LoL. The "Mic/Beater" thing cracked me up.

@SlyHikari03 Год назад

“So how do you wanna mic your set” “Yes”

@LarkVsOwl-de3op Год назад

Thank you for trying the bike tire! Really tempted to try it now on a kit that never leaves a rehearsal space that doubles as an engineer's smaller studio. Sounded good to me! Glad you enjoy Sylvia's book as much as many others have!

@DrumRoody Год назад

I love that tire kick sounds!

@Thundergaming4900. Год назад

I like how he keeps the drum key on a tension screw while he is playing with the silocone dampened snare

@markitux Год назад

that Colliseum snare!! 😍

@sapiera0917 Год назад

Laughing my ass off that last one bro 🤣😆

@zombies418 Год назад

I’ve once heard Vinnie Paul from Pantera would tape quarters to his bass drum where the beater hit so that it gave a clicky sound.

@junkyardmagic Год назад

I really liked the mic hack - it sounded loke a cross between a kick drum and someone dropping a mike

@sundayswithjeremiah Год назад

Last clip got me like 😂...What the flip was that

@tjwreds1 Год назад

really enjoyed the mesh head reso sound.

@Jonathan_Doe_ 11 месяцев назад

Tungsten or lead wheel balancing weights could work inside a snare shell to add mass and deaden the shell (or at least lower it’s frequency).

@samuelroth1684 Год назад

You should try and mic your snare bottom by facing it under the snare parallel to the bottom instead of pointing at it, can sometimes get a much smoother sound

@PintsofGuinness Год назад

6:56 dear god that tone is massive

@mal2ksc Год назад

It seems the problem with the last one was inertia. Maybe try a condenser mic that weighs almost nothing? It will almost certainly need some degree of covering, quite possibly more than its normal wind screen can provide, but perhaps the ball cage of an SM-58 can be added to that without adding a ton of weight.

@TylerOath Год назад

Bonus benefit with the concert Tom thing is you could try to flip the drums over and you go from a real kit to a practice kit easy! The floor and the kick may be a little wonky though.

@rdavidr Год назад

never even thought about that!

@TylerOath Год назад

@@rdavidr it’s worth a try! have an extra snare with a mesh head ready, swap it out and boom! Lol

@SagaContinu Год назад

Use a rubber camping mat and cut it into a circle for the bass drum is what I do. Works well

@mal2ksc Год назад

Layer some socks over the bass drum beater maybe? For the snare, the easiest option is probably to just own a second snare for practice. Maybe one that doesn't actually have snares.

@rhuebner82 Год назад

Awesome man! Do you find yourself using a “blast beat” hand technique on the snare and tom rolls? Or dumb question?

@primalaspidgod3571 9 месяцев назад

I like how at the end you can see his reflection as he turns off the camera XD

@ralphbenites1312 Год назад

I made some drum rings out of old drum heads and thair asome.what about mounting a tennis ball 🎾 on a foot pedal beater the threads have to be long enough to tighten up the bolts.

@TheRealPowerBob5000 Год назад

That clip of music starting at 6:08 is soo good! Is that just a free for use clip?

@cartoune Год назад

Was curious about mesh heads; if you use them enough, will they jack up the bearing edge????

@WaghRules Год назад

I wanna see the buried cymbal for patina and darker sound!

@Goalie135 Год назад

What would happen if you took the bottom head off and put paper there instead?

@glengamble526 Год назад

I strongly suggest you try my personal favourite hack, and one I came up with myself (at least as far as I know). Buy a couple of door draft stoppers at the Dollar Store. I suggest 2, one against the batter head and one against the reso (taped in place) inside the shell. I use both and get many compliments on my kick sound. And it’s super cheap, about $6 for two of these bean bag snakes.

@glengamble526 Год назад

And as has been pointed out to me, yes I’m aware that Remo had a similar product out, years ago, that came with Velcro clamps etc. It cost $50…my idea $6 😊

@Drumsholic Год назад

The mic beater....just hilarious!!!

@cellarroom1580 Год назад

Try using two Sm57:s as drumsticks. Tried it once, and it sounded pretty cool. :)

@Negative_Positron Год назад

Marching hack (emc collab?), stack 2 spock heads on top of each other, use longer tension screws, and CRANK that puppy down. I think you'll like the result compared to the original 😂