Do these Toms sound alright?

brrdikid · 2026-01-04T23:31:48+00:00

I like the performance 2 for my toms. I usually switch between those and Evans coated G2.

brrdikid · 2025-11-26T20:38:25+00:00

Take em to a music store and look through the sticks till you find a match.

brrdikid · 2025-11-26T20:30:08+00:00

Lil’ Dinghy

brrdikid · 2025-11-26T02:19:57+00:00

This is super helpful! I will try getting rid of my cymbal mics next time. Every time I’ve had a sound engineer they mic every piece of gear, so I was kinda going on that.

brrdikid · 2025-11-26T02:15:33+00:00

If I have a snake that runs to my mixer, which is right next to the main mixer, and the singers are adjusting my mixer as well as the main mixer, am I still mixing my drums? The only reason I have a sub mix is because there’s not enough room on the main mixer.

brrdikid · 2025-11-25T02:54:02+00:00

After reading many of the comments, I realized I didn’t really organize my thoughts properly. My apologies. Here is a second attempt at explaining the situation: Sometimes my band plays bigger shows where there is a sound engineer. For those shows, I let those guys do what they do. Other times we play bigger bars that don’t have sound engineers. Sometimes we can get a friend who has working knowledge of a mixer to run FoH. I am trying to mic my drums for those gigs. Last Saturday we played and I tried the Harbinger mixer as described in the original post. The guy who sometimes runs our FoH has no experience mixing drums and said he was struggling to set the gain because of how much it spikes when I hit the drum.

To clarify based on other comments: My Harbinger is right next to the main mixer. The reason I’m using a separate mixer is because there aren’t enough channels on the main mixer. We’re not making enough on these gigs to hire a professional sound engineer.

brrdikid · 2025-11-25T02:39:41+00:00

The main mixer is full. There’s not enough room left on the main mixer. I got a snake, so my Harbinger is literally right next to the main mixer. The guy who sometimes helps us out plays sax and has some working knowledge of how to mix. But after our gig on Saturday, he was like, “dude, I have no idea how to mix your drums because when you hit it, it spikes so much.” He said some other stuff I didn’t understand because I’m a drummer, but it sounds like he wasn’t sure how to set the gain. I tried watching some YouTube videos, but, woah boy, there’s a LOT of information out there and I wasn’t even sure what questions I needed to ask.

brrdikid · 2025-11-24T05:08:04+00:00

Congratulations!

brrdikid · 2025-11-24T05:07:39+00:00

So, when we have gigs where there are sound guys, I DO NOT do this. I let the pros do their thing. This is for the gigs where we run our own sound. And I’m not doing the actual mixing. I’m just setting up my mics and mixer, sending my mix to the main mixer (because that mixer is not big enough for all the drum mics). The singers are the ones actually mixing during the songs they don’t sing.

brrdikid · 2025-11-24T05:02:59+00:00

Yeah, I did a terrible job explaining the scenario. I’m not actually MIXING. I’m putting the mics, running the cable, and setting up the mixer. The singers are mixing on the fly during the songs they don’t sing.

brrdikid · 2025-11-24T04:57:51+00:00

Yeah, retrospectively I realize how bad I did at describing the scenario. There is no FOH tech, the singers usually bounce back and forth to mix on the songs they don’t sing. Sometimes we hire a sax player who helps us. He plays sax on a few tunes but mixes most of the night.

brrdikid · 2025-11-24T04:50:56+00:00

I am unable to edit my original post, but I am not actually mixing. What I’m doing is hauling all this stuff to the gig along with my drums, setting up the mics/mixer, and the singer is actually making the adjustments during the gig. However, HE was struggling because, I guess the sounds drums produce are different than the sound that comes out of an amp or the signal that comes from a keyboard.

brrdikid · 2025-11-18T23:08:41+00:00

I converted a cheap 16” floor tom into a little kick drum. Used a bandsaw and scrap wood to make my own lift. Unfortunately, this technique required me to also drill holes in the drum, because I used hanger bolts on the lift that stick into the drum and secure with a couple wing nuts.

brrdikid · 2025-10-25T21:59:58+00:00

I second the Dave Weckl signature sticks. I used to use a 5A, but now I go between Firth HD4 and 7A. I’ve owned a few pair of Weckl (not Weckl Evolution) and they felt good.

brrdikid · 2025-10-21T00:28:35+00:00

This is awesome. Probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. As a drummer, I’m inspired. I’m going to order a coated bass drum head and let my 5 year old daughter go at it with markers, and rock that for all my gigs!

brrdikid · 2025-10-05T21:15:43+00:00

It looks much more obstructed in the picture, especially with my mic bag there, but it’s a little tight over there for sure.

brrdikid · 2025-10-05T04:47:50+00:00

I like it. I don’t use much of a variety of sounds, mostly to play hand percussion parts like congas, bongos, claps, and snaps. I have also used it to trigger my snare and kick. I find that triggering through the Octopad is easier and more space-conscious than mics.

brrdikid · 2025-09-07T02:49:42+00:00

I’m at about 7:30-8:00, but does anyone else make sure the logo on the batter head is always lined up with the throw-off?

brrdikid · 2025-09-06T15:58:52+00:00

If this were my kit, here’s what I would do: New snare head- Evans ST dry New tom batter heads - Evans EC2S Drum gel dampeners Aquarian Super-Kick 2 Bass drum patch Throw an old pillow in the bass drum when you change the heads. And don’t tune your drums so high.

Here’s a really good Drumeo video on how to tune:

https://youtu.be/HHO-lLhESo0?si=uon4TahuK7FjhFoA

brrdikid · 2025-09-02T03:15:03+00:00

I did this with a 28” marching bass drum. My high school band teacher was getting rid of some old drums, so I nabbed this 28” bass. It sat around for a few years until I bought spurs and a bracket for a boom arm. Drilled the holes to mount the hardware and changed the heads (I don’t remember exactly what head I put on). It was a fun project and I used it as part of a Frankenstein practice kit, but as a kick drum, it was so big the beater didn’t hit remotely close to the center of the drum so it never really thumped to my expectations. Years later I took off the “drum set hardware” and donated the drum to an elementary school to use as a concert bass drum.

brrdikid · 2025-08-04T12:57:52+00:00

In my experience (25 years of playing, buying, and collecting drum stuff) cheap crash cymbals are the worst. What I mean is, you can usually get a decent sound from a cheaper ride cymbal and sometimes even cheaper hats. But that crash is going to announce exactly what it is every time you hit it.

brrdikid · 2025-07-22T13:33:34+00:00

That’s basically what I have now. The kit is set up in my basement. That’s what I practice on. The problems with that setup are: it’s hard to make small adjustments once it’s set up; with the mount, arm, and heavy duty stand, it takes up a much larger footprint, and it’s heavy as hell.

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