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HaveFaith
10-10-2007, 12:35 PM
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on a rig that I could practice double kick on with minimal noise/vibrations?

I live on the ground floor of an apartment building and I've got a roland TD6 kit, and if I muffle the kick pad I can get it pretty quiet, and its been fine for some single kick stuff, but I think i've got some metal jam's coming up and I want to start building my double kick chops back up, so I'm going to need something to cut down on the noise.

Any ideas?
-Obscurity-
10-10-2007, 01:18 PM
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on a rig that I could practice double kick on with minimal noise/vibrations?

I live on the ground floor of an apartment building and I've got a roland TD6 kit, and if I muffle the kick pad I can get it pretty quiet, and its been fine for some single kick stuff, but I think i've got some metal jam's coming up and I want to start building my double kick chops back up, so I'm going to need something to cut down on the noise.

Any ideas?

What kind of kick pad are you using? I'm guessing if it's overly noisy it must be a KD-8?
HaveFaith
10-10-2007, 01:54 PM
What kind of kick pad are you using? I'm guessing if it's overly noisy it must be a KD-8?


Yeah its a rubber kd-8, it isn't super noisy but i'd imagine it would get pretty bad if I were to do any extensive double kick practice. The mesh kick pads probably aren't as noisy but i'm not about to shell out 400 bucks for one.
-Obscurity-
10-10-2007, 02:00 PM
Yeah its a rubber kd-8, it isn't super noisy but i'd imagine it would get pretty bad if I were to do any extensive double kick practice. The mesh kick pads probably aren't as noisy but i'm not about to shell out 400 bucks for one.

Well upgrading to mesh is really the only decent solution, you can check ebay and usually find one for about half of that.
Win A Rabbit
10-10-2007, 02:06 PM
If you're just working on your feet, and don't need the rest of the set around you, I used to set my pedals up against my bed or couch.

Pretty quiet, easy solution.


If you do want the rest of the drums, though, it'd probably be best to get a mesh pad.
\m/-CHeV-\m/
10-10-2007, 03:57 PM
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f236/Tamachev/100_0266.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f236/Tamachev/100_0268.jpg

my homemade practice pad!
DrumIntoTheNight
10-10-2007, 04:05 PM
I made one, based on that design. Was mega noisy.

I use a Gibraltar practise pad now, but because I'm on the second floor of my flat, noise and vibration is still an issue =/
crazyguy832
10-10-2007, 05:50 PM
It's not the pad, it's the pedal hitting the floor.

You must seperate the floor from the pedal.

Too hungry to explain right now.

Edit: mmmm... turky pot pie.

^_^

Anyways...

What you're gonna want to do is stick your kit on soft stuff. Much, much stuff of softness. The fluffier, the better. Create a massive wall of softness between your pedals and the floor. This will stop the vibrations caused by your pedals reaching the floor and annoying everyone else.

:chug:
Harrow
10-10-2007, 07:59 PM
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f236/Tamachev/100_0266.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f236/Tamachev/100_0268.jpg

my homemade practice pad!

Haha homemade kick practice pad crew unite :chug:
Bonham#1!
10-10-2007, 08:01 PM
Thats pretty dope.
iamjoe2
10-10-2007, 08:18 PM
what about the hansenfutz practice pedals? has anyone tried those?
dairyairman
10-11-2007, 10:49 AM
i'm not sure i understand the problem here. you say the noise level is fine for single kick practice. why would it be worse for double kick practice? i don't know about you, but i'm usually louder with single kick than double kick.