Garth wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:46 am what you are describing above is like a bouncing-style or gravity-fed mute? It seems like something that could be built-out in a way that would be robust and controllable.

the design in my head would be something that clips to a rim similar to a Sennheiser mic clip and then has a spring or something with controllable tension so that the mute rests on the head but then bounces up upon striking the head, then slowly closes it as opposed to quickly closing it immediately. In my head I'm thinking of how a door at a public office building automatically closes? but obviously this would be orders of magnitude faster - by "slowly" I mean still < 1 second vs the milliseconds that it would dampen from something like a wallet. I think the biggest advantage to this would be for players that like to tilt their toms and sound guys that would like something that mutes the ring out in a more natural-sounding way than a noise gate. This would also keep toms from ringing or having sympathetic vibrations from other sound sources in the room.

Heading to the local 'inventors incubator' or whatever brb

dontfeartheringo wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 6:33 pm And, contrary to nearly everything we know about DW drums, they're pretty affordable. You can pick them up used for $450-475 pretty easily.

twelvepoint wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 8:36 am minor grumble, but it would be nice if more drum manufacturers had 8 lug drums that weren't marketed to the budget demographic. 10 lug snares are always a drag to tune up, have extra pieces and if you have good rims and aren't tuning up to marching drum notes, don't offer more consistent tension around the circumference.

penningtron wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 9:06 am The iNDE stuff fits the bill! I agree: unless you're going for grindcore tension then the extra lugs can be annoying.

dontfeartheringo wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 9:11 am

twelvepoint wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 8:36 am minor grumble, but it would be nice if more drum manufacturers had 8 lug drums that weren't marketed to the budget demographic. 10 lug snares are always a drag to tune up, have extra pieces and if you have good rims and aren't tuning up to marching drum notes, don't offer more consistent tension around the circumference.

I should mention that the DW "True-Pitch" tension rods are fine threaded, which means you have do literally 2x as many turns to get them tightened down. A truly useless innovation.

"Like seating heads on a drum? No? You think it's kinda boring? Well, WHAT IF WE MADE IT TAKE TWICE AS LONG??"