The METAL Thread
 

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so mad!

What kinda snare drum should I get to play metal good?

a loud one!

Yeah but what brand name?

you should get the ones my room mate is selling. i need my hall closet back dammit.

what is it?

um it's actually a full set where you get 2 toms i believe. i have to ask him. and i don't feel like looking at him right now. i'll let you know in an hour.

they're ludwigs but he only wants to sell them in a full set

yes, ive been hearing a lot of good things about ludwigs.

they're bluuuuue

for a loud snare sound.... any type of piccolo snare will do. the reason for this is that the human ear hears middle frequencies well... and upper middle frequencies exepionally well, so it sounds loud. However you DO NOT want a snare drum that resonates at all or else it will take over the beat when you use it. i play drums too, and thats just my 10 cents.

Having played the drums for nearly twenty years now, my advice would be: DRUM MAKE BANG GOOD. HIT!

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everyone uses piccolo snares... and everyone knows that only really unique metal bands stand out at all nowadays...
if you actually want your drums to sound unique, just get a shitty set and make some piezo mics for each drum. then you can run each drum through a different effect pedal or whatever you may have lying around. this will also help if your band is incredibly loud and you have trouble being heard over them sometimes.

:O

Drums through sound effects=sound rubbish*

You can get kind of semi-piccolo snares (thats what I use - a custom yamaha one) that are quite thin but have more weight and a deeper sound than yer average piccolo. Great for hardcore where you want it to be really snappy and audible, but dont want it to sound like a toy drum.



*with the obvious exception of the opening bars of 'Do it again' by the beach boys.

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sound-rubbish = awesome!

i don't play drums very often these days, but i used to really prefer the aforementioned kind of setup to my nice pearl drumset (which i'm finally selling!). i used this (http://home.earthlink.net/~erinys/contactmic.html) as a guide to build my mics, and then i secured them by dipping them in rubber (so you don't break them when you accidentally hit them). then i put my bass drum and toms through a boss bass overdrive (yes, i was able to create feedback loops with my drums!) and the ol' danelectro chili dog octave pedal (dropped down LOOOOW) and my snare, cymbals, and cowbell(!) through a big muff...
and besides, everyone knows delay on drums = cumtastic!

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I guess you are more of a noise merchant generally Mitchell. I am quite conservative in my drum sound tastes I guess.
I like my drums like I like my women - without effects pedals and delay over the top.

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yeah. though i've lately been really playing around a lot with quiet sounds and room acoustics. i have also fallen back in love with my didgeridoo.
but generally, i do prefer my drums like i prefer my women (and men)... raunchy, loud, and fuzzy...

get a popcorn snare. crazy shit.

well... if the piccollo solution doesnt work... just get the lars ulrich sig snare and sound like youre from the 80s.

Cool, that all helps a lot.