the acoustic drummer
Most drummers want to be as loud as possible. But what if the loudest kit in the room is also the worst-sounding one? TL;DR Modern drums are up to thirty times louder than in the 1950s — and every room pays the price. Close mics exist not because they capture drums well, but because loud [ ]
DRUM ACOUSTICS · INSTRUMENT DESIGN · CULTURE The Disappearance of the 13-Inch Tom and what we can learn from it. How a superstition solved the wrong problem — and what the drum world quietly admitted without ever saying it out loud. At some point in the last twenty years, the 13-inch tom quietly left [ ]
DRUM INDUSTRY · BRAND STRATEGY Five Rules for Breaking Into a Market That Doesn t Want You What every new drum manufacturer needs to understand before spending a dollar on marketing. The drum market is not waiting for you. That is the first and most important thing a new manufacturer needs to internalize before writing a [ ]
Evans Calftone vs. Adoro Heritage: Which Synthetic Calfskin Head Really Delivers? Drummers who want the sound experience of real calfskin heads without giving up the benefits of modern synthetic heads face a limited but interesting choice. Two names stand out: the Evans 56 Calftone and the Adoro Heritage. Both promise a warm, organic tone — [ ]
Adoro Heritage in test: EYE OPENING Listen up! Drum specialist Adoro is giving its Heritage drumheads a new edition. The 2.0s are said to be even more powerful, durable and tuning stable thanks to the unique, patented fiber material. Does that sound like even more musical magic made in Hamburg? A question that is [ ]
Recently a drummer was desperate to know how he can make sure sound engineers would get his drum sound right. He wrote: Playing live we always have different sound guys. Many with limited skills. So I m looking into having my own mixer so I can mix and taylor my own sound and just send a [ ]
Quieter Drumming with Adoro Silent Sticks? A true innovation in quiet drumming With the Silent Sticks , Adoro Drums has a special drumstick in its lineup that enables particularly quiet drumming without any compromise in playing feel. Why play quietly? some might ask. Maybe you don t want to play quietly at all, and you [ ]
Before mic ing became a necessity, acoustic drums were just that: acoustic. And when they needed to be louder, drum manufacturers made them bigger and longer. That led to some diameter and depth combinations that weren t so great because there was no musical intent; just more volume. But the concept bigger diameters with longer shells [ ]
Originally published May 2020, Sticks Magazine (Germany). Translated and edited for clarity. Playing drums at room volume? On a normal drum set? Silent Sticks from Adoro make this possible. And thanks to innovative design features they provide an authentic feel and defined sound. With Adoro Silent Sticks you can play drums much quieter than you [ ]
When you go to a gig and the band is wearing in-ear monitors, audience members are stuffing plugs in their ears, and the chap running the soundboard is deaf, it is obvious that something has gone wrong with making music. It has become too bloody loud. Sure, 1940s big band jazz was a sweeping sonic [ ]