If you compare the drum set to stereo, then the drum head is the speaker. It can make the air vibrate, so as to make the sound you want. Then let's meet the drum skin of the drum set:

Sound difference

In combination sound, the difference between speakers is easier to identify than the difference between power amplifiers. Similarly, the sound produced by the same drum set with different drums is easier to identify than the sound produced by different drums with the same drum surface.

Same drum, different sounds.

For another example, it is very simple to make three 12-inch drums make different sounds, just use different drum skins and different tuning. By the same token, 12 inch drum, the same drum surface, the same tuning, the sound is basically the same.

Cheap drum skin

Some low-grade drums are also low-grade, easy to deform and sag, difficult to tune and poor in sound quality. Switching to a professional drum will obviously improve the sound of the whole set of drums, and only changing the beat skin of the drum can obviously improve the sound quality, and three drums can also save you 35 to 50 yuan. If you have plenty of money, you can also replace snare drum Jr. and the drum skin of the disco drum, which will help to improve the timbre quality. If you want to make the timbre more perfect, replace the vibrating drum skin.

(of commodities) of medium quality or with a moderate price

Most mid-range drumheads are made of bright, medium-weight polyester film. The sound of this drum head is ethereal and balanced, with good continuity. This kind of drumhead is widely used on the two drumheads of bronze drums, such as Ambassador Remo, Evans G 1 and Aquarius classic Clear. The forehead thickness of this drum head is almost the same, which is 1000 feet or 1 mil, which is equivalent to 0.0 1 inch or 0.25mm ..

Universal coating

Percussion drums, the most commonly used percussion drums, are coated with white. The coating plays a certain silencing role, which can make the sound of the drum skin very crisp and loud. This coated drum head can also play rough sounds, which requires the help of a drum brush. Coated drums are sometimes used for drums and floor drums.

Double drum skin

Heavy drummers usually use double drum skins, especially on heavy drums and bottom drums. This drum set is fuller, softer and shorter than a single drum set. For example, Remo pinstripe, Evans G2, Aquarius Performance II, and Attack Thin Skin -2. This kind of drumhead is generally not used on the lower drumhead because it will affect the sound. The most common combination is to use double drum skin at the top and thin vibrating skin at the bottom. The thickness of double-layer drum head usually consists of two layers of drum head with 700 gauge, with a total thickness of 0.36 mm

Central drumhead

If the sound of the double drum surface is too weak, consider using the middle drum surface, which is an extra drum surface material attached to the center of the drum surface. The drum skin at the center of the circle will make the tone more concentrated and deeper. It can also strengthen the drum skin. The center drum skin is generally used on the hitting surface of bronze drums and small drums.

Thin drum skin

Single-layer thin drum head (700 gauge or 0. 18 mm) is mainly used as vibrating drum head for drumming, especially when combined with double-layer percussion drum head, it can make the sound more malleable and brighter. Its basic polyester film material is the same as that used in other types of drums. Mention of this kind of drumhead often refers to Mylar, which is the trademark of a certain manufacturer (DuPont).

Drum skin

Snare drum needs a special snare drum surface drum skin. This kind of drum skin is very thin, so that the little snare drum string can bounce off the drum surface and make an ideal sound. Most snare drum Jr. are 300 caliber. If you just play lightly, you can try the drum head of No.200 (0.05 mm). If you play drums hard, you'd better use a 500-caliber drum.

Weak voice coil

There are many ways to add the built-in weak voice coil to the drum head. In the late 1990 s, weak voice coil became popular in small drums and ground drums. This thin ring is hung inside the drum surface, which will not change the timbre itself, because it can vibrate with the drum surface. Its silencing effect comes from the consumption of vibration energy by weak voice coil. Some drums have two overlapping detachable mute coils, and some drums are sprayed with mute coils.

Other drumhead

There are also many kinds of drum skins. For example, Evans Hydraulic has a double layer of oil skin, and there is a layer of silencing oil between the two drums. Although other double drum looks like oil, the color of "oil" you see is formed by the refraction of light generated by double drum, just like the principle of rainbow. There are also drumsticks. In order to silence the sound, there are folds or silencing holes on the circumference of the drumsticks. There are also calf leather drumsticks, which feel softer and sound softer. There is also a particularly strong drum skin made of fiber, which is also the material of bulletproof vest (that is, fiber B).

One drum, two drums.

Finding the right drum head takes time, patience, constant trying and of course certain economic conditions. One trick of comparing drums is to put two drums on both sides of the drum to be compared and tap the drums on both sides respectively, so that the two drums can be better and more convenient.

Another kind of drum skin

The drum changing group will prompt you to change the drum head, because the sound quality of some drums is due to other drums. Don't tie yourself down. The timbre of A brand drum skin may be the most suitable for your children's drum, while the ground drum may be more suitable for B brand drum skin. The beating skin in the snare drum should be C brand, and the snare drum needs D brand. And different brands of similar drum skin have different effects.

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