Tuning Your dB One Low Volume Drumheads with Alex Rüdinger | Sound Advice

In this edition of #SoundAdvice, Alex Rudinger (@mdterps1042) shows you how to tune up our brand new EVANS dB One Drumheads.
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[@XeRo333]

I'm sold!! Kinda want some now for practicing and just for those nights where it's a little too late in the evening for a full on jam session. So, I think these will be good for both practice and late night jams!

[@AngeliqueValente]

Wow this kit looks so amazing! Especially the cymbals I'm so surprised! I have an E-Drum and I think THIS is a real solution for playing with acoustic drums now 😄👍🏻

[@drookinchus]

This is fantastic. Can't wait to try these out - Evans continues to innovate in incredible ways.

[@ianmuessig]

Evans for the win, as always

[@pjbuma13]

These heads sound amazing. Really allow you to hear each drum just at a lower volume. Most mesh heads really take away the sound of the drum making them all sound pretty much the same. Also the cymbals sound really good. Love how crisp the hi hat is.

[@shaggadelik]

Fuck yeah, came to hear the Evans dB Ones, stayed for Alex Rüdinger's awesome, musical and tight drumming! Thanks Alex!

[@drummerboykjj]

These are great sounding low volume drumheads. I am gonna get these for my drums!!

[@NoslenLRac]

I’ve been waiting for this video since the lineup was announced. I’m impressed. Need to buy a secondary kit to use for practice!

[@baterizmo]

Alex, you totally sold me on those heads. Great video

[@rondeangelis7384]

Excellent demo for tuning these bad boys. 👏👍Would be interesting how they would trigger Internal triggers since the heads have underside foam muffling?🤔

[@justinmorris6150]

love it!!

[@zmongi1]

So sick!

[@1974bmj]

I’m in love with

[@rockyrock30]

@EvansDrumheadsOfficial please make the 16 kick drum version🙌!!!

[@bobisadrummer]

While the snare sim tech is cool, I'm curious what a tom head on a snare drum would sound like that way you could still disengage the snares for a snareless sound.

[@PARAMONARIOS]

Hell yeah

[@Drummer55]

I love the heads except for the snare head. I'm not a heavy player, yet after about a month of daily use, the snare head had strands of the mylar break-away and dangle inside the drum. Sweetwater replaced it. There's no way to turn off the snare if you want to. As an experiment, I put the 14" tom head (ordered separately) on my snare drum, and it sounds incredible! It's super loud coming through the EAD 10, but that can be adjusted. It's way better than the dB One snare head. The Remo 14" Silent Stroke is better on the snare than the Evans dB One snare head.

[@tbdrummer67]

I have the Remo silent stroke heads on my kit at church. The kick and snare sound great, but the toms don't have enough volume to match the rest of the set. I may try these on the toms to see how they do. We have everything miced up, but we don't need a drum cage any more. And the Zildjian low volume cymbals sound great through mics.

[@sydsM3]

I know I’m a bit late to the party here, but I’m trying to figure out how to get a low volume acoustic kit in my house to practice as I am 10 months into taking drum lessons, and this may be the solution. I had a Roland td17 eKit for a while and returned it because of how different it felt from an acoustic kit. Just to clarify, did you replace the 14” db one snare head with a 14” Remo Silent Stroke Tom head as opposed to the 14” Remo Silent Stroke snare head?

[@RobMack-r7v]

Q: which resonate heads do you suggest to get the best tone and fullness when using the DB Ones? Wonder if a thicker reso head is better for tone or a thin one. Coated or clear?

[@theishkid]

Can you buy new impact patches? Mine are coming loose.

[@tbip2001]

Please can you show a kit with a Tom head on the snare and snares on please?

[@ScottMartinD]

Do these snare heads respond with less of a trampoline bounce, than traditional single-ply mesh heads?

[@sergeypavlov9117]

I would like your professional advice, I took a scarf for the snare drum from "Evans", and where the technical seam of the metal is, there is a slight divergence of 2-3 mm, the store says that this is normal, but it seems to me that this is a defect. What do you say?

[@badhabits25]

With everything being close Mike it's actually hard to tell how quiet they are We'd like to hear with just one room make off to the side

[@jameslabs1]

Would the quiet db’s work on a set of ROTO Toms?

[@ThomasMetal75]

"..... that's pretty rad."

[@Photo-Ninja]

you should show how it sounds without microphones pointed to the heads, as we are not interested what sound we can get from this heads through our headphones or speakers but what noise will our neighbours get :)

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

Check out our IG page for more demos of dB One with just a phone mic!

[@armansenson2864]

Anybody know which resonant heads Alex was using?

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

Clear G1!

[@angeloprofera3296]

I need help! I'm anticipating my first snare (13" steel) together with this dB One Head, -> though I want to use it for certain songs too that have no snare wire on. I know this might sound outrageous, but will it still work if I just cut out the Sim Snare technology and use it like that?

[@IrishStoner]

If it sounded super thick and beefy why would you have bought it? its meant for practice to reduce sound

[@fastfiddler1625]

Overall really good set. But I cannot for the life of me get my floor tom tuned. I'll occasionally get something close to a resonance, but most often, it sounds like a stick hitting mesh. Probably my crappy poplar shells. My only real complaint with the set itself is the ride doesn't have much of a bell. But overall, this is much MUCH better than putting those silly rubber pads all over everything.

[@PointlessExistence.]

With a high quality kit, it is easier to tune than a cheap one.

[@oshikiri999]

Why the black and white?

[@Drummer55]

Why BW? I want to see those Tama Star beauties!

[@electricurinal]

Are resonant heads required to make them sound right? What are they like with no reso heads? Do they sound similar to a normal head without a reso?

[@krioni86sa]

I don't know. We should know. I need to by one in my case.

[@jna3341]

I bet they would resemble concert toms. Fast decay and a concentrated tone with lots of attack.

[@jna3341]

and maybe quieter than with reso heads

[@EvansDrumheadsOfficial]

They still provide a bit more volume and attack than other mesh heads. The sustain is reduced heavily without bottom heads, but are still totally usable.

[@armansenson2864]

I've tried using mesh heads without a reso head. It's basically as quiet as it can get. If you want them to be a little louder and to have a bit more tone, going with a reso head would def help. I already ordered these dB Ones for my toms. I'll be trying various reso heads to see which works best for me