Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I actually have one of the quietfloor mats (I only needed one).  I 
had a flat with just basic wooden floorboards and found it was the 
impact vibrations just going straight downstairs; even though i had 
the kick on underlay and carpet, it was being amplified by the floor, 
in fact I might just as well have been laying into the floor it was 
so loud).  This solution worked for me.  But obviously the lower down 
the frequency range we go the longer the soundwave, so in theory the 
thicker the substance required to absorb it.  But it certainly took 
the punch out of the initial impact, it doesn't kill it completely 
though.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> i was thinking of buying a soundproof mat (or perhaps a couple) and 
> placing them under the drums. like these ones here:
> 
> http://www.customaudiodesigns.co.uk/soundproofing.htm
> 
> has anyone tried this for a solution? or perhaps a gym mat that 
they 
> use in schools for gymnastics. i can't really afford to construct 
an 
> expensive base, just wanted to soften the vibrations as much as 
> possible. do u guys think this might help at all?  there is carpet 
> all over our student house, so the mat would not sit directly on 
top 
> of a wooden or concrete floor. the drums are fine, its just that 
damn 
> kick pad...
> 
> pete 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "anttipi" <anttipi@y...> wrote:
> > I had plywood on top of a foam pad but removed the plywood as it 
> only 
> > seemed to *amplify* low frequencies (even though the vibrations 
> > seemed to disappear). At least the vibrations no longer reach the 
> > concrete floor. I could also try a sound-proof rubber mattress 
> > underneath the foam but I think the vibrations were the main 
> problem 
> > because the actual sound of the pads is not loud at all.
> > 
> > I tested it by pressing my ear against the floor (!) and 
listening 
> at 
> > various points in my apartment. My girlfriend was beating the 
bass 
> > drum, first softly then hard, and from what I learned I can say 
my 
> > downstairs neighbors CAN'T be disturbed anymore. I compared the 
> bass 
> > drum sound to my girlfriend simply walking around - I could hear 
> her 
> > feet vibrating but not the bass drum! In other words, the foam 
> worked 
> > perfectly.
> > 
> > I went to a local music store and explained my situation. The 
> > reaction: "What?! Neighbors complaining about E-DRUMS?!". That 
just 
> > about says everything. If I played classical on a piano (which is 
> WAY 
> > louder) they would probably tolerate it better. But DRUMS in an 
> > apartment - no way!!!
> > 
> > -Antti
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> 
> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > some dude found a solution, bloody expensive though:
> > > http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10172
> > > 
> > > pete
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
> > > <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "asdascc" <asdascc@y...> 
wrote:
> > > > > Can you show us a real platform with some pictures please? 
> I'm 
> > > > > interested too.
> > > > 
> > > > How are ya,
> > > > 
> > > > For some pictures of the steps and final tennis-ball 
platform, 
> go 
> > > to 
> > > > dtxpressions.com, click on the "Links" option, and select the 
> > last 
> > > > one (platform) in the list.
> > > > 
> > > > Ed