hello slava... before you run out and buy a new bass drum
trigger, you might want to consider this: your downstairs
neighbors may be able to hear your relatively quiet bass drum
pad because the whole bass drum setup (pedal and trigger and
trigger stand) is sitting firmly on your floor (aka their ceiling).
essentially, they are only hearing the pad because the
reverberation that it causes is easily being transfered through
the floor/ceiling by means of physical contact (the vibration
(sound) that results from the hammer hitting the pad travels
through the stand and pedal and then on through the floor and to
their ceiling). so, if you were to be able to elevate the whole bass
drum setup off the floor and reduce the number of contact points
with the floor, you would, theoretically, reduce the amount of
reverberation that can be effectively transfered from your pedal to
their ceiling. i have successfully worked through this type of
problem (not this specific application but something similar) in
the past. what i would attempt, would be to form a crude
rectangular platform on which the bass drum pedal and trigger
can sit. using something cheap and easy like plywood. then
elevate the platform slightly off the ground with small rubber feet
(like you would see on the bottom of a PA speaker cabinet -
super bounce balls cut in half and hot glued into place would
work wonderfully). put 4 rubber feet on the bottom of the platform.
one in each corner. make sure the bass drum setup is not going
to slip off the platform... and you should be good to go. in theory,
this should reduce the amount of sound that travels from the
bass drum pedal through your floor to their ceiling. you might
want to make a similar platform for the high hat pedal... just to
get both pedals at the same height. anyway, i hope that this
helps. acoustics experiments are always fun to work with. most
of the time, there is a bit of trial and error involved. this being no
exception. good luck. and let me know if you have any questions.
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Slava Polyakov
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> Hi everybody!
> i've been using dxpress for 1 year and could not find
> the solution to my biggest problem with dtx.... the
> acoustic noise of the bass drum trigger. i live in
> condo on the 6 floor and neighbours who live under me
> (on 5 floor) constantly complaine about the noise of
> my bass drum... does anybody know what is the most
> quiet bass trigger on the market???
>
> thanks.
> slava.
