Drums -- Too Loud?

[ranator]

Well, I live in an apartment building, and I live in the upstairs part. I just found out my drums were too loud when I hit them, because my downstairs neighbor asked me to stop pounding. Is there anyway to make them... Quiet? I really want to get back to my hard career, but I can't because of the nise factor. Any tips or anything anyone else has done to make the drums quieter?


Please Help.
:)

[shaneman]

You could try folding up a blanket and placing the drums on that. That should help dampen the sound a bit.

[ranator]

that could work, I heard something about putting like, rubber or something on the drum sticks? Would that work?

[Seattle_Sound]

that could work, I heard something about putting like, rubber or something on the drum sticks? Would that work?

Yeah but its still kinda loud. It helps some.

[batsu336]

I would sugeest the blanket. or even better, dish towel over the drum head idea. If you are using the stand you might want to put some blankets/towels or packing foam on the floor under your kit legs to dampen the vibrations going down through the stand to the floor.

Hope that helps.

[ranator]

thanks for all the suggestions so far.

I'm just really trying to get a bunch of ideas and string them together so that I know my neighbor won't come-a-knocking on my door.

[cromartie90000]

Simple solution! Kill him.

[melman101]

Ok, I bought this game on Tuesday, like everyone else :-). That night I heard my downstairs neighbor complaining so i started looking for a solution. Mind you I already have carpet and padding to start with. And the lady has been complaining for years, just from my walking. So I started with two more extra layers of carpet

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/2060337476_7ceaa05ae3.jpg?v=0

Then I added some wood I had from an ikea bed that i no longer use.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2059557013_aaf04de8a1.jpg?v=0

Lastly, here's the final picture.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/2060337424_eaf63e0091.jpg?v=0

I hope this dampened the noise for her. I am not going to stop and I tried my best to reduce the noise.

[ranator]

lol, and thank you very much melman for the pictures.

very helpful. I'm going to try this all out now, andmaybe a thread like this or this thread should be stickied for other people with this problem?

[HMXWhitestar19]

Placing felt cloth on the tips of the drumsticks worked for us.

[ranator]

hmmm ok, I need to find some tape. This is what I have right now.

The thing with lines and circles is the drum set.

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folded blanket
pillow pillow
folded towel x2
gh2 and gh3 boxes
blanket
floor

It's levitating on this about a foot off the floor.
and i also have put dish towel over the drum pads.

now i need something to put on teh sticks and i should be good to go.

[SEMINOLE]

Placing felt cloth on the tips of the drumsticks worked for us.

I would like to see a pic please or more details of how you did it. Thanks!

[Tama..RB]

what i did was take 2 erasers

lik the ones that go on the back of pencils and i put them on my sticks.
i then rounded the top off a little and taped them to the sticks with electrical tape..

worked perfectly for me. try it :)

hop this helped

[surferbill]

check this thread for some other useful suggestions :)
http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=8896