No..it is a problem of your house being build. if the house is being build by reduce stepnoice standards you will have no prolems. Other than this the"soft"sound of your pads will transfer to the walls, and will be amplified so that the guy living in the flat under yours will hear it much louder. I once lived in an apartment: the ceiling was kinda 2 layers, no dampening just air between the floor above me and my ceiling. This was like an amplifier.the resonance principle.exactly as drums work.......I lived in a box like a mouse, and if anyboy slightly scratched on the box top, I wet crazy, my neighbour above me, who was a professional cook, and a good friend was a cool guy he use to cook for me each day. But whenever I wanted to sleep he started to wipe his floor, and the sound of this created a hell of a noice..I solved the probem by moving out...Now I live in an appartment, in a big house, where I do not here anything from the neighbours and I can practise on my Roland BD pedals without anyone who lives in the flat under me complaining..Only trouble I have is my ol lady, she keeps telling me not to practise on my Roland, cause it might lead to any neighbour to complain. My opinion about this is: I do not give any shit about what my ol lady says, as long as it is about drumming. grin
Electronic bass pedals create an almost unhearable click but the click is amplified through the floor/ceiling and it is very much louder to the guy living the floor under you...and if you practise often specially at night and maybe drunk, this can drive the guy living under you crazy...
respect your neighbours.. there is no way how to do it by buing any noice reducing carpet or such....
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