Dampening Methods

JakeF · #1 05-03-2011, 10:29 AM

So my band's heading into the studio this Saturday (first time, i'm pretty young), and i'm taking my newly-acquired Acro :D anyway, the internal dampener's broken, and i was wondering what dampening method would be my best option for in the studio. I was originally thinking an E-ring, but would Moongel be better in this situation?
Thanks!

luigi · #2 05-03-2011, 10:37 AM

do you have a drumset at home?

JakeF · #3 05-03-2011, 10:57 AM

yeah, i've never needed to use dampening though, it's only with the new Acro.
haven't bought any dampening for it yet, i'll be buying it in the next few days.

Bull · #4 05-03-2011, 02:56 PM

Acros are pretty dry sounding drums. If it's in tune,you probably won't need any dampening. Just use a bit of tape if you have to.

TNA · #5 05-04-2011, 01:47 AM

Sounds like you got your 3 biggest options covered, either rings, moongels, or tape. It all depends on what kind of sound you want and everyone has a different preferred method of dampening. If there is an engineer at your studio let him figure it out because he will most likely know how to make a good snare sound, and probably has his own way of tuning and recording drums. If there's no engineer just do a little trial and error, it's pretty cheap to get any of those 3 things.