Absorbing is a good thing or bad? Maybe changing style to style?
Hmm. you have a point hereCarpet and rugs on the floor will absorb some high frequencies but will not absorb mids and highs. So you run the risk of unbalancing the overall tone as opposed to a broadband absorber which will lower everything more evenly.
I do the same Bo just to keep hats and bass drum from drifting. I like the plywood idea-I'd make it smaller and pre-drill holes for legs to fit. I have an old piece of plywood I may experiment with-maybe staple a rubber gripper to bottom. Have you tried the plywood Bo?Unless the entire floor is carpeted, it's negligible on how it affects your sound. When I play on a room with a bare floor, I bring a 3'x4' door mat rug I found at Home Depot for $20, and it's just there to keep my bass drum and hi-hat from floating around while I play. Because of the spurs and the bass drum pedal, my bass drum doesn't even touch the floor. Depending on the room, I may want the extra reflectiveness of no rug - Buddy Rich used to carry a 4'x8' piece of plywood to put the drums on (digging in the spikes too) so his sound wouldn't soak into anything at all, and that works too. But if you're just talking a small rug just for your kit, I don't think there's enough material to really affect your sound any. Of course, you'll discover this the more you go out with the kit and play in various places with and without the rug.
Not inside a room. But I did an outdoor thing on a football field and had two 4x8’s to set up on so I wouldn’t mess up the field. Totally helped my projection.I do the same Bo just to keep hats and bass drum from drifting. I like the plywood idea-I'd make it smaller and pre-drill holes for legs to fit. I have an old piece of plywood I may experiment with-maybe staple a rubber gripper to bottom. Have you tried the plywood Bo?
Not inside a room. But I did an outdoor thing on a football field and had two 4x8’s to set up on so I wouldn’t mess up the field. Totally helped my projection.
If anything they sounded good to me, which helps me play more relaxed, not having to totally beat up the kit ?Mostly straight up so I‘m sure you heard it. Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection.
Forgive me bringing up an old thread - but I've found a nice little rug and it's 3'x4' like the one you mention.Unless the entire floor is carpeted, it's negligible on how it affects your sound. When I play on a room with a bare floor, I bring a 3'x4' door mat rug I found at Home Depot for $20, and it's just there to keep my bass drum and hi-hat from floating around while I play. Because of the spurs and the bass drum pedal, my bass drum doesn't even touch the floor. Depending on the room, I may want the extra reflectiveness of no rug - Buddy Rich used to carry a 4'x8' piece of plywood to put the drums on (digging in the spikes too) so his sound wouldn't soak into anything at all, and that works too. But if you're just talking a small rug just for your kit, I don't think there's enough material to really affect your sound any. Of course, you'll discover this the more you go out with the kit and play in various places with and without the rug.
For me it is. But remember - I said doormat - which is a black doorway rug with rubber on the bottom (like an all-weather rug to wipe your shoes on before going inside). So even if my throne leg wasn’t on it, it’s still not moving because the rubber is really grippy.F
Forgive me bringing up an old thread - but I've found a nice little rug and it's 3'x4' like the one you mention.
You say it's just big enough to stop the hihats and bass drum from moving about - but is it really big enough to reach a leg of the stool to lock everything together?
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Thanks. I know the ones, yes.For me it is. But remember - I said doormat - which is a black doorway rug with rubber on the bottom (like an all-weather rug to wipe your shoes on before going inside). So even if my throne leg wasn’t on it, it’s still not moving because the rubber is really grippy.
Try it diagonally?Thanks. I know the ones, yes.
Sorry if I sound a bit dense - but I can't quite visualise which way you lay it.
Laid Fore and aft there'd be enough length for stool leg and bass legs - but is it wide enough to get the hihat pedal on board too?
I'm guessing you must lay it crossways.
That could cause inflammation of my OCD.Try it diagonally?