I've noticed that the mallets seems quieter and certainly more muffled compare to the finger-playing while my Meinl tongue drum mallets are the opposite and have to reduce gain a lot with my microphones. The ball is very soft rubber and the stick very flexy, so do certainly no harm to the tongues if not playing like a show-off rock-drummer and provide a rebound like a drum-kit. I prefer playing with fingers from the sound, but it's more difficult because this rebound helps a lot. Those Meinl mallets produce a more handpan-like sound on my Ravs, which isn't my cup of tea, but I guess that quite some people might prefer it. Maybe too much cross-talk on a tonedrum with Meinl mallets? I will hopefully soon find out😁
It's probably the effect of compression on RUclips, it's quite difficult to convey the natural sound of the instrument through video. You're right, the mallets produce a more focused sound, which makes it a bit louder. I recommend using our mallets, which are available on our website. As you correctly pointed out, mallets need to have the right weight and size to avoid damaging the instrument.
I've noticed that the mallets seems quieter and certainly more muffled compare to the finger-playing while my Meinl tongue drum mallets are the opposite and have to reduce gain a lot with my microphones. The ball is very soft rubber and the stick very flexy, so do certainly no harm to the tongues if not playing like a show-off rock-drummer and provide a rebound like a drum-kit. I prefer playing with fingers from the sound, but it's more difficult because this rebound helps a lot. Those Meinl mallets produce a more handpan-like sound on my Ravs, which isn't my cup of tea, but I guess that quite some people might prefer it. Maybe too much cross-talk on a tonedrum with Meinl mallets? I will hopefully soon find out😁
It's probably the effect of compression on RUclips, it's quite difficult to convey the natural sound of the instrument through video. You're right, the mallets produce a more focused sound, which makes it a bit louder. I recommend using our mallets, which are available on our website. As you correctly pointed out, mallets need to have the right weight and size to avoid damaging the instrument.