Hmmmm....missed out on Birch. The infamous Yamaha recording series was birch. Also missed Beech. Lots of Sonor drums were beech as well as some Yamaha. But interesting video.
Throw some lugs, wires, a finish and heads on there and tension them up and those are gonna sound very different than in this video. Tapping on unfinished shells doesn’t represent the end product And if these were all finished, I guarantee they would all sound extremely similar to each other. A change in sound mostly comes from drum thickness, dimension, head, room and mic choice, not from wood species.
Not true. This is coming from some one that has made 1000s of wood drums! Different Wood resonates differently.😉 When you add lugs hoops and mass to the shell or anything it changes the tones too . It all plays a part on how that drum sounds in the end. You can hear a difference from pine and mahogany big time. Anything you do to that shell changes the tones.
Yes .... That is why snare drums range from $69 to $5000, 00 because they all sound the same !LOL !!! HILARIOUS !!! ONLY possibly to a beginner or untrained ear does ANY 2 snare sound the same. My favorite in my collection WAS a 8x14 Yamaha Recording Custom , before I bought my Outlaw 14x7 . Thanks for the laughs !!
@@MartyMcFlyVWell, i have visited my friend’s place and was amazed with the drums as i hear more attack. And i knew somehow it’s not Maple. I was right, it’s a Birch drum 😊
GREAT video Mike ! Best i have EVER seen on wood and tones they impart. This video can finally open the minds of people to realize with drums , and all wood musical instrument's, the type of wood and density ALL make a difference. Thank you again for changing my world with the best snare I have ever owned !!
The resonant frequencies of the shell are complex to compute (there are three kinds: radial, circumferential, and longitudinal or flexural) but the solutions all contain a factor that combines the intrinsic properties of the shell material. If you look at the value of this factor for many of the wood types used in drums, you find that most fall within 10% of the value for maple and virtually all fall within 20% (the intrinsic properties are density, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio). As others have said, many factors affect how a drum sounds but this explains why different woods sound so similar. Just as my audiophile friends claim to be able to tell the difference between copper speaker leads and gold plated leads, so folks will detect differences in how different wood types sound. But if you build two as nearly identical drums as possible, and tension them as nearly the same as possible, thus isolating the material properties, it becomes clear that they do not differ greatly. There can be some difference as to how internal reflections play out, but if the inside of the drum is coated or painted, this difference fades as well. Cheers, The Curmudgeon Drum Maker
I do have an appreciation of the technical side of things & how they work. But there is that “special something” that cannot be measured. And that is how playing a certain drum makes me FEEL. There is a certain visceral connection to what I’m playing and what I’m hearing. From the lightest ghost notes, to the bark of that rimshot that makes everyone jump, it simply feels good. It speaks to that which is my core. It is what comforts and ignites me. We all have that “thing” that moves us. For me, it’s playing drums and I love it.
I'm watching this again. I like this video. Talking about 'janka' scale. Think I spelled it right. I'm on Oak or the sound control now. My 14/7 cherry is killing it so far!
Hmmmm....missed out on Birch. The infamous Yamaha recording series was birch. Also missed Beech. Lots of Sonor drums were beech as well as some Yamaha. But interesting video.
Can’t wait to hear my mahogany drum !! Thanks for the thought and effort yo have put in to my custom snare .
Throw some lugs, wires, a finish and heads on there and tension them up and those are gonna sound very different than in this video. Tapping on unfinished shells doesn’t represent the end product And if these were all finished, I guarantee they would all sound extremely similar to each other. A change in sound mostly comes from drum thickness, dimension, head, room and mic choice, not from wood species.
Not true. This is coming from some one that has made 1000s of wood drums! Different Wood resonates differently.😉 When you add lugs hoops and mass to the shell or anything it changes the tones too . It all plays a part on how that drum sounds in the end. You can hear a difference from pine and mahogany big time. Anything you do to that shell changes the tones.
Yes .... That is why snare drums range from $69 to $5000, 00 because they all sound the same !LOL !!! HILARIOUS !!! ONLY possibly to a beginner or untrained ear does ANY 2 snare sound the same. My favorite in my collection WAS a 8x14 Yamaha Recording Custom , before I bought my Outlaw 14x7 . Thanks for the laughs !!
I agree......it's marketing. No one ever walked into a club and said- 'nice sounding Birch or maple or mahogany drums!'
@@MartyMcFlyVWell, i have visited my friend’s place and was amazed with the drums as i hear more attack. And i knew somehow it’s not Maple. I was right, it’s a Birch drum 😊
GREAT video Mike ! Best i have EVER seen on wood and tones they impart. This video can finally open the minds of people to realize with drums , and all wood musical instrument's, the type of wood and density ALL make a difference. Thank you again for changing my world with the best snare I have ever owned !!
Love that mahogany.
It has a nice tone!! Me too!!
Thanks for the video very informative
The resonant frequencies of the shell are complex to compute (there are three kinds: radial, circumferential, and longitudinal or flexural) but the solutions all contain a factor that combines the intrinsic properties of the shell material. If you look at the value of this factor for many of the wood types used in drums, you find that most fall within 10% of the value for maple and virtually all fall within 20% (the intrinsic properties are density, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio). As others have said, many factors affect how a drum sounds but this explains why different woods sound so similar. Just as my audiophile friends claim to be able to tell the difference between copper speaker leads and gold plated leads, so folks will detect differences in how different wood types sound. But if you build two as nearly identical drums as possible, and tension them as nearly the same as possible, thus isolating the material properties, it becomes clear that they do not differ greatly. There can be some difference as to how internal reflections play out, but if the inside of the drum is coated or painted, this difference fades as well.
Cheers,
The Curmudgeon Drum Maker
I do have an appreciation of the technical side of things & how they work. But there is that “special something” that cannot be measured. And that is how playing a certain drum makes me FEEL. There is a certain visceral connection to what I’m playing and what I’m hearing. From the lightest ghost notes, to the bark of that rimshot that makes everyone jump, it simply feels good. It speaks to that which is my core. It is what comforts and ignites me. We all have that “thing” that moves us. For me, it’s playing drums and I love it.
I love the oak tone
Great video
I’d love to hear a Djembé from Mahogany or Pine wood❤
I can make beat from these shell sounds 😍🥰 beautiful tones
I'm watching this again. I like this video. Talking about 'janka' scale. Think I spelled it right. I'm on Oak or the sound control now. My 14/7 cherry is killing it so far!