I agree. I used to be a staunch Remo guy and my buddy ALWAYS tried to get me to switch to Evans, but I was stuck in my ways. I finally made the switch 3 years ago and I haven't looked back!!!
You playing actually sounds crazy good on these (no surprise)! That opening improv with the constant stream of ghost notes was groovy as hell. Is it weird that I can almost hear these being used as a distinct 'sound' instread of just a quiet alternative to normal cymbals and heads?
When you look at the Remo versions that are JUST mesh, they move no air in the shell. If no air is being moved, the reso head isn't resonating and you get no tone. Early adopters of "silent kits" were learning that putting some tape on the heads was allowing the reso head to resonate and thus produce some tone. Then folks started experimenting with different types of mesh heads from electric kits and were finding that 2 or 3 ply heads could produce tone. I had went with a very thick and tighter woven mesh head from GoEdrum in conjunction with the low volume Zildjian cymbals (14" hats, 16+18" crashes, 20" ride, 18" china). Part of the things that make these Evans heads sound as good as they do is the patch and the foam pushing air and allowing the reso head to produce tone! I'll definitely be picking some of these up to compare and most likely mix and match the best sounding for each head and cymbal.
When I was apartment living many years ago, these heads from Remo, Moongel or D'Addario were not available. I had to do my quiet practice on a wood set with gum rubber by Ralph C. Pace. I also used to use an elastic cymbal muffle on my left and right side rides. Today we got something for any situation. Although I wouldn't use steel hats or cymbals for anything.
Super cool. The market for these must be booming for Evans to put out this set. Ive heard of guys using the cymbals for real small jazz cafe type gigs. Also bet after covid, tons of people got into music, and we're the only ones with out a volume knob. Until now!! Boom. Thanks Rob. Keep it cool man.
Bro thanks so much for bringing these videos out time and time again, got into KZ IEMs because of you and no doubt products you bring to the channel in the future are gonna help big time. Big Love from Sydney, Australia 👊🏼❤️🎵
Don't get me wrong bruh... I love evans heads, they are currently on my entire GIGANTIC set of drums!! About a year before my dear friend AJ Pero ( Twisted Sister/Adrenaline Mob ) passed away, he said... "B-man... you're still playing those Aquarian heads...!!????!!" I replied, "why hell yeah Ant, no more endorsements for me... so, I am still playing the last of my Aquarian's!!" AJ said ... "Dude, Evans, which is really D'Addario now, has entire new line of heads... soup to nuts, I'll send ya a crapload of them, tell me what you think!!" He did, and that was the..... last time I heard his voice.... 😧 .... !!! We did text while he was out on tour with A.M., but..... well, it's not the same!!! Sooooooo, I am a believer of Evans and D'Addario & Pro Mark hickory, perhaps I'll be able to eventually afford that setup... BUT BROTHA... WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS........ 🤔 WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PUMAS....😳😲?!!? THEY ARE SOOOOOO LIT!!!! I GOTTA GET THOSE FIRST!!!!! 😆😜🤭🤫 ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER DRUMMER!!!!!!!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏼
Wow, thank you for the very thorough demo of these products. Lv your vibe when you talk. The word “sincere” just keeps popping into my mind when I am listening to you talk. Also you either demonstrated the exact questions I had as they were popping into my head or answered questions I had not thought about yet. I stayed focused on your content and not your delivery because I felt safe and felt you reaching out to the community to help us practice better. Bravo! Your success is well deserved because you care.
Right on!!! I bet when you two get together you have a lot of fun. You both are very talented cats, and also explain things very well to us. I feel blessed to have come across both of your channels. Keep up the great work.
I currently bought Remo silent stroke and with an added piece of tape they work and sound good. I'd like to try the Evans snare and bass drum head when they come to Canada in 2024.
I just got these. Really cool so far. A few issues I've had personally with setup: The hihats are much shallower than my other stuff. I have a DW 3000 hihat stand and a Tama touch drop clutch. I had to put a thicker foam under the bottom hihat because the bottom of Tama's quick release mechanism was hitting the top of the plastic cymbal protector piece on the stem, preventing me from being able to fully close them. Also, if you have a ported bass drum reso head, you're probably going to want to change that out too because with it on, you get a pretty dead sounding bass. Tuning is a little finicky. You have to get the tom reso heads really in sync with the batters or you won't get anything from them. The floor tom is proving hardest to get right, but I also have a cheap $400 Ludwig kit. Overall, this set is really impressive. But there needs to be more tuning guidance than just a one sided pamphlet for people who are newer to drumming. Just be warned, this isn't something you're going to slap together if you decide you just want to play for a half hour at 1 in the morning. If you're GOOD, you can probably get it all changed out in a half hour.
I'm a church drummer and we are really trying to reduce the drum volume. We've been looking for solutions everywhere and these seem pretty promising. I'm assuming the reduced volume would mean we could actually EQ them and mix them into our space. Which would be especially helpful since we also stream each service. My only real concern is the snare since I tend to do a lot of edge of the head shots for certain songs. What are your thoughts on that? Or, would there be a way to use a traditional snare head but muffle it to get a similar volume? Great review, thanks!
Ok, I am not a drummer (I did play snare in 4th grade) 😄 however, I just bought a Gretsch drum set for recording. Are these "quite cymbals" for recording purposes or just for practice? TY Subscribed!
This is the review I've been looking for. A lot of vids out there of (well-meaning) people banging on the heads and cymbals, but you exercise the full range of strokes and effects on each piece, and that's really helpful. I also got a lot from your commentary which did not include a lot of extra and unnecessary hyperbole. Sorry if I'm sounding salty, but I've been watching Evans reviews for days looking for something like this.
Really cool product, thanks for the video. Would be cool to have a side by side comparison with same gear and mics gains (and room mic aswell) to really compare difference in volume. Maybe also with a db meter? 😜
Bought the cymbals... Love em. Bought the snare head... Love it. Cheaped out on the kick and toms to save money and got Tama silent mesh.... Hate em. 😅 About to complete the set with all Evans DB's. Absolutely brilliant. 👍👍👍
It's amazing how many of these garage rock drummers are on You Tube. Equally amazing is the fact that they all sound virtually the same. Note: this one is a bit different as for being a bit quieter.
Great review as always!! I'll be real- when I saw what looked like another quiet head and cymbal pack I didn't think it would be anything special, but oh man was I wrong, this is so cool!! The heads seem like they combine a standard mesh head like the Evans SoundOff with the RTom Black Hole pads and EMAD tech (though not removable) to get the ultimate combination of awesome features on one set of quiet drumheads. The snare head is really cool as well, I don't like how many quiet heads take away the body of the snare and response from the wires so this one actually gives us that snare sound. The only question I have for you is how you'd compare these to the Evans SoundOff drumheads in terms of sound and feel. And as a big fan of thinner cymbals, seeing a cool set of really thin quiet cymbals with good stick definition is really nice. The studio I teach at has a set of L80 cymbals which do the job but feel a bit too heavy for my liking, especially compared to my usual thinner AAX crashes. I was looking into buying the Sabian Quiet Tone cymbals which I know are thinner but I may have to give these a try first.
Considering you are set up to record your drums go ahead and record the low volume set. And then import them into something likeSD3 tracker or equivalent. No triggers needed for tracking at least. You will probably have to add cymbal chokes but it dose a great job on the high hats etc. going to order some of those. Nice review. Thanks
Great review 🤩 I am a drum instructor at the School Of Rock and I wonder if these drum heads can handle a lot of the hard hitting from beginner to intermediate drummers?? I have about 10-14 students of all ages in a weekly basis…. Durability compared to standard drum head?? Either way it was a great presentation thank you for sharing new products it was very informal and educational, thank you again and I look forward to more awesome DRUM videos!
I used the same method in 2003 in making my Shelter CD. Used the mesh heads with D-Drum triggers into a MIDI sample pack. Then overhead mics for the live cymbals. It worked great. The cymbals are a new twist.
Thanks for the review. I have the Evans "sound off" currently on a practice kit and am very happy with them. Had just seen the cymbals come out and they sound good as well. I have the Zildjian L80's, but only hats and a crash/ride. These dB ones sound as good or better than the L80's (in headphones, anyway).
Got the db zero yesterday and I love it so far. It doesn't have the snare sound but it works for my apt. I can still do sticking excercises and not worry about my neighbors. I do plan add a trigger to it soon. I'm really curious about adding triggers to the cymbals as well. Making real feal e kit
I really love the cymbals! They seem to be the ideal practice cymbal. I currently have some Zildjian L80s, and my only problem with them is their rough texture, which tends to chew up the tips of my sticks. These dB1 cymbals seem to be more finished where the holes are punched, with smooth edges. The sound is musical (many low volume cymbals are way too bright sounding for my taste). I also love the sound of the heads, although I think I'll stick with my Rtom Black Hole pads, since they go right on top of the existing rims and heads. If I had the luxury of having a second kit for quiet practice, I'd opt for the dB1 heads (especially the snare). Excellent review!
Those cymbals and the hats stand up in their own right, kind of sounded like an electro jazz fx set... I'm really going to have to look into these as 90% of the time I'm playing an acoustic kit at home with mutes on which can get pretty frustrating. Thanks, Beatdown, for giving me yet more stuff to spend money on 😂😂
Thanks for this review Rob. It would have been nice to hear a backbeat with rim - that's where the usual volume and timbre comes from. I was hoping to record using these heads, but no go - just a 'quiet' practising aid...
Bless up, Rob. I'm thinking of buying a Yamaha Stage Hip with an EAD10 module and 3 Yamaha Triggers. I would like to hear your opinion and, if possible, do a video on using Evans DB One Low Volume Set on the Stage Custom
Thank you for the musical demonstration. They do sound almost recordable, and I can imagine that kinetic device on the bottom of the head is making it less bouncy hopefully. It all sounds good, but you also played them well, so they can’t have all the credit. I was wondering if you could order specific sizes though? Or is it just a standard set up as if everybody played the same sizes, which they don’t. Thanks man.
I just ordered a set of heads and can't wait for them to arrive. I live in an apartment and hope this will allow for more practice time. Thanks for the demo
Rob great review. You sold me on the rtoms. Like them because you can keep the mylar heads on . Only issue i dont like is the rims on the Rtom is a bit high. So which do you prefer now, the RTOM or the evans db1s?
Wow!, Thanks for reviewing (and playing these), Rob. Like yourself I love them hi-hats, I'd be keen to track a set of these down, not sure if they'd be easy to get for someone in New Zealand.
Its really interesting to me, especially when you dont have a room where you bother your neighbours and other people. Plus it sounds really good and it seems that you have the same feel like with normal heads (rebound, ghost notes etc.) But how often do you have to change the heads? Is the durabilty like on the regular ones? Thanks for the video.
VERY nice, ESPECIALLY the playing!!!!! I can see (hear) a few real applications for these; (1) practice kit at home, (2) warm up kit at church and (3) performance (miced possibly) in smaller venues. The cymbals sound especially nice in my opinion!
@@Calz70 they are a little springy but less so than the Remo mesh heads that I had before. I think the tone is way better as well. I also prefer the cymbals to my low volume Zildjians and the set came with TWO crashes, which was nice, and also a cymbal bag.
Great review Rob, as always thank you for keeping it real 👍🏻 I’m curious how these heads and cymbals would work if I wanted to use my Yamaha EAD 10? Maybe adjusting the sensitivity on the EAD would work? Just curious.
These look great. I've only been playing a year and by six months, I started getting some ear ringing off and on. This is despite using Shure SE215s and the VF SIH1, so I guess I'm unlucky. But if I can mitigate that, and play through a wider part of the day without annoying or waking up the family, this looks great.
I use the Z80s and cut up mouse pad silencers at band practice but these are like whispers in comparison. Love the heavier, pronounced bell of the ride. Looks like rebounds and feel same same. Thanks for bringing these to our attention.
I tried these in person. Two things I found were a bit off was the bass drum and the hi hats. The bass was so weak, I couldn't really see a difference with my floor tom. The hi hat I found to be way too harsh sounding. Playing them open also is probably way louder than the rest of the kit. I would avoid playing songs that heavily feature quarter or eigth notes open hi hats. Though mixing closed and open hi hats sounds decent The toms were perfect, the crash and ride were pretty good. The snare was alright, not enough snare sound.
I love the heads except for the snare head. I'm not a heavy player, yet after about a month of daily use, the snare head had strands of the mylar break-away and dangle inside the drum. Sweetwater replaced it. There's no way to turn off the snare if you want to. As an experiment, I put the 14" tom head (ordered separately) on my snare drum, and it sounds incredible! It's super loud coming through the EAD 10, but that can be adjusted. It's way better than the dB One snare head. The Remo 14" Silent Stroke is better on the snare than the Evans dB One snare head.
I got a regular Evans SoundOff black mesh for my snare, no muffling felt or patch. It also sounds fantastic. I guess it’s the same as the Remo, just black to match the dB1 tom heads. I may add a bass drum patch from any music store for some “power dot” effect, but I’m getting great snare response with plain mesh.
Can you use Drum Triggers with these Db One drum heads, I have the Stainless Steel Lo Volume Cymbals they match my Drum Kit Chrome Rings and they Sound Amazing in my Apartment, and doesn't piss off my Neighbors, like before when i had the Regular Brass Cymbals they were very loud .👍
The black heads and cymbals look great with your drum set, brings out the gold hardware and finish, I know this has nothing to do with the products sound and feel lol
Great preview! I have a very specific question about the sound of the cymbals compared to the low volume zildians, where the attack sound of the stick is so loud that the cymbal sound is lost in the mix. Are the Evans cymbals better balanced; do they have a more musical sound than the L80’s?
@RobBeatdownBrown I love your channel. You are an amazing drummer and person, congrats on your success. (And yes Stewart Copeland is one of the most influential, unique, and original drummers we have ever been blessed to discover!) Here’s a question I have and would love anyone’s feedback- the Roland TD 07KVX is now around $1100. If I were to buy the black hole mesh heads or these awesome Evans heads (a lot more labor to install and uninstall) and electronic cymbals and a decent drum module, I would easily be at that price if not higher. So now I’m kind of torn between the two ideas. seems to me because that Roland gives you so much value for 1100 bucks that’s the way to go but yes I realize it’s still not playing on your traditional acoustic kit which gives you a few benefits the electronic kits don’t. Now I have a tough decision to make. I realize I can skip the module and just enjoy the sounds that you have produced here and save a lot of money but $1,100 is affordable to me and then I get the benefit of different kit sounds, playing along to music (something I really enjoy) playing to a click and recording my playing. As I type all this, it's becoming more apparent that I should buy the Roland lol
Great video! These look very promising. I just moved back into a townhouse from a regular house and I’m still learning kit. I have the Evans Soundoff mesh heads and they work well. I’m now thinking about getting these new heads and using the Soundoffs as resonate heads. Those cymbals sound really nice too. How loud would you say they are compared to standard cymbals?
Great review, this video definitely helped me rule out some other brands I was looking into. I am always partial towards Evans since I use them on my current drum set.
Great videos Rob, been working on some of your beginner exercises. I've been attempting to learn on an old Yamaha DTX and not a big fan of the feel. Wondering if this is a better alternative for my acoustic kit. Since nobody let's me play the acoustic due to the volume.
is 80% enough for a wide-open living room that is 6x4 meters and 3.5 to the ceiling... what can I do in a living room? is the only place I got... any advice on how I can do my best to not disturb neighbours!? thanks
The Evans bottom hi hat is a lot different here, and the drilled section of all cymbals appears to come out closer to the edge on than the Arborea. If (again, a big "if") Evans took an Arborea set, slightly softened the brightness with the additional holes, and improved the hi hats, it's worth the additional cost.
Im an evans gouy for a few years now and I love the idea. I don’t need them but if I would buy them. Would the cymbals come in differrent sizes too? I play 20/24/15 Zildjian K Con Proto’s as a main set.
Personal preferences aside, I have to say Evans' R&D is outstanding.
I agree. I used to be a staunch Remo guy and my buddy ALWAYS tried to get me to switch to Evans, but I was stuck in my ways. I finally made the switch 3 years ago and I haven't looked back!!!
You playing actually sounds crazy good on these (no surprise)! That opening improv with the constant stream of ghost notes was groovy as hell.
Is it weird that I can almost hear these being used as a distinct 'sound' instread of just a quiet alternative to normal cymbals and heads?
There's plenty of room for experimentation with these for sure.
When you look at the Remo versions that are JUST mesh, they move no air in the shell. If no air is being moved, the reso head isn't resonating and you get no tone. Early adopters of "silent kits" were learning that putting some tape on the heads was allowing the reso head to resonate and thus produce some tone. Then folks started experimenting with different types of mesh heads from electric kits and were finding that 2 or 3 ply heads could produce tone. I had went with a very thick and tighter woven mesh head from GoEdrum in conjunction with the low volume Zildjian cymbals (14" hats, 16+18" crashes, 20" ride, 18" china). Part of the things that make these Evans heads sound as good as they do is the patch and the foam pushing air and allowing the reso head to produce tone!
I'll definitely be picking some of these up to compare and most likely mix and match the best sounding for each head and cymbal.
When I was apartment living many years ago, these heads from Remo, Moongel or D'Addario were not available. I had to do my quiet practice on a wood set with gum rubber by Ralph C. Pace. I also used to use an elastic cymbal muffle on my left and right side rides. Today we got something for any situation. Although I wouldn't use steel hats or cymbals for anything.
Love the comments from the drummers not wanting to annoy their neighbors. Truly believable_4_ reals. 🤘
absolutely LOVE the fact that you demo'ed them miced up, rather than with triggered samples
Due to your input, my new dB1s arrived today! Looking forward to checking them out! Thanks so much!
The heads and cymbals sound great. It would be great to hear the heads a/b'ed against the new RTOM low volume heads.
Super cool. The market for these must be booming for Evans to put out this set. Ive heard of guys using the cymbals for real small jazz cafe type gigs. Also bet after covid, tons of people got into music, and we're the only ones with out a volume knob. Until now!! Boom. Thanks Rob. Keep it cool man.
Bro thanks so much for bringing these videos out time and time again, got into KZ IEMs because of you and no doubt products you bring to the channel in the future are gonna help big time. Big Love from Sydney, Australia 👊🏼❤️🎵
Amazing playing my goodness
Great stuff here, man!! Evans bringing the FIRE for us drummers not wanting to annoy the neighbors! 😎
Don't get me wrong bruh... I love evans heads, they are currently on my entire GIGANTIC set of drums!! About a year before my dear friend AJ Pero ( Twisted Sister/Adrenaline Mob ) passed away, he said... "B-man... you're still playing those Aquarian heads...!!????!!" I replied, "why hell yeah Ant, no more endorsements for me... so, I am still playing the last of my Aquarian's!!" AJ said ... "Dude, Evans, which is really D'Addario now, has entire new line of heads... soup to nuts, I'll send ya a crapload of them, tell me what you think!!" He did, and that was the..... last time I heard his voice.... 😧 .... !!! We did text while he was out on tour with A.M., but..... well, it's not the same!!!
Sooooooo, I am a believer of Evans and D'Addario & Pro Mark hickory, perhaps I'll be able to eventually afford that setup... BUT BROTHA... WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS........ 🤔 WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PUMAS....😳😲?!!? THEY ARE SOOOOOO LIT!!!! I GOTTA GET THOSE FIRST!!!!! 😆😜🤭🤫
ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER DRUMMER!!!!!!!!!!
PEACE!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏼
Wow, thank you for the very thorough demo of these products. Lv your vibe when you talk. The word “sincere” just keeps popping into my mind when I am listening to you talk. Also you either demonstrated the exact questions I had as they were popping into my head or answered questions I had not thought about yet.
I stayed focused on your content and not your delivery because I felt safe and felt you reaching out to the community to help us practice better.
Bravo! Your success is well deserved because you care.
Perfect timing brother. I play an E-Kit and don’t like the feel of the cymbals. I have been looking for low volume gear.
Right on!!! I bet when you two get together you have a lot of fun. You both are very talented cats, and also explain things very well to us.
I feel blessed to have come across both of your channels. Keep up the great work.
I currently bought Remo silent stroke and with an added piece of tape they work and sound good. I'd like to try the Evans snare and bass drum head when they come to Canada in 2024.
I just got these. Really cool so far. A few issues I've had personally with setup: The hihats are much shallower than my other stuff. I have a DW 3000 hihat stand and a Tama touch drop clutch. I had to put a thicker foam under the bottom hihat because the bottom of Tama's quick release mechanism was hitting the top of the plastic cymbal protector piece on the stem, preventing me from being able to fully close them. Also, if you have a ported bass drum reso head, you're probably going to want to change that out too because with it on, you get a pretty dead sounding bass. Tuning is a little finicky. You have to get the tom reso heads really in sync with the batters or you won't get anything from them. The floor tom is proving hardest to get right, but I also have a cheap $400 Ludwig kit. Overall, this set is really impressive. But there needs to be more tuning guidance than just a one sided pamphlet for people who are newer to drumming. Just be warned, this isn't something you're going to slap together if you decide you just want to play for a half hour at 1 in the morning. If you're GOOD, you can probably get it all changed out in a half hour.
Yep was nodding all alone for the less hole engineering on the hi-hat. Well thought out.
I'm a church drummer and we are really trying to reduce the drum volume. We've been looking for solutions everywhere and these seem pretty promising. I'm assuming the reduced volume would mean we could actually EQ them and mix them into our space. Which would be especially helpful since we also stream each service. My only real concern is the snare since I tend to do a lot of edge of the head shots for certain songs. What are your thoughts on that? Or, would there be a way to use a traditional snare head but muffle it to get a similar volume? Great review, thanks!
Ok, I am not a drummer (I did play snare in 4th grade) 😄 however, I just bought a Gretsch drum set for recording. Are these "quite cymbals" for recording purposes or just for practice? TY Subscribed!
They’re usually used for practice
This is the review I've been looking for. A lot of vids out there of (well-meaning) people banging on the heads and cymbals, but you exercise the full range of strokes and effects on each piece, and that's really helpful. I also got a lot from your commentary which did not include a lot of extra and unnecessary hyperbole. Sorry if I'm sounding salty, but I've been watching Evans reviews for days looking for something like this.
Very nice Rob. They sound nice and you were able to mic them.
Very cool. Thanks. I’m new to drums and I live in an apartment. It’s nice to see other options to electric, though it’s pricey.
Man these are sweet. I just wish they made the kick drum in 16" as well. Great review!
That sound is flabbergasting impressive
Really cool product, thanks for the video. Would be cool to have a side by side comparison with same gear and mics gains (and room mic aswell) to really compare difference in volume. Maybe also with a db meter? 😜
Bought the cymbals... Love em. Bought the snare head... Love it. Cheaped out on the kick and toms to save money and got Tama silent mesh.... Hate em. 😅
About to complete the set with all Evans DB's. Absolutely brilliant. 👍👍👍
Very cool for practice..I would like to see them mic'd for a small venue scenario-
Nice ,nice!! I love the sound of the cymbals, so crisp and clean, but low! I dig it also! Would try em myself! Great job, Thanks for sharing!
It's amazing how many of these garage rock drummers are on You Tube. Equally amazing is the fact that they all sound virtually the same.
Note: this one is a bit different as for being a bit quieter.
Outstanding vid. Covered all the bases.
Came to hear the db one drumheads, stayed for the playing. Amazing playing man.
I'm running the 14" floor tom head on my snare and use the wires. I think it sounds more realistic.
Great review as always!! I'll be real- when I saw what looked like another quiet head and cymbal pack I didn't think it would be anything special, but oh man was I wrong, this is so cool!! The heads seem like they combine a standard mesh head like the Evans SoundOff with the RTom Black Hole pads and EMAD tech (though not removable) to get the ultimate combination of awesome features on one set of quiet drumheads. The snare head is really cool as well, I don't like how many quiet heads take away the body of the snare and response from the wires so this one actually gives us that snare sound. The only question I have for you is how you'd compare these to the Evans SoundOff drumheads in terms of sound and feel.
And as a big fan of thinner cymbals, seeing a cool set of really thin quiet cymbals with good stick definition is really nice. The studio I teach at has a set of L80 cymbals which do the job but feel a bit too heavy for my liking, especially compared to my usual thinner AAX crashes. I was looking into buying the Sabian Quiet Tone cymbals which I know are thinner but I may have to give these a try first.
These sound so good! This might be the answer (along with a Yamaha EAD10) for my church.
Considering you are set up to record your drums go ahead and record the low volume set. And then import them into something likeSD3 tracker or equivalent. No triggers needed for tracking at least. You will probably have to add cymbal chokes but it dose a great job on the high hats etc. going to order some of those. Nice review. Thanks
Great review 🤩
I am a drum instructor at the School Of Rock and I wonder if these drum heads can handle a lot of the hard hitting from beginner to intermediate drummers?? I have about 10-14 students of all ages in a weekly basis….
Durability compared to standard drum head??
Either way it was a great presentation thank you for sharing new products it was very informal and educational, thank you again and I look forward to more awesome DRUM videos!
I used the same method in 2003 in making my Shelter CD. Used the mesh heads with D-Drum triggers into a MIDI sample pack. Then overhead mics for the live cymbals. It worked great. The cymbals are a new twist.
Shelter? Like HC band Shelter? Ray Capp
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@@williamperri3437 No it was on the "Shelter CD by myself Shawn Cole. iTunes ETC
I use rtom blackholes on my kit. Works for me. Just pop them off when noise is required.
Thanks for the review. I have the Evans "sound off" currently on a practice kit and am very happy with them. Had just seen the cymbals come out and they sound good as well. I have the Zildjian L80's, but only hats and a crash/ride. These dB ones sound as good or better than the L80's (in headphones, anyway).
Got the db zero yesterday and I love it so far. It doesn't have the snare sound but it works for my apt. I can still do sticking excercises and not worry about my neighbors.
I do plan add a trigger to it soon.
I'm really curious about adding triggers to the cymbals as well. Making real feal e kit
Thanks for all the tips and help to improve my drumer skills sir.
I really love the cymbals! They seem to be the ideal practice cymbal. I currently have some Zildjian L80s, and my only problem with them is their rough texture, which tends to chew up the tips of my sticks. These dB1 cymbals seem to be more finished where the holes are punched, with smooth edges. The sound is musical (many low volume cymbals are way too bright sounding for my taste). I also love the sound of the heads, although I think I'll stick with my Rtom Black Hole pads, since they go right on top of the existing rims and heads. If I had the luxury of having a second kit for quiet practice, I'd opt for the dB1 heads (especially the snare). Excellent review!
Same exact issue with my L80s. My eyes bugged out when Rob was hitting the ride bell too, I'd love to have that clarity from my 20in L80.
Those cymbals and the hats stand up in their own right, kind of sounded like an electro jazz fx set...
I'm really going to have to look into these as 90% of the time I'm playing an acoustic kit at home with mutes on which can get pretty frustrating. Thanks, Beatdown, for giving me yet more stuff to spend money on 😂😂
Haha. Sorry 🤷🏾♂️ I feel your pain, tho 😑
Awesome! Drummers please use these all the time. ;)
Thanks for this review Rob. It would have been nice to hear a backbeat with rim - that's where the usual volume and timbre comes from. I was hoping to record using these heads, but no go - just a 'quiet' practising aid...
OK, I’m impressed. That’s the best solution that I have seen/heard for this goal. Will check it out. Thanks.
430$ for the set is not outrageous. They sound nice
It's pretty reasonable for everything you're getting in the package.
I'd use these cymbals on my jazz set
Bless up, Rob. I'm thinking of buying a Yamaha Stage Hip with an EAD10 module and 3 Yamaha Triggers. I would like to hear your opinion and, if possible, do a video on using Evans DB One Low Volume Set on the Stage Custom
Thank you for the musical demonstration. They do sound almost recordable, and I can imagine that kinetic device on the bottom of the head is making it less bouncy hopefully. It all sounds good, but you also played them well, so they can’t have all the credit. I was wondering if you could order specific sizes though? Or is it just a standard set up as if everybody played the same sizes, which they don’t. Thanks man.
The hihat foot splash is my favorite technique that I think is under-utilized
I just ordered a set of heads and can't wait for them to arrive. I live in an apartment and hope this will allow for more practice time. Thanks for the demo
Did these help? Or still too loud?
Just bought them. I agree 100%. Great stuff. Just doubled my practice time.
Rob great review. You sold me on the rtoms. Like them because you can keep the mylar heads on . Only issue i dont like is the rims on the Rtom is a bit high.
So which do you prefer now, the RTOM or the evans db1s?
Glad I came across this. Just ordered the dB1 cymbal set from SW.
Wow!,
Thanks for reviewing (and playing these), Rob.
Like yourself I love them hi-hats, I'd be keen to track a set of these down, not sure if they'd be easy to get for someone in New Zealand.
Very cool. I was looking at the dw pad set but this looks much better for me
Its really interesting to me, especially when you dont have a room where you bother your neighbours and other people. Plus it sounds really good and it seems that you have the same feel like with normal heads (rebound, ghost notes etc.) But how often do you have to change the heads? Is the durabilty like on the regular ones?
Thanks for the video.
VERY nice, ESPECIALLY the playing!!!!! I can see (hear) a few real applications for these; (1) practice kit at home, (2) warm up kit at church and (3) performance (miced possibly) in smaller venues. The cymbals sound especially nice in my opinion!
Came for the heads, stayed for the play.
Your playing never fails to impress.
Thanks Rob! Just purchased last week , but haven’t set up yet……sound great!!!
those low volume cymbals are the best I've heard yet
That second Tom had a nice boing sound to it with those heads.
These heads sound great! Love your playing too... especially a bit of crazy army on snare... awesome!
I bought a set of these after seeing this demo and I love them! Really nice.
@@Calz70 they are a little springy but less so than the Remo mesh heads that I had before. I think the tone is way better as well. I also prefer the cymbals to my low volume Zildjians and the set came with TWO crashes, which was nice, and also a cymbal bag.
Thanks for the detailed review sir! You've been consistent for a long time; I admire that.
THE KICK WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME ONE SHOT AS IS.
Great review Rob, as always thank you for keeping it real 👍🏻 I’m curious how these heads and cymbals would work if I wanted to use my Yamaha EAD 10? Maybe adjusting the sensitivity on the EAD would work? Just curious.
These look great. I've only been playing a year and by six months, I started getting some ear ringing off and on. This is despite using Shure SE215s and the VF SIH1, so I guess I'm unlucky. But if I can mitigate that, and play through a wider part of the day without annoying or waking up the family, this looks great.
Perfect for places where playing drums at a lower volume is good. I like that very much. Cheers, Rob! 👍👍✌️🥁
I use the Z80s and cut up mouse pad silencers at band practice but these are like whispers in comparison. Love the heavier, pronounced bell of the ride. Looks like rebounds and feel same same. Thanks for bringing these to our attention.
I thought the z80s were considered the most silent of all
I tried these in person. Two things I found were a bit off was the bass drum and the hi hats. The bass was so weak, I couldn't really see a difference with my floor tom. The hi hat I found to be way too harsh sounding. Playing them open also is probably way louder than the rest of the kit. I would avoid playing songs that heavily feature quarter or eigth notes open hi hats. Though mixing closed and open hi hats sounds decent
The toms were perfect, the crash and ride were pretty good. The snare was alright, not enough snare sound.
I love the heads except for the snare head. I'm not a heavy player, yet after about a month of daily use, the snare head had strands of the mylar break-away and dangle inside the drum. Sweetwater replaced it. There's no way to turn off the snare if you want to. As an experiment, I put the 14" tom head (ordered separately) on my snare drum, and it sounds incredible! It's super loud coming through the EAD 10, but that can be adjusted. It's way better than the dB One snare head. The Remo 14" Silent Stroke is better on the snare than the Evans dB One snare head.
I got a regular Evans SoundOff black mesh for my snare, no muffling felt or patch. It also sounds fantastic. I guess it’s the same as the Remo, just black to match the dB1 tom heads.
I may add a bass drum patch from any music store for some “power dot” effect, but I’m getting great snare response with plain mesh.
Can you use Drum Triggers with these Db One drum heads, I have the Stainless Steel Lo Volume Cymbals they match my Drum Kit Chrome Rings and they Sound Amazing in my Apartment, and doesn't piss off my Neighbors, like before when i had the Regular Brass Cymbals they were very loud .👍
Could you put a 14” DB one tom head on the snare, and just use your regular snare wires?
The black heads and cymbals look great with your drum set, brings out the gold hardware and finish, I know this has nothing to do with the products sound and feel lol
Nice Seve Gadd stuff done there on the snare I notice, .....muy bueno!!!!
Love your playing, so cool
Evans ingenuity with drum head design is really a cut above the rest 👌
Great preview! I have a very specific question about the sound of the cymbals compared to the low volume zildians, where the attack sound of the stick is so loud that the cymbal sound is lost in the mix. Are the Evans cymbals better balanced; do they have a more musical sound than the L80’s?
Nice tip of the hat to Steve Gadd. Smooth.
@RobBeatdownBrown I love your channel. You are an amazing drummer and person, congrats on your success. (And yes Stewart Copeland is one of the most influential, unique, and original drummers we have ever been blessed to discover!) Here’s a question I have and would love anyone’s feedback- the Roland TD 07KVX is now around $1100. If I were to buy the black hole mesh heads or these awesome Evans heads (a lot more labor to install and uninstall) and electronic cymbals and a decent drum module, I would easily be at that price if not higher. So now I’m kind of torn between the two ideas. seems to me because that Roland gives you so much value for 1100 bucks that’s the way to go but yes I realize it’s still not playing on your traditional acoustic kit which gives you a few benefits the electronic kits don’t. Now I have a tough decision to make. I realize I can skip the module and just enjoy the sounds that you have produced here and save a lot of money but $1,100 is affordable to me and then I get the benefit of different kit sounds, playing along to music (something I really enjoy) playing to a click and recording my playing. As I type all this, it's becoming more apparent that I should buy the Roland lol
That snare head tech is some pretty crazy (army) stuff! 😄 Great review, Rob. Excited to try these!
Wish they made an 8 inch one. Thanks man for the video
Ordered mine today, heads and cymbals!!
The cymbals are what I have been cautious about. Since Evans isn't natively a cymbal company.
But my opinion has changed a bit since watching this.
Really like the open hat tone. Very Dennis-like.
I presume you could use gen16 pickups with the evans cymbals?
Great video! These look very promising. I just moved back into a townhouse from a regular house and I’m still learning kit. I have the Evans Soundoff mesh heads and they work well. I’m now thinking about getting these new heads and using the Soundoffs as resonate heads. Those cymbals sound really nice too. How loud would you say they are compared to standard cymbals?
Maaan I'm calling my sweetwater rep this week. 😮😮😮😮
I had a set of these back in the day when they were called Just Play Quieter 😉
Great review, this video definitely helped me rule out some other brands I was looking into. I am always partial towards Evans since I use them on my current drum set.
Such an amazing player! One of my favorite RUclips drummers/content creators.
Great videos Rob, been working on some of your beginner exercises. I've been attempting to learn on an old Yamaha DTX and not a big fan of the feel. Wondering if this is a better alternative for my acoustic kit. Since nobody let's me play the acoustic due to the volume.
is 80% enough for a wide-open living room that is 6x4 meters and 3.5 to the ceiling... what can I do in a living room? is the only place I got... any advice on how I can do my best to not disturb neighbours!?
thanks
I wonder who makes them for Evans, because they really look the Arborea mute cymbals.
The Evans bottom hi hat is a lot different here, and the drilled section of all cymbals appears to come out closer to the edge on than the Arborea.
If (again, a big "if") Evans took an Arborea set, slightly softened the brightness with the additional holes, and improved the hi hats, it's worth the additional cost.
Im an evans gouy for a few years now and I love the idea.
I don’t need them but if I would buy them.
Would the cymbals come in differrent sizes too?
I play 20/24/15 Zildjian K Con Proto’s as a main set.
Enjoyed your opening solo.