Beiträge von Johan VDS

  • Wo wir grad bei rissen sind...

    Can you see these "cracks" (or whatever) on the other side of the cymbal?


    Use a magnifying glass.


    Do you hear a sizzle noise ? If you hear a sizzle there's definitely a crack.


    But if you don't hear a sizzle that doesn't mean there's no crack.

  • Crash "krumm"

    Zitat

    Original von mkdrumset90
    Becken haben immer eine Stelle, welche ein klein wenig schwerer ist

    That's indeed the reason why the cymbal will always hang in the same position. Very few cymbals are perfectly balanced.


    The reason can be:
    -the cymbal is a bit thicker on one side
    -the cymbal is not perfectly round
    -the centre hole is not perfectly in the centre.


    Whether it is "krum" or not, that will not cause the cymbal to fall into the same position each time.


    If a cymbal is very thick on one side and really very thin on the other, that's a factory mistake. Cymbals like that should not leave the factory. But still many B20 alloy cymbals are like that, especially Turkish and Chinese cymbals have this mistake often. But Zildjian, Sabians can have it too. With cymbals made from sheet-alloy like B8 this is less common.


    Of course that is not ideal for durability, the same metal gets all the impact constantly. Of course it's always the thickest part of the cymbal that gets the impact, but still.

  • keyhole

    It the keyhole does not contain a crack, it's not really a problem. Just leave it like that.


    But if you really want to get rid of it, simply use a round file to make the hole a little bigger so it becomes round again. Don't use a drill or any machine for this because that may cause cracks.

  • Hand-hammering And Re-created Cymbals

    Here's a 16" Crash, weighing 1015 grams.


    SOUNDFILE








    A set of 13" Hihats, weighing 694 and 889 grams.


    SOUNDFILE









    Finally, a small but powerful 7" Yell Bell.


    SOUNDFILE








    Check out some more new cymbals on my website below.


    While you're there, also check out the “before and after” soundclips of cymbals that drummers sent to me for modification, there are quite a bit of new ones. Also amateur cymbals which I’ve upgraded to professional level.

  • was bewirkt ein gewelltes Bottom?

    Zitat

    Original von Hochi
    Alles relativ. Eine Formula 602 Sound Edge klingt geschlossen extrem
    subtil und hat eine Dynamikbandbreite wie kaum eine andere Hi-Hat.

    It's certainly a matter of taste and yes, there are soundedges that sound relatively subtle, but 602 an 2002 Soundedges are the first I think of when I'm saying that (to me) they sound less subtle than a good regular hihat.


    When I hear most Soundedges (or Mastersounds or whatever copy of the soundedge principle) being played with the tip of the stick in a closed position, it sounds like "chop", not like "chip" (which sounds more subtle to me).


    The closed sound of most Soundedges are a kind of hollow, mushy, raw metallic sound to me, and it makes me want to use extra foot pressure to close them better to get a tighter more controlled chick (which doesn't work of course).

  • was bewirkt ein gewelltes Bottom?

    Zitat

    Original von Chuck-Boom
    Mehr Schärfe/ Definition, präziserer und zuverlässigerer Chick, mehr Volumen und Lautstärke.


    I agree with the extra volume, but I personally don't like soundedge "waved" type of hihatbottoms.
    In my opinion, the chick is not subtle like with normal hihats. It's a loud aggressive chick, but when you play the hihat in a closed position you don't get a subtle or delicate chick like with normal hihats.


    For a fully closed sound, it's important that the edges of the hihatscymbals touch each other over the complete surface. Only that will give a completely tight and subtle closed sound.
    But with waved hihats, both cymbals only touch each other at the deepest point of the waves. So because the biggest part of the waved edge bottom does not touch the tophihat, a lot of metal is left free to resonate so you cannot really get a dry chick.


    In my opinion, waved hihats reduce the dynamic scale of your playing. With normal hihats you can go from very quiet to loud, but with waved hihats, you only have a medium to loud range.

  • Der Becken-Produktionsvideo Thread

    Zitat

    Original von Enzi
    Hier ein weiteres Video. Diesmal Zildjian.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4VUBV08AdUc


    This shows how the concept of hammering deteriorates more and more in big companies.


    The traditional (finer) but already dramatically low amount of "real" hammering of recent years is now thinned out even more and is -even for supposed top-notch cymbals- starting to be replaced by "pressing" large circular depressions into the blanks in an attempt to omit the need for real and much denser hammering.


    Even K's, like the K Custom Special Dry Ride, are now fake-hammered in the same way Z Customs or even ZBT's, ZXT's or ZHT's are. Even K Constantinoples get this kind of treatment, although the busier pattern and the different shape of the indentations make this visually less obvious.


    If it were not for the B20 alloy and the better profile into which these cymbals are pre-pressed, many of them would sound just as cheapish like beginner's cymbals.
    As a matter of fact a lot of the newer K's already display a total lack of tonal depth.

  • Hand-hammering And Re-created Cymbals

    Here's a 17" Perforation Trash which I made from a Zildjian Z Custom Crash.



    The SOUNDFILE is a little distorted because of the very loud peak of the crash sound... Still this cymbal can speak very softly too and opens up at the slightest touch. It has a very wide dynamic range and can produce anything from a very quiet warm trashy wash to a fierce oriental crash. It's also very ride-able.