oddly enough, I don't know what the purpose of the beater being square is...... It just looks different. Round, it's the shape you can trust!!!!! heheccrdrums":30vc94p0 said:ive never seen this topic before so whats better in your opinion round beaters or square beaters
round for me...
wouldnt trick beaters and sonic hammers be round faced though? i like my iron cobras and i would call them round. if youre talking cylindrical, however (perpendicular to the shaft), i suppose its all preference. a soft felt beater with a little less contact on a wide open drum would make a great jazz bass feel, so its just in what you like.xdoseonex":o63ozu14 said:i dont know who thought a round beater was a good idea, but if yuou put it up against the head you'll notice theres very little surface area accually touching, so you dont get good attack with round beaters. beaters are usually meant to be alighned with the head to maxamize surface areah so you can get a nice attack. i prefer trick beaters, axis sonic hammers and slug beaters, because they are all ajustable to ensure your beater is hitting flush wit the drum head and getting the fullest sound possible
nahhhh, less touch=less choke, maybexdoseonex":bz7z1xem said:i dont know who thought a round beater was a good idea, but if yuou put it up against the head you'll notice theres very little surface area accually touching, so you dont get good attack with round beaters. beaters are usually meant to be alighned with the head to maxamize surface areah so you can get a nice attack. i prefer trick beaters, axis sonic hammers and slug beaters, because they are all ajustable to ensure your beater is hitting flush wit the drum head and getting the fullest sound possible
I did that once, well somewhat. I broke a cheap-ass pot metal footboard. So I cut a broken stick to size and duct taped it to the bottom. Kept using that pedal for a while, too.drummer912":2mf5j9fv said:i just carve the bottom of a drum stick and put it in the pedal...lol jk.
I disagree. A smaller area will give you more punch than bigger area. The more area, you get less punch, but more boom. Also, you gotta factor in weight and whether it's plastic/wood/felt etc...xdoseonex":1u8pcdg5 said:a flate beater will accually ghive you much more punch and attack because of the increases surface area
There we go.Rob the Drummer":1hwb14ch said:I disagree. A smaller area will give you more punch than bigger area. The more area, you get less punch, but more boom. Also, you gotta factor in weight and whether it's plastic/wood/felt etc...xdoseonex":1hwb14ch said:a flate beater will accually ghive you much more punch and attack because of the increases surface area
It's physics. For instance, when I taught drumlines, the bass drum line had two different types of beaters for different sounds. The smaller hard felt mallets were used when I wanted a nice clean, staccato punch. This was when you wanted them to be clear to the audience or judges to make out the runs. The bigger mallets, which were softer, were used to get a softer mellow sound instead of punch.
**I think you are referring to even distribution of power throughout the beater which will give you more attack, not surface area. More surface area of that particular beater is connecting flat against the head. If you get a big square beater with more surface area, that will give you a mellower attack with more boom. :wink:
An example of this- You get more attack from an Iron Cobra beater than a Pearl beater for the simple fact that the iron cobra's beater heads are smaller and are flat. Pearl's have more area to distribute the power, so they aren't as punchy.
If you use that analogy, the slap will produce less volume (impact).xdoseonex":3slzrcky said:i just switched from a hard plastic round axis beater, to a hard plastic round sonic hammer beater. the sonic mammer has more attack because of the increased surface area. if you punch somones bare skin how much soud does it make? now open your hand to increase the surface area thats connecting when you hit, and open handed slap someones bare skin. the slap makes more noise on contact (attack) because of the increased surface area