Hybrid Drums
I’ve put together a drum set consisting of acoustic and electronic drums. I’m not the first drummer to ever do this, but it did take me this long to figure out how to go about it. I was able to use it for the first time last night at Cedarmore with the JMB. The general consensus is that it sounded good. Here’s the setup:
- Acoustic bass drum
- Acoustic snare drum
- Electronic toms
- Acoustic hi-hats
- Acoustic cymbals
- (1) electronic cymbal pad
I think what makes the system “work” is using the rack system that came with my electronic drums. It’s given me serious consideration to buying a rack system for my acoustic drums (especially now that Brad’s Music Center is a Gibralter deal - they are know for their drumset racks).
I would love to pull off using this setup at church, but I’m not sure the small room would be able to handle the volume of the acoustic parts of the set. Probably would be too loud.
And, yes, for those of you wondering - since it’s a hybrid, it does get better gas mileage.
Hey man, it really sounded good last night. To be honest, I was nervous at first but once we got going with the sound check and had all of the bugs in our system worked out (well, most at least), I was excited. Can’t wait till Saturday.
I too thought they sounded great. And by the way, I think the latest mix of the new cd is really good. My favorite mix by far.