ProMark Pmark 5Drum Tenor Pad

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ProMark Pmark 5Drum Tenor Pad Made by ProMark Model Number: SVPT5
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Pearl BD10 Bass Practice Pad

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The Pearl BD10 Bass Drum Practice Pad has a universal fit for all pedals, compensates for different floors, accommodates double pedals, and provides support for the bracing. Folds for transport.
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- Formulated for extremely low noise and realistic feel
- Universal fit compensates for different floor surfaces
- Folds for compact transport
- Wide pad accommodates double pedals
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 "Great Bass Drum Practice Pad" 2009-02-18
By J. Allgood (Atlanta, GA United States)
Overall, this pad is very sturdy, and certainly provides realistic feedback while remaining relatively quiet. The only negative is in the method that the pedal mates up to the pad. The bar where it clamps on is on an adjustable swivel, but the wing nuts don't stay all that tight under use so the pedal will tend to rise up a little in the middle. Overall though, this is still a great pedal and I would recommend it.

 "Perfect for getting to 16th notes on single pedals" 2004-12-03
By Victoria Tarrani (Betwixt FL and CA, USA)
My motivation for purchasing this pad was the segment on single pedal exercises and technique in John Blackwell's Technique, Grooving and Showmanship DVD (ASIN B00008K9HV). If you haven't heard or watched Blackwell, he is incredibly fast on a single pedal, so his tips were important.



What is good about this pad is it does not have the same rebound as most bass drums, making you work a bit harder during practice. It will work with single or double pedal configurations, and folds down to get out of your way when you are not using it.



I practice by first spending an hour using the exercise technique Blackwell recommends, which is to sit without a pedal and do quarter notes with your right foot, heel down, and rocking your left foot so that your toe is down on 2 and 4. This exercise builds calf strength and also locks in basic timing. Next I spend an hour on this pad with a single pedal, starting with the same pedal-less exercise I just described, then working to 16th notes. Sometimes I use a muted hi-hat for my left foot. I focus on both speed and accents with this pad, and I also have a piece of heavy cloth over the strike area to dampen the small amount of rebound this pad has to make me work harder. The dampening is akin to using pillows for stick practice - when you practice without any rebound your speed dramatically improves when you get on your set and play.



Of course, this pad is also an outstanding general practice tool that works well when you are using mesh heads and cymbal mutes, or a practice pad set.


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Aquarian Tru-Bounce Practice Pad

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This Tru-Bounce Practice Pad provides an active playing surface of specially selected neoprene for a true and accurate response. Comfortable to play on without the overly-springy feel of traditional gum rubber. Even at the softest volumes, each stick note is articulated and can be heard. The result is a more accurate rebound that helps to develop control, strength, and speed. It makes you work a little harder (but not too hard) when practicing. Enclosed with the Tru-Bounce pad is a free pair of Power-Sleeve 5A drumsticks. Also included is a teacher-approved rudiment sheet and two fact sheets by Roy Burns, which cover some warm-up exercises and tuning tips.
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- 12"-diameter
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- Rudiment sheet
- Two fact sheets with warm-up exercises and tuning tips
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Remo Practice Pad with Stand, 10 Inch

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Remo practice pads and stands are among the most sold practice set-ups ever. The stands are adjustable and the heads are replaceable.
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- 10" in diameter, Tunable
- Can be used on any flat surface
- Mounts on most cymbal stands
- Requires a 1/4" x 20" threaded cymbal post
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 "Good stand, questionable pad." 2008-09-24
By Christopher L. Canfield (Boston, MA)
I've used several practice pads over the years. This one I held onto for about 6 months before giving it away to someone on craigslist. The pad noise and feel were just so off as to be unusable.



The allure of a practice pad is drumming without annoying your neighbors. At this, the Remo practice pad fails spectacularly. The pad is really, really loud. The head is as loud as a regular drum with a cheap muffler on it. The rim hits are pretty loud too. And the stand drives this sound straight down to your downstairs neighbors. Most anything else you've been hitting our sticks against will be quieter than this, including books, chairs, mousepads, standard cheap rubber practice pads, etc.



In terms of size, 10" is barely a popcorn snare. This is significant because the edges stick up a great deal: far more than most drum sets I've used. In certain ways this is helpful to develop your targeting, but it also means that you're constantly whacking the edges and cursing instead of focusing on technique. Frankly, I found rim hits to be a constant annoyance.



The feel is hard to quantify, but all of the remo practice pads that I've used just "feel" close but off. It feels like someone stuffed a pillow as tightly as they could into a snare. The rebound style is good, but there is a deadness to it that just feels wrong. While it is helpful to have an adjustable drum head, it never quite gets right.



The stand, on the other hand, has been pretty solid and nice to have. I could see transitioning the stand into a real drum set, albeit holding something light.



Overall, the resounding loudness, weird rebound issues, and annoyingly large rim make it hard to recommend Remo's higher priced pads over traditional rubber ones. For basic paradiddles and other practicing in real-world circumstances, I'd recommend going with one of the many other available options.

 "nice sound and feel, good price" 2008-04-22
By Robin Lapre (tenn)
This practice pad was recommended to me by my son's drum instructor. It has a very nice feel (bounce) to it, and the sound is WAY better than listening to a snare drum all night. The price offered by Amazon for both the practice pad and the stand was very good (I believe about $45.00). In some stores, just the pad alone is about $32.00, and you'll definitely want the stand (any hi-hat stand will probably work). There are varying sizes and you will probably want the biggest size, which I believe is the 10 inch - just to give yourself a few different targets while practicing. Set up was extremely easy.


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Kaces KCP-5 Crash Pad Drum Rug

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The Kaces KCP-5 Crash Pad Drum Rug is a 5-1/2' x 4-1/2' heavy-duty black polypropylene fabric rug. Nonskid rubber trim prevents creeping. Covered wood barrier keeps bass drum in place. Finished and weighted corners. The Kaces KCP-5 Drum Rug includes a nylon carry bag.
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- Black and white checkerboard pattern
- Red edging and hardware
- Zildjian rubberized logo patch, Travis
- Heavy-duty padded nylon construction Adjustable shoulder strap, carrying handle and large Velcro closure pocket on outside
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 "Kaces KCP-5" 2010-02-11
By Sherman L. Manley (Woodbridge, VA)
A waste of money. It buckles,I place some rug stay under it and it still buckles.


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Evans RGS Pad Bass Drum Damper

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The Resonance Gate System (RGS) eliminates the need for multiple pads to create different damping effects. A plastic gate attaches to the top of the pad, and can be adjusted to press the hinged damping pillow firmly against the head for maximum attack and minimum sustain. The pad comes with a large and small hinged pillow to cater to different sized drums or to gain varying levels of control.
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- NVIDIA SLI Technology - dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel
- Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support - also known as the Unified Shader Model, the Vertex shaders, Geometry shaders, and Pixel shaders are combined in to one unified shader; also backwards compatible with DirectX 9
- True 128-Bit Floating Point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) - allow you to experience cinematic, life like environments, for an amazing graphics experience
- PCI Express 2.0 / 1.1 Support - allows 500MB a lane or up to 8 GB/s at 16x speeds; allows for full support for new PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards
- 2nd Generation Unified Shader Architecture - the latest in Unified Shader Architecture Technology, offering 50% more performance through 240 enhanced processing cores
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 "Works as advertised, may not end all resonance issues" 2009-07-30
By Athena (NJ)
I bought this product to improve the sound of the bass drum of my very cheap Fender Starcaster drum set. This drum set can not be described as anything more than a student drum set and the bass drum has a very bad resonant sound that can not be fixed by tuning it. I have tried to improve its sound by tuning the heads in all different ways, also tried taping paper towels and foam strips to the heads. Eventually I stuffed it with a pillow and that gave me the clean, clear thud I wanted, but it was too dry for my taste and I don't like how it looks either. I decided to try the Evans RGS pad and the result, when used by itself, was a significant reduction in resonance on the batter head and associated improvement in clarity and definition of the sound. It did nothing to reduce resonance problem on the resonant head and it did not completely remove all resonance on the batterhead. This was not enough for my taste and I ended up adding a pillow against the resonant head which resulted in a sound similar to what I started with, a clean, clear sound but now with some remnant resonant overtones. I still want to try some other way to damp the resonant head other than a pillow, so I may try the Evans Q pad or Moongel.



Follow up: I applied RTOM moongels (two pieces) to the resonant head and that was it! With the Evans RGS on the batter head and the Moongels on the resonant head, now I love how my bass drum sounds. I was afraid the Moongels would fall off after a while since the heads are vertical, but the Moongels have been stuck to that head for days now and have not fallen off, even with the vibrations from daily practice.

 "Sanity saver" 2004-12-01
By Victoria Tarrani (Betwixt FL and CA, USA)
I tried every tuning trick in the book attempting to get the 16x16 bass that came with my Groove Percussion Travel Kit (ASIN B0006JKC3U) to sound right.



Square bass drums (same diameter and depth) are notoriously difficult to tune, and no matter which tension setting I used, or what I stuffed inside to dampen the ring and overtones without choking the warmth I was seeking, I just cound not get there until I purchased this ingenious pad.



Careful placement using the multiple gate design of 'pillows' brought about a magic transformation from a cantankerous bass drum that seemed to have its own ideas about sound, to a sweet, warm sounding bass that does what I want it to do.


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A starter kit that includes a pair of SD1 Jr. drumsticks, a 6" practice pad and a copy of Vic Firth's Snare Drum Method-Book 1.
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