Hardware shops I use 3M earplugs. Reusable de. RM9.

You can also go to guitar collection and get the RM100 one lah

But honestly, the 3M ones are good enough

You can find the basic orange foam earplugs at most pharmacies! I've been using those for the past year++

whats the dimension of the snare yea?

The only problem I have with the orange foam earplugs is that you lose a lot of the high frequencies, and it tends to block out a lot. Whenever I play with others and use the foam earplugs, I always end up taking them off as I can't hear anything else.

To AhBoy, if you're willing to spend a bit more, try something like the Etymotic hi-fi earplugs (http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er20.html) which I've been using - they're amazing! I think Vater make a similar product (musician's earplugs) too, but haven't tried those.

The orange ones are useful IF

1. The studio is small
2. If you just need to follow the bassist
3. If you're playing with a drum shield.

What's a drum shield?

Some of my jamming pals and I are using the same thing from a different brand. Ok only la... you can see that the attenuation stats for these earplugs also slopes downwards. No tiny earplug is gonna bend the rules of physics. At least they keep my ears safe (I hope!).

SOLD

This post has been edited by Sha 50: Apr 1 2011, 02:27 AM

The fibreglass thing?

Also known as a drum screen.



Please quote me the price, thanks.

Drumshield wow. Never heard of it.

Btw I'm using those RM 9 yellow acoustic foam earplugs, it blocks the high frequency soundwaves, sometime I like the sound after the filtration.

But the bad thing is that it's too soft that when you fit in your ears it shrinks easily.

Plz check your PM.

Its to focus the sound, especially when you're mic-ing

I'm using the RM9 ones too

For me its just right xD It shrinks to fit in your ear properly mah

Hey guys, thanks for the foam earplugs info!

btw my church drum set do have a Drumshield but not like the pic one la...

Yay, my Dunnett Titanium snare...

Anyone knows where can I get decent drum mats for my drum set so my bass drum won't fly whenever I play it?

wouldnt that thing make u deaf? Since u r shielding all the sound bounce back to the drummer

Well that's why, as isaac said, you've gotta wear hearing protection when you're in it - or in-ear monitors to hear everyone else. Our church here has one - almost fully enclosed, with a roof! a roof!, and it's an absolute to play in - gets very hot, noisy, and you have absolutely no chemistry with any of the other instruments in the band at all, which is horrible. They only got it so their precious sound people would be able to mic the drums more easily, and not have to worry about the drum sound being picked up by other mics... which is what creates atmosphere. Sorry, went on a bit of a rant there. I really hate the bloody thing.

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Added on December 12, 2010, 5:43 pmVery true, although if the studio's small I tend just to play a bit quieter and go without earplugs. I'd personally never 'just follow the bassist' as I like to react to what the guitars and vocals are doing, but that's just me. I am glad that everyone's using hearing protection, though! I learned almost too late...

This post has been edited by major_panic: Dec 12 2010, 05:43 PM

Thats why most churches in advance country get electronic drums there. Maybe u shud suggest to your church

hi,i'm registering as a drummer.
first time on LYN.

Hi welcome. You're registering as a drummer in lyn or register as drummer in class?