manufacturers should provide sound clips

[djrev]

astig ung ginawa ng zildjian sa site nila. may sound clips for every cymbal. at least pag punta mo ng music store alam mo na ung bibilhin mo. sana ung ibang products din like drums and heads magkaroon. sa remo binisita ko ung site nila puro description lang. di ko naman maintindihan mga pinagsasabi nilang mga terms "warm" "bright". pano mo kaya ittranslate sa sound yun. musicians bumibili ng mga products nila tapos words ang ginagamit nilang description. ang labo.

[phfreq]

actually all the major cymbal manufacturers have audio samples. kung wala sa site nila, meron sa ibang reseller.. sa drums, I'm pretty sure mapex has samples on their site -- kits and snares..

heads mahirap kasi by themselves wala naman talagang sound.. tapos ung response nila depende rin sa ginamitang drums.

[djrev]

nice! meron nga rin ang sabian tsaka paiste...

good point bro about the heads. pero pwede rin naman sila magset ng isang standard drumset tapos dun nila ilagay lahat ng heads habang sinasample. that way may point of comparison pa rin.

astig ng mapex. sarap ulit ulitin iplay ng samples. hahaha!

actually all the major cymbal manufacturers have audio samples. kung wala sa site nila, meron sa ibang reseller.. sa drums, I'm pretty sure mapex has samples on their site -- kits and snares..

heads mahirap kasi by themselves wala naman talagang sound.. tapos ung response nila depende rin sa ginamitang drums.

[metalmuhlisha]

re: head manufacturers providing sound clips

this is actually a very good idea. when drummers (and musicians) start out, it's not like they know what the terms actually mean and sound like. this also would help buyers in choosing what they want and in turn avoid flooding forums with questions regarding which heads to use, etc.

but maybe one reason they haven't done this is because it would be impractical, considering the bandwidth audio requires and the profit they make per head sold, and the additional personnel and time to make audio clips. (imagine a company tuning all their heads to a 14x5.5 wood snare, 14x5.5 metal snare, 12" tom, 16" floor tome, 20" bass drum)
maybe the cost-revenue tradeoff just isn't worth it, unless they price their heads higher.

meh. sa tingin ko lang.

[plep]

ito kasi ang problema: maraming variables masyado.

sa cymbals, sa manufacturing pa lang andami nang nag-iiba. more often than not iba-iba pa rin ang tunog nung bawat individual cymbal na kasama sa model na yun. tas pandagdag sa gulo rin (more than one would think) ang sticks na gamit.

sa drumheads, kahit magset ka ng standard na drumset, andiyan pa rin ang variable sa tuning. tsaka kung batter head ang sinasample, may epekto pa rin ang reso head.

sa drums mismo... ay patay na. heads, tuning, etc.

tas syempre andiyan pa yung variables sa recording mismo. anong klaseng kuwarto, anong mic, compression, eq, etc etc.

tas syempre pangubos nga ng bandwith.

sa cymbals ayos lang kasi all it gives is an idea of why model A is different from model B. starting point lang, kumbaga. kaso sa drums tsaka heads, there are too many variables that it wouldn't really be of much help. better just go to your friendly neighborhood music store and try them out for yourself.