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I was in paradise for a week, but pad noise issues have reared their ugly heads to spoil my fun.
Set of V-clubs (with rubber PD-6 pads), I live on the GROUND FLOOR, so no problems with the downstairs neighbor. However, the acoustic sound of the Kick trigger and the PD-6s cuts right through the wall (I've tried holding a PD6 in my hand and hitting it and it's still a problem, so it's definitely not a rack issue). My apartment has VERY thin walls (I can easily hear my neighbors *talking* when I'm sitting quietly next to the adjoining wall reading a book), so the ultimate solution might be to move to a better apartment with thicker walls.
I could get rid of all the PD-6s, but I would still have a problem with hi-hat noise... all the alternatives to the PD-6 (ie CY-12, Hart) are just as loud, I'm told. Plus, I'm a relatively hard hitter... once I start playing along to my MIDI files, I start hitting hard in spite of myself. I try to hit softly, but my drumming really starts to suck once I become more concerned about holding back on the volume than playing, so why bother? I've tried wrapping my stick tips in foam, but that doesn't seem to help much, and of course my double strokes go out the window.....
On the bright side, my neighbors are incredibly nice about it..... cooperating with my testing, etc. They've even offered to rearrange THEIR living room to put a heavy cabinet on their wall so that some of the noise will be cut down. It might all be for naught, though.
Just thought I'd share my woes
Darren
Set of V-clubs (with rubber PD-6 pads), I live on the GROUND FLOOR, so no problems with the downstairs neighbor. However, the acoustic sound of the Kick trigger and the PD-6s cuts right through the wall (I've tried holding a PD6 in my hand and hitting it and it's still a problem, so it's definitely not a rack issue). My apartment has VERY thin walls (I can easily hear my neighbors *talking* when I'm sitting quietly next to the adjoining wall reading a book), so the ultimate solution might be to move to a better apartment with thicker walls.
I could get rid of all the PD-6s, but I would still have a problem with hi-hat noise... all the alternatives to the PD-6 (ie CY-12, Hart) are just as loud, I'm told. Plus, I'm a relatively hard hitter... once I start playing along to my MIDI files, I start hitting hard in spite of myself. I try to hit softly, but my drumming really starts to suck once I become more concerned about holding back on the volume than playing, so why bother? I've tried wrapping my stick tips in foam, but that doesn't seem to help much, and of course my double strokes go out the window.....
On the bright side, my neighbors are incredibly nice about it..... cooperating with my testing, etc. They've even offered to rearrange THEIR living room to put a heavy cabinet on their wall so that some of the noise will be cut down. It might all be for naught, though.
Just thought I'd share my woes
Darren
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