For the perfect snare sound, slam a dodge ball onto the gym floor when the place is empty. 😂

Danmar + Wood for me. Sure, the kickback might annoy the drummer, but it's hardly noticeable in a mix. What will be noticeable is that attack. Don't like it? It's an easier fix to subtract it than add it in post.

The Danmar beaters are amazing, the standard felt ones are my go to. Nice and heavy. There's a 4 way beater with a different surface on each side if you need a different sound on a budget.

missed opportunity to put rubber chickens on the kick drums instead of the beater pads.

Thanks, Glen! Now I have direct comparison! I liked the felt on Falam the best, too!

WHOA awesome episode Glenn!!! i think danmar and woodbeaters are now my way to go

Might be unpopular opinion, but I really dig the kick sound from Obituary's "Cause of Death" album. Very powerful, clear and punchy

Great comparison! Another one with drumsticks (bigger, smaller, aluminium, wooden tip, nylon tip) would be awesome! And I am actually considering to change from felt to wooden kick pedal beaters.

This was a very helpful video! Thanks, and peace, brother.

Definitely I like the sound of wood beaters with the slam flam even the felt beaters sounded great as well

I've got an Evans EQ Double Kick Pad on my bass drum which I hit with felt beaters. I like the sound that gives when I pack the bass drum a bit with some pillows - a nice *thud* with plenty of attack and not much sustain without then sounding too harsh like plastic beaters do. For added context, my bass drum is a Tama Rockstar 22" maple kick and the pedals I use are Mapex Mars doubles. The bass drum I bought second hand from a fellow university alumnus (along with the rest of the 7-piece kit), and the Mars pedals I bought to replace my Armories that I had used for quite some time and eventually sold on. The Mars pedals are a nice affordable set of pedals with a quick, light feel and plenty of spring.

There are also Steel beaters made by Trick. Might be cool to do a part 2 with those.

Slug Batter Badges have a great SMACK sound, worth trying them out!

This was super helpful man

I use the Aquarian kick pad with Tama Speed Cobra rubber beaters. I used to use the Danmar rosewood beaters, but I've converted for good now.

Glenn please do an episode on just how amazing the drums and drum sound are on Corrosion of Conformity's Blind album, I just heard the news of Reed's passing and your the guy for the job dude ❤️

Loved this video. I’d love to see some snare techniques!!

I liked the wood beater on the falam slam. The dynamics felt stronger, and I feel like it would hold up well to some eq

Great video! I agree the felt and falam sounded the best here, but the batter head and the front head's thickness will also affect the sound of the beater and pad combination. I believe it has to do with how much pressure/power needs to be generated to move the heads. I'm not talking about the different sounds of different heads, but the thickness of heads affects the actual sound/performance of the "beater+pad" combo. Meaning the same "beater+pad" will change with different thicknesses. I hope that makes sense. And I think I just repeated myself 3 times. lol

I recorded my last tracks with wood beaters on falam slam. Hopefully the guy who mix the record, can get a good sound of it! Nice video! Greetings from germany

wood with the falam, all the way for me

My favorite sound came from the felt beaters with the Falam Slam

those were some good sounding drum samples Glenn ;)

Circa 2006 we used wooden beaters impacting quarters that were glued to the kickpad. Clicky kick drums were all the rage.

Warning those beaters will eat through patches, get the glue on them and then they stick to the head. Dan Mar with plastic beater is my favorite combo. Cheers from Canada

The beater choice is everything for me.

Wood with the Falam Slam was pretty solid and classic. Could tuning of the heads play a factor in attack?

Btw, there's one more attribute to test. The weight of the beater. It doesn't really affect the amount of treble/attack (that's more of a material choice), but amount of low end is noticeable when switching between heavy and light beaters.

I was expecting to hear them after the post processing. it would be nice to actually hear how far you can get with each kit

I just saw the Click Kick ad and I believe they mic the bass drum from the back, too. For the most attack and click. This bass drum seems to be mic'd from the front/inside.

Personally, the wood beaters on the Falam Slam was my favourite sound

Have you tried using metal beaters? The beaters that Trick Drums makes for their pedals are aluminum, so they're lightweight and pack a punch combined with the Danmar click pad.

Hey Glen, I was wondering if you have ever tried recording Toms by micing them from underneath? I’ve been doing this for live sound work recently and it has really helped me get some clarity and cut out cymbal bleed. I know that studio recording is not the same as mixing live but I just wondered if you have tried it for the studio and what your thoughts on this are?

Years ago I worked at a music retailer. Rhymes with "scam cash"...anyways a sales rep told me that those danmar pads were inspired by what Motorhead's drum tech used to do before there was a product on the market. Supposedly he would tape silver dollars where beater met head to get the click/attack and also to help keep the beaters from constantly going through said drum head.

1. i love the shirt of the drummer!!! 2. thanks for this video... the wood beater sounds interesting...

Never thought I'd see a line 6 commercial in one of your videos.

You can change the beaters in your drum sampling software, too...

Danmar beaters with a falam slam on a clear PS3 are my go to. Just enough click to cut through, and a nice wide tuning range. DW hourglass pillows on the inside and it takes me about 3 minutes to get a killer kick sound.

Glen..You did' try it without anything, and thats the best. those patches are for longevity ONLY.

Hi Glen. What do you think of the Tascam US-16x8 USB 2.0 audio interface? I was thinking of picking one up. Thanks. And f u Glen.

Hey Glen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Totally a new comer to recording, and would love to see an episode where you actually show us what it's like when your recording. You know like with somebody playing guitar or drums and you in the control room recording. I have trouble with knowing exactly how that goes down. I've never seen it done by someone who knows what they're doing and would love a tutorial! A demo of how to get a good scratch track would be great also, or even just going through the basics of how to plug everything in and setting everything up when you're about to record would be awesome!!!!! Also I wanna know how to get a rule #2 shirt!!!! Thanks!!!! and Fuck you buddy!

Curious to know what the electronics are that were on the stand under the ride cymbal. Metronome? There are a lot of other factors to consider when deciding on a bass drum sound: whether two bass drums are better than one (with a double pedal) in a mix, the size of the drum (diameter and depth), the tuning, the muffling, the type of head, etc. I know you know this and I'm not complaining. I was surprised to see that the "felt" beaters in this video are plastic with a felt face attached and not the true old-school felt beaters. Personally, I like to use the felt side of the plastic beater on a metal pad. I don't pound the pedal into the ground so I don't get the ghost notes your drummer didn't like. The fact that I started using a pad made my bass player able to hear the bass drum better and we tightened up quite a bit. Great job on this.

Falam Slam sounded great

I with Glenn; flam slam and felt. Could you imagine what plastic beater and metal pad ,😲 the wood beater was bad enough.

HEY GLENN!!!! i noticed you had gello put in a circle on the snare. How does that affect the snaresound?

Hey Glenn! Any opinions on 22" kick vs. 24" kick?

I like wood on danmar. Why? Not sure. Maybe because it was his best performance, which could be affecting my sound preference as well. Hard to tell though..

Hey Glenn, I have a question about the bassdrum topic: How do you get less sustain on the kick? I like the attack of the bassdrum that I have, but it sounds soooo long. What do you do to prevent that? Love to hear from you an cheers from Switzerland!

Thanks for mentioning how mic's hear things differently than we do. That is an often misunderstood fact.

Next video! 4 ways to change your snare sound!

Glenn I want a rule no:2 shirt will they be available again ever?

Is there a felt sock that could slip over the wood? That way the player gets the weight and feel they like while the engineer gets the sound.

Years ago some drummers used to attach a coin in the size of a Silver Dollar (in Germany they used 5 Deutsche Mark) with some duct tape on the point where the beater hits the kickdrum skin. This gave the kickdrum the attack and click they wanted.

I use slug beaters on a Kevlar patch

Couldn't really hear a big difference between pads, but the felt beaters sounded lighter(?) that the woods.

I listened on my studio rig bit didn't actually hear much difference between the beaters or pads. Of course, it could be my rig too.

I ordered a 4” patch by mistake… will it matter?

Gibraltar wood beaters and Evans EQ patch for this guy....tried the danmar patch but when you play with a heavy foot it will break thru and fall off... plus the Vinnie Paul type of sound is kinda played out really...

Gotta say, the felt on the Falam Slam sounded very classic, like I've heard that sound on many classic metal records. The wood does give a more solid attack I guess, but the felt to me just sounded better. And honestly, I'd leave that metal pad at home every time, it's not needed...

I like wood beaters.

Danmar with the wood beater sounds best in my opinion. The first set up. Don’t burry your beater. I like plastic with the danmar pad even better. I love the clicky attack to cut through a dense mix. The felt tip beaters just get lost in the mix. Ok for jazz but metal kicks need that click!

tama's wood head

Hey Glenn, gotta question: I posted my very first song last week through Distrokid (thanks for the recommendation) but my parents found out and want it taken down. My song does have some very dark and explicit subject matter in it which they dont agree with. Ive had many people listen to to song in advance of me uploading it and all of them loved it. Any advice? Much love from Minnesota 🤘

Where are those raw tracks bro!?

And you also need to take into account the head type, Mylar (single ply, double ply, coated...), Synthetic Hide or Natural Hide, they can make an even bigger difference. It would have been nice to know what the head was, not just the pads, beaters and mics

Wow I actually thought the wood beaters with the DanMars were the best. Thought it gave a good punch

There's really not enough material about making natural kicks sound good in metal

have to do a full shoot out. untouched head, head with home made rectangle of old drum head taped on, falam slam, the ancient remedy of moleskin, quarter trick, danmar metal click, danmar plastic click, kevlar patch. each with felt, rubber, plastic, and wood beaters. many options i'd like to hear your opinion on the how much difference there really is. just like the whole thing that drum companies keep making their shells thinner and adding bulky suspension systems to make the drums ring longer while they sell you evans hydrolics and moon gell to cut that shit out.. my older mapex m series sometimes I think sounds better than my newer tama silverstar. the thicker shells with the minimalist suspension system makes the drum ring less and get a more cannon sound more easily. (not to mention it is easier to clip mics onto the rim without a starcast or rims mount in the fucking way) check out the "sounds like a drum" youtube channel. they do lots of interesting drums shit. they just did one that to get rid of the basketball ping on floor toms you bisect the drum with a piece of cloth stretched between 2 opposing lugs and it kills that pingy annoying basketbally frequency by keeping the inside of the drum from reflecting too much. you should collabarate with them sometime. they try all kinds of crazy drum sound hacks. recently they did the john bohnam lining your bass drum with aluminum foil myth.

Nice tights wonder if they do a men’s version

I definitely prefer the attack of hard beaters, but I'm a heavy, heel-up player, so I've settled for Tama's silicone/rubber faced Speed Cobra beaters. The attack is almost at the wood level, but the head doesn't pay the price for having good attack. Money well spent, IMO.

Wood beaters on the falam slam all the way!

How about just changing how hard you stomp on the pedal???

Anal clarification. About the red danmar. You're not hearing a wood beater. You're hearing a coat of red paint. Apply the same paint to a metal beater, plastic beater, etc... that have the same mass, surface area, balance etc... and they'll sound the same. If you want to hear the acoustics of wood smacking any given surface, make sure there isnt paint or lacquer between the two surfaces. Nerdiness aside, i have found flat shaped plastic surfaces against the remo falam provide the most attacking slap. I have a set of red painted danmars, and the red paint being softer on the hardness scale compared to a plastic surface results in a softer darker tone.

Got Wood?

I use just that; felt on kevlar. I avoid, however, filling the bass drum by using a Power Sonic Remo beater which has built in felt for muffling. I don't know if you've tried it but, I'll never get tired of recomending those to metal drummers. If you want even more attack, get a felt pad (to avoid friction) on the drum head and use rubber beaters (which are meant for practicing). Cheers from Puerto Rico

Glenn quick tip here for bass drum sound, grab a large coin and put the pad on top of it (hitting the beater on the coin) it will be a little bit more punchy and focused

i used a falam slam once, it tore up really quickly and i kept patching it up with duct tape. i loved the sound but the quality was just shit.

Felt + flam slam owned all the others.

I much prefer the attacky sound of the wood beaters.

What about those LAME click pads speed metal guys love

Wood and falam slam sounds the best. Felt on the danmar sounds good. I never liked the danmar metal much as any hard beater bounces on it and sounds fucked up when recording.

Must admit I dislike high pitched heavy metal kick drum sounds. I like a bass drum to have a nice fat thump. It would be interesting to hear comparisons of flam patches and beaters on differently tuned kick drums.

Felt with the danmar sounded the best to me

Damn 25 hour upl9ads

last time I was this early, The Fans Deserved Better

Why does he kick on each snare hit?

What about dampening in the kick You need to do something on it for us

Forgot the best beater for maximum attack, plastic

Weight loss, holy shit, Dude! Now, my Canadian friend . . . get some round framed glasses and you'll look like Ben Franklin.

In my day the trick was to tape a credit card for attack. It worked. I prefer American Express but more Drummers took Visa.

Goddamn I’m never this early

Wow I'm fast today!

i got wood on wood

Glenn, Reed Mullin died. RIP

So I should stop tapeing a quarter to the drum heads?🤦🏽‍♂️

Duct tape silver dollars where the falam slams go

GLLEEEENNNNNNN calm down dude???

Oh shit what kinda rattrap did I get myself into on that " Discord"??

Here's the proof. I don't even see the reason for triggers. So much attack in those both sounds that 280bpm would sound just fine. Fuck sampling.

Some of them sound really splattey more splat than boom no good.