(correction) The baseline was 95 dB four feet away from the kickdrum with a plastic beater. The foam beaters removed 13db. I’m being told because of the logarithmic way decibels work, that reduction is perceived cutting the volume in half. During the testing I noticed that you can spike some of those quiet beaters to plastic sound levels if you play REALLY hard, and bury the beater. So the volume can go even higher depending on how you play.

Every time I have a problem/query with my kit. You have a video for it. You're the man Justin, keep doing what you do

You put some serious effort and analysis into this, and it's greatly appreciated and respected. This vid was truly helpful and informative, and has affirmed that the tennis ball-beater will lessen the impact sound for me and make it less annoying and disturbing to others. Big thanks, and keep up the GREAT work.

Always good to have an option to help reduce noise! I don't need to change anything myself right now, but it's good to learn about new things, especially that DrumTec patch. Thanks for the great video!

Thanks for going through all of these beaters in detail and comparing the drum-tec patch, super helpful!

thank your for all your awesome content about quiet drumming really helped me alot deciding on my new drum kit for my apartment cheers!

Thanks Justin, I appreciate all your effort.

Wow - this one was a lot of work. Thanks so much!!

Great review Justin. I also have the drum tec silent beaters for almost 4 years. Only one is worn out.

thanks you for the hard work on this Justin, looking to quiet an acoustic set and at least now I know that it won't be like a night and day difference ( spend 15 bucks and change your life ) so I can set my expectations accordingly.

Thanks for this use full test!!

Thanks! Great testing!

You're very thorough. Maybe you missed your calling as a lab scientist. Thanks for the video!

Awesome and helpful video! Cheers! :)

Justin I'm a big fan of your works. Im planning to buy a Roland TD17kvx and I have Tama iron cobra power glide with felt beaters. Should I buy plastic beaters or patch for KD10? Thanks a lot

Thanks for test! I thought there would be more of a difference, but I guess it isn't too surprising. I got my Evans patches $6 for 2!

I bought the DW Machine Chain Drive Double Pedals and love how quiet the 110 Control™ Weight/Impact Adjustable Beaters are. These are the standard beaters that come with the pedals.

So the take away is, there's really no way to beat one object against another without making a lot of noise. Whenever my daughter complains about the noise of my electronic drum kit, I remind her to be thankful that I didn't go with acoustic!

-10 dB is equivalent to cutting loudness in half. So -13dB is more reduction in loudness than that.

Great video Justin. I do also have the Drum Tec silence beaters and the protection dot but they are unfortunately not heavy duty. Especially the protection dot 😎👍👊

Not so much a volume question but knowing you have the Roland bass drum conversion head, do you feel the drum patch is necessary to prolong the life or change the beater only?

I'm late i know, but just wanted to know if you would recommend the drum-tec sound absorbing beater with a drum-tec pro patch for a Roland Vad 507 kick drum? Or if not, what would u go with? And great video, thanks!

Great video Justin! Very informative! I'm thinking of buying a new e-drum but nothing beats the low sound of my Roland HD-3 kick bass pedal, unfortunately!

I get that these aren't much of a help overall BUT... I'm currently using whatever stock beaters come on the Tama Speed Cobra 310 double pedal. Would one of these at least be a help over what I have now? Would it be worth getting?

Im thinking of getting the Roland td 25 kvx but with the zildjian gen 16 cymbals. I work at a Sam Ash and the other day I had to set up the gen 16 cymbals and they are super impressive

Just a quick question, I bought the drum tec Sound-Absorbing-Beater but I feel theyre not weighty enough, would a shaft counter weight be ideal in this situation?

Thanks for all your videos. I'm thinking about buying a Roland td-17kvx2. Here's my question, I currently have a Tama acoustic kit that has a felt beater. Is it ok to turn the beater and use the plastic side? I know that felt shouldn't be used on a mesh but I can't find any info on what the kick drum is made of. Thank you

Hi man, I'm new to drums and thus to e-drums as well. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've gotta say they have helped me a lot. Specially the one for making your e-drum quieter. I had a rubber bass drum and I sold it and buyed a mesh one in order to reduce the noise. I haven't received it yet but in the meantime I'm also interested in buying a tennis ball beater since they're also quieter than my current plastic beater. So, I have a question for you and I would really appreciate it if you can help me with this. I know (because of your videos) that felt beaters are mortal for mesh heads, so my question is: is it the same with tennis ball beaters? Will a tennis ball beater damage my mesh bass drum when used without a patch? If so, I also know (once again for your videos) that most patches will have problems adhering to mesh heads, so do you know about a patch that will stick firmly to my mesh head? And last, since my major goal here is to make my drums quieter, does it make sense to put a patch on a mesh head? Won't it increase the noise? I'm very sorry for the long post and also because I said I had one question and it ended up being several but I havent found this info online and I really need to reduce the noise from my e-drums. Thank you very much in advance. And thank you for all your excellent videos. They're really helpful. Regards.

Do you have a video or an opinion on how to best prolong the life of a Roland mesh kick drum head? I tried the Falam Slam pad but it peels up on the edges and eventually the plastic beater wears through the outer layer where the adhesive gets exposed and the beater starts sticking. Reviews on the Drum Tec pad say it wears through quickly.

I am just wondering, did you (or anyone else) try TAMA BSQ10S and what is your experience with that one? From what I have seen so far it shows a lot of promise of actually being quiet in earnest.

Nice! I'm sure this was a lot of work

Great video ! It helped a lot ! Tks !

Would be awesome if you could try the tama soft beater, I cant find any good video of it

One idea I am just now having... what about building your own silent BD head... like taking an ordinary one ply head, glue dampening material such as closed cell foam on the inside and mount a patch on the beating area. this should be quite low volume and it should feel more relaistic than a meshhead... I think I might try this out...

Great video on the drum beaters, however can you please make one on the actual comparison for softest sounding e drum kick pad itself?

Ive seen other youtubers review stuff off cheap aliexpress products.. Can you do some video also on this? there are some interesting beaters there even silicon pads and full aluminium ones it would be interesting to see comparison to the more popular beaters

Im using Roland KD-9 Kick pad, Gibraltar tennis-ball beater (SC-GBBB) and patch Evans (EQPB2)... Rebound and noise is perfect.

Do a video on different patches. I seen reviews saying some slide and leave a mess and some chew thru your (felt) heads

I use a felt beater (with a kick drum patch) on a mesh head. I used to use a plastic beater on a mesh head and I can tell a major difference. Much quieter!

This was interesting. I'd never really considered the noise coming off of my kick drum beater. I've been using the stock beaters that come with Axis pedals since I got them back in... 2012? My Jobeky cymbals are so noisy that it really isn't a factor for me. Great video though! This is great info for the guys and gals who jam where every bit of noise is an issue. I also learned to stay as far away as possible from the foam tipped beaters. HAHA! By the way... Nice shirt!

Good video ,would also be interesting to see how these compare to a reg felt beater on a patched mesh head in the future.

On my TD17 kvx the plastic Roland beater (KDB120) has some fast bouncing. (Resulting in a fast double trigger sometimes) Is the KDB200 less bouncy? Or is there another good alternative?

Hey man, I got a question: I got a new e-drum kit, and it was already expensive enough, so I can't just by new modules, cables pads and stuff. So, as I wanted to add a splash, I thought about getting a acoustic splash and add it to the kit. Does that work, or will it not be audible/ to loud?

Was looking forward to see the soft Roland Kick Drum Beater. It is less about room noise, but about impact noise. I found that soft beaters do have an effect when minimising impact noise, which is hard to measure. The room noise is a factor too, sadly the R-Drums Beater is not available anymore, it would have won the battle. The room noise depends a lot on the surface combination of beater and pad. However, thanks for trying the beaters and for reporting, but I still have some critics regarding the setup. I would have ensured the pedal is properly attached to the kick pad. Else, the hitting angle is different, which has an influence on the volume too. ( and on the wear). Why have you not used your DB meter? Isn’t that more accurate than a mic and a DAW? It is actually hard to test them and compare them with each other. Same with the Noise Eaters.

I would like to know what beater will absorb the shock. I have a Roland kd-8 and it hurts to play for very long because it's like kicking a tree or worse. I'm looking into getting a different kick pad because of it. If I can get a beater to absorb the shock it would save me money, the pad itself works great, it's just too hard.

Justin reveiw the new budget roland drums please 😢😢🙌

Hey I just wanted to ask can I use like a headset I use for gaming for drumming?

what is safest for the drum?

Beats by Jay Shirt 😎 The bass drum patch is first and foremost made for protecting the mesh head, I‘d assume.

Personally I think the tennis ball beater is a good, cheap option. Feels pretty good too.

Justin, I have a suggestion for all our EDRUM guys and girls, something I use that I have never seen anybody else use, it is a Cajon beater it is blue in color made by Vic Firth and it works like a champ and very quiet, try you will like it

Doing God's work. What an extensive experiment. Thank you!

dB is not the only important value. Also frequency is because some noise is more annoying or travels farther through walls and floors.

While a quiet kick drum can really affect the volume, I think the best way to reduce kick drum volume is to not bury the kick drum beater. Making it bounce back really makes a huge difference in volume and coupled with some noise eaters and a quiet bass drum beater will really cut down on the volume.

Appreciate your efforts, however it would have been quite helpful if you had included the eDrums sound for each test too to evaluate the sensor triggering performance of each one.

How about a squash ball or raquet ball on the end - you could 'literally' put a hole through one and fix it to a shaft.

Well... reducing the noise by half is pretty good for that money. Also, it's also very helpful that the noise of the "silent beaters" is a lot "softer" in its frequency. On top of that, it would be interesting to see how these affect "impact noise" going directly into the floor, but that's pretty much impossible to measure, I think.

The r drum foam beater is great but sadly they don't make it anymore

There's a simple solution to this: put a towel over the kick pad, and adjust the volume & sensitivity. Do this if low volume is the top priority

Remo flam patch with felt side on dw beater on my kd-10. 🤓

Lol , they all sounded the same to my girlfriend and that's the only opinion that matters since that's the only reason I would care about noise levels

First :) and nice video.

-12db is actually about half the volume..

You literally say literally, like literally, all the time.