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Hofa Absorber Tile
Hofa Akustik makes some quite stylish absorbers and basstraps in a variety of colours. At 200Hz, the Basotect material used is claimed by BASF to absorb rougly 50% at 200Hz, and 100% at 500Hz. I’ve found material claiming both better…
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EQ Acoustic Wedge Tile
Well-renowned EQ Acoustics manufactures some wedge absorbtion tiles with NRC 0,85, which makes them fairly average in performance. A few different colours are available as well. They also provide some larger, flat, tiles made out of quite dense 63kg/m3 fibreglass…
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Adam Hall Acoustic Foam Absorber
Thomann t.akustik CBT-37 basstrap
Thomann t.akustik HiLo, SA-N, SA-PA absorbers
The Thomann t.akustik range of foam absorber tiles, are Thomann-branded, budget material. The only specification given for the HiLo tiles, is their density; At 16,5kg/m3, the material is the lightest material I’ve found, which I believe cases poor performance. It…
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Specifications on commercial acoustic material
Finding technical specifications on commercial material turned out to be hard. Not all manufacturers provide specifications, and for those who do, it is not always comparable to other manufactures. I’ve tried to compile specifications from the most common manufacturers. There…
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Using 5 cymbals on Roland TD-11
The Roland TD-11K entry-level kit ships with 2 cymbals, but – as I’ve shown in a previous article – it can easily be extended with a third cymbal. However, there are some gems in the TD-11 that allows it to…
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Adding a cowbell to Roland TD-11
In my previous post, I described how to add a second crash cymbal to a Roland TD-11K kit. Now, being a rock drummer, there can never be too much cowbell in a song. But all inputs are already occupied! In…
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Expanding the Roland TD-11
Expanding an entry-level electronic drum kit is hard, but not impossible using creative thinking. In a series of articles I will describe how to convert a Roland TD-11 kit into a Neil Peart sized kit. I’m a hobby drummer since…
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