Roto-tom set - RDAVIDR

[Mesaz00]

I don't understand your statement. It is a form of compensation because the businesses that send him the items to review aren't requiring him to send it back. What he does with it is his choice. He can give it away if he likes, keep it, or sell it.

What I am saying. I was referring to those that thought he should donate.

 

[RobbiefromAtlanta]

12 Step Program for Drum Hoarders:

1) Look at pictures of drum
2) Think about buying drums
3) Look at drums you already own
4) Think about buying drums
5) Look at drums on ebay
6) Think about buying drums
7) Look at drums on Reverb
8) Think about buying drums
9) Look at Drum Manufacturer web sites
10) Think about buying drums
11) Tell yourself "I already have enough drums"
12) I CAN'T TAKE IT! Time to buy more drums................

13)Drive 1600 miles round trip to pick up a set of drums

 

[Squirrel Man]

David R... R, is going to be fine.

Maybe a happy beaver eating cabbage is the solution here.

 

[wikkid1]

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Ah that video brought back memories... I briefly played in a mega-church band in 1985 and the church kit was a huge rototom kit with a Remo-branded 20" bass drum. They were fun as "hell" to play... get it???
I dont think the church's musical director liked me playing "Mental Hopscotch" and selections from UK albums instead of the psuedo christian pop stuff I was "allowed" to play.

Just watched Missing Persons play that one at The US Festival. Then had to go down the rabbit hole and watch a bunch of Bozzio solos. Dude is so creative.

 

[JBludwig]

When he rolls around the whole kit it totally sounds like every 80’s electronic drum set..
Never knew you could get all those bigger sizes. Pretty cool, but not for me.

 

[dingaling]

For roto toms it’s all about where the mic is placed and the mix, they can sound cool.

 

[karlcrafton]

If there was a decent, simple, reliable way to mount roto-toms (that didn't require multiple trips to a hardware store for weird parts) I'd be all over them. Even if it meant that the drum couldn't be "turned" for different pitches...

Here are a couple different things to mount RT's with.

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I watch rdavidr a bit. It's entertainment to me.
Most of the stuff he's done, isn't anything new to me after 40+ years of tinkering and being a complete gearNERD, but, I'm glad he's out there because it does seem like a whole lot of people aren't looking past buying something off a shelf and using it "as is".
He's at least throwing some imagination in there once in a while.


I really like the sound of the 10" through 18" Roto Toms, but I hate a 6-8-10 incorporated in a kit. I know it's just my quirk from having them when I was a kid (like a TON of other people), but I just haven't been able to shake my dislike of those 3 drums on a kit--even though I do like the sound of the 10. Just one of those irrational biases people can develop about things.

 

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[dingaling]

This sounds pretty good.

 

[cochlea]

One thing I appreciate about the RDAVIDR video is being able to see the Steve Weiss roto toms up close and personal. I believe these are the only 6" - 18" sets available and I've read some mixed reviews about the build quality of the hardware and stock heads. It was helpful to see everything up close and hear the stock heads (although he later replaces them with Remo Pinstripes).

 

[bpaluzzi]

One thing I appreciate about the RDAVIDR video is being able to see the Steve Weiss roto toms up close and personal. I believe these are the only 6" - 18" sets available and I've read some mixed reviews about the build quality of the hardware and stock heads. It was helpful to see everything up close and hear the stock heads (although he later replaces them with Remo Pinstripes).

I have the 6-16 set from Weiss. Stock heads are absolute garbage. Very thin, with a very poorly-formed collar. Other than that, no problems. The bigger drums (14-16) flex on the carriage bolt assembly, but that happens on the "real" Remo ones as well.

 

[WesChilton]

One thing I appreciate about the RDAVIDR video is being able to see the Steve Weiss roto toms up close and personal. I believe these are the only 6" - 18" sets available and I've read some mixed reviews about the build quality of the hardware and stock heads. It was helpful to see everything up close and hear the stock heads (although he later replaces them with Remo Pinstripes).

Yeah the stock heads were trash... BIG improvement with the pinstripes.

 

[Lennykenard]

I’ve always wanted a full Roto Tom set, but didn’t want a Roto Tom as a bass drum. Never could make a decision, so I never pulled the trigger. Was thinking a 24 or 26 vistalite would be cool, but never played sizes that big. Any opinions out there? What have y’all done?

 

[Rusty Knorr]

Just found a video of Vandenburg where they actually zoom in on the drummer for about 2 seconds. Finally saw how he mounted his drum all those decades ago. Not the way I would do it, RIMs mounts for me so I can position them like real drums (does anyone actually rotate those things?), but he’s using multi clamps on Pearl hardware. Pretty clever for back then.

 

[kzac]

Rototoms resolve that age old argument that drum sounds (vibration of the air) come from the drum heads and tensioning devices and not from the construct of drum shell material. Which is equally the very reason recording engineers, dampen drum heads and drum hardware and not drum shells.

Personally, I think a huge rototom set would be fun to play, although I'm not a double bass player, I would move one of the 18 in drums up to the tom rack to give me a timpani sound with the 16in toms.

I'm quite sure that these Youtube reviewers make money from the episodes they create and the crowd of followers they draw.
They have to become their own planning and production departments, in order to keep their show rolling for several seasons.

It would be difficult to..... by yourself.....
Come up with continual interesting content for your viewers
Script the production
Film the production
Scan the produced for errors & omissions and rework as necessary.
Then....
Package the finished product and produce it on Youtube...... and be liable for what you have done......

Where some of these videos seem silly, and oversimplified, try such a production yourself sometime, its not as easy as it looks.
The accomplished folks don't start of with
Hi Youtube
or
Yo tubers
or
All yall in the hood..... listen up. or wah..sup...
And then bumble through a video full of errors and omissions.

They generally
Sometimes Introduce themselves.... Im XXXXX.... from XXXX (their channel)
and get straight to the subject .... Lets discuss XXXXX or this Video is about XXXXXX
Then follow their scripts from their power point presentation running on the big screen (behind the camera)
That presentation keeps them on track and reduces the possibility of errors.
Some very polished productions
Manufacturers presentations are generally very polished
Vdrum tips is the most polished video presentation I have seen lately... it's an excellent example of what and how to do video presentation
Drumeo, Louie Palmer and other instructor videos are good productions.
Justin from 65 drums, creates very good video productions

Those are examples of what it takes to make interesting content which viewers desire to watch
Where R David R might seem a little low budget, he has 312 thousand subscribers to his youtube channel..... Dude...
Indicating his content and approach are interesting to viewers.

You tube is the wild wild west of video production
Some people will do anything for their 15 minutes of fame. Which is why so many videos in that arena are so wacky.

I'm thinking of making some soap opera videos there myself.... Add some villain's and some overly dramatic chicks... and people who come back to life after dying.... and I am good to go.... I could even throw in some quirky chicks for the fun of it.... I'm near a college so there are plenty of prospectus here as actors.... and I could draw upon their current over dramatic situations...
My first production should come out sometime late this year or early next year...

Guess who plays drums for the support music..... Yep