Sound from behind the kit vs out front

[poco rit.]

Great touch Thomas and some choice cymbals.

What sticks are you using?

 

[Sinclair]

Maybe it's the optimist in me thinking that one day, in one room, I will get a studio-quality recording with a stereo mic in front of the band

It'll happen. In the meantime you'll be getting better with each gig.

 

[ThomasL]

Great touch Thomas and some choice cymbals.

What sticks are you using?

Thanks! I'm on my second to last pair of the long ago discontinued Ayotte Jazz Maple sticks. I haven't found another stick I like quite as much, but Vater Sugar Maple Phat Ride is probably what I end up using in the future.

 

[Base]

As Billy Hart once told me when I brought up the topic of the difference between the drummers and the audiences sound: (paraphrasing) I have to work hard enought to sound good from where I sit....

 

[JDA]

Thanks! I'm on my second to last pair of the long ago discontinued Ayotte Jazz Maple sticks. I haven't found another stick I like quite as much, but Vater Sugar Maple Phat Ride is probably what I end up using in the future.

TL did you know.
(let's say-I think (correctly?) the Ayotte Jazz Maple (is) was.. .600 and 16")
nice write-up here:

Stick of the Week: Ayotte Jazz Maple

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did you know (Vic Firth American Heritage is a small collect of maple; the 5B has similar (?) specs there...590/16"

American Heritage® 5B

Tear drop tip. A medium stick that still produces sweet cymbal sounds.

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American Heritage® Drumsticks | Vic Firth

Vic Firth American Heritage® Drumsticks

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truly missed (I have 2 pr. 1/old/1/new..)

 

[ThomasL]

Thanks, Joe, but the tips are too long on those. I'm playing Vater Ball Cymbal Sticks with shaved down tips at the moment.

 

[JDA]

I'll have to check 16" .570 those out Cymbal Sticks Ball

Vater Percussion

Ball Tip .540 16" Manhattan 7A sugar maple

Vater Percussion

tried those

and the ball tip 16" .580 Fusion maple

Vater Percussion

so last stop has to (please lord) be the Ball Cymbal Sugar Maple..

.595 16 3/8" the Corona false Positive stick I see is now OOP (thank Jesus)
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Also missed as much as the .600 16" Ayotte Jazz maple was the
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Ian Wallace Zildjian maple that had a (wait for it) mushroom tip. 16" .540 maple.
I've a used 4 pr of those/ before they left/ the planet..
used to be my go-to stick before discovering SD4 VF mape's
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One more and last of long lost Maple Sticks:
Ed Soph.. 16 1/8" .545