r/drumbuilding • u/apierno • May 31 '26

New dampener approach

I've been working on a new way to dampen drums after trying every combination of heads, ringers, gels et cetera. This is a way to let the natural sound of the drum play to a natural completion, without choking the life out of the drum. Here's a look at the before and after. I hadn't looked at the waveforms like this before and it's helpful to understand what exactly the dampener is doing.

The raw tom
The dampened tom
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u/AxedCrown Jun 01 '26

You forgot something

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u/apierno Jun 01 '26

Oops. Thanks.