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How to Shop for Drum Heads — Picking and Choosing

Last Updated: January 21, 2019 By Sean

In the last decade or so, the market for drum heads has been flooded by new innovations, techniques and materials all claiming to be the future of drumming. Meanwhile, the coated Ambassador drum head by Remo continues to be one of the top-selling drum heads in the world year after year with almost no significant changes to its design for several decades. How do you sort through all the claims drum head manufacturers are making and choose the drum head that best suits you? This guide should help you understand how drum heads differ from one another and what those difference mean for you and your playing.

Beginner’s Guide: How to Learn to Start Making Music

Last Updated: July 9, 2018 By Sean

Making music is a magical thing if you think about it. You’re literally combining your physical energy with your emotion and then turning it into harmonious noise. That harmonious noise then travels through the air in sound waves delivering physical energy and emotion to the listener. In fact, music can have a profound physical effect on practically anything that it’s subjected to. Humans, animals, plants, trees, water, and air are all physically affected by music and it doesn’t really take an expert to see that it plays a big role in our overall existence here on earth. Just like we as humans are constantly changing and evolving, music is constantly changing and evolving right along with us. It’s almost like it has been sewn into the fabric of human consciousness and is believed by many cultures to be the language of the soul. So how can you get started on making some music to alter our reality as well? Let’s get into some of our favorite tips we’d like to recommend beginner musicians.

What is “synth action” keys on keyboards?

Last Updated: June 24, 2014 By Sean

There can be numerous types of ‘keys’ on a keyboard, whether it is for MIDI, workstation, or a synthesizer. Some other types include full-weighted, semi-weighted, or those with aftertouch.

Synth action keys are typically made of plastic and use springs to return the key back to it’s rested position. Other keyboards use weights for their make of keys.

One of the main features of a synth action keyboard is the lighter, quicker feel of the keys. Weighted keyboards are typically slower to return to it’s initial position. It all comes down to preference, such as what type of music is being played, what instruments the sounds are playing as opposed to piano.

Those who prefer “synth action”, as guessed, are musicians who play synthesizers because of it’s playability as well it being cheaper than other weighted keys.