Advice for a small decent budget snare/setup

[ohm-ish]

Hi

I just ordered the small eDRUMin

I'm aiming for a small, simple and "silent" setup, and thinking of something like this:

1 mesh snare (I guess that takes a dual input)
2 Roland BT-1's mounted on the snare (or mounted separately if that takes away too much sensitivity).
1 Roland KT-9 Kick.
1 Roland FD-9 Hi-Hat.
Maybe 1-2 extra BT-1's.

Any advice for a decent budget mesh snare?

Just found the Jobeky Prestige Custom Dual Zone 14.
Is it good for the price?
Or do you have other better suggestions?

Feel free to give input or ideas
Thanks

[lalo]

Check out the ddt snare 14, is lighter and proven to work perfectly as to positional sensing and hotspot suppresion
https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/DDT-MS- ... 036717-000

[Rob]

My preference is the Roland PD-125BK. The ddt is good, but is louder and lags behind the Roland in terms of consistent sidestick and rimshot triggering.

[lalo]

The downside: it’s only 12” across, I’ve said it before, if roland made a 14” snare a 14 “ hihat and a 18” ride I’d be the first in line to buy them.
Oh and the ddt being louder, it comes with a regular resonant head, I replaced it with a single ply mesh head and it’s as quiet as any other e drum pad.

[ohm-ish]

Thanks.

Rimshots and sidesticking is not a big focus for me. As long as it's acceptable

Noise is important though.. but yeah the ddt could probably be dampened somehow.

14" + the price is also tempting. Unless I could find the Roland used cheaper

lalo where did you get that single ply mesh head?

[ohm-ish]

Then I see the Yamaha XP120 (dtx with 3 separate zones).
And this guy saying they are the most silent e-drums
https://youtu.be/KQcQlaC_p1I?t=152

More expensive and only 12".. but low noise really does matter a lot

[MWJT42]

DIYer chiming in.

Any old 14 snare, a Jobeky AI trigger bar, a Drumtec realfeel head and rubber rim is your cheapest, and most realistic option, imo.

Edrumin is consistent with the positional sensing, rim shot and side stick. Ditch the reso head altogether (I tightened up an old one with some locktite on the screws and cut it close around the edge) and it's as quiet as you're gonna get hitting something with sticks. Plus it looks super cool

Quieter heads are available, but don't rebound as naturally.

Biggest challenge I found is widening the vent hole to 12mm to accommodate the jack. Found a wide sharp chisel to slice the end off the existing riveted vent plug was the most effective, then drill to widen.

[ohm-ish]

MWJT42
Nice. I'll certainly check DIY option out.

What function does a resonant head even have on an electronic snare?

[dsteinschneider]

+1 on the DIY approach. Mine is the snare that came with the Ludwig Accent Combo. I have a 3 ply mesh head I sourced from UFO Drums (along with a kit consisting of a crossbar, adjustable piezo/cone mount and vent hole long TRS female jack). It's surprisingly quiet. You can do the conversion with household tools in about an hour. Forgot to mention also an angle bracket with a 35mm piezo for a shell sensor. I left the resonant heads on but muffled them with Evans Minemad which quiets them down a lot

[MWJT42]

What function does a resonant head even have on an electronic snare?

Mostly, to hold on the bottom rim to look pretty!