Drum Sound Shield

[bethelbaptist]

I am not a drummer myself, but am trying to find a sound shield for the new drums we just ordered. Can anyone give any recommendations on size, brand, or know a place to get one that is reasonably priced? They seem awfully expensive for plastic.

Anyone ever used drumperfect.com?

Thanks.

[kbob]

We just built our own out of wood/plexy, with some insulation and fabric added down low. Not really a panacea, unless you are totally encasing the drummer, but the shields do help with the higher frequency sounds.

[ABTarasoff]

we use is from ClearSonic. You can also look into CCISolutions or any major sound equipment retailer to shop around and price what you are looking for.
Our church purchased ours and has helped the worship team to focus on their instrument by eliminating the extra sound from the drums.

[JHVideoGuy]

We've used clearsonic as well. Plastic is just going to redirct the sound + make it really loud for the drummer. You need proper padding to absorb the sound as well.

-dave

[[Director] drew ryan]

Originally Posted by JHVideoGuy

You need proper padding to absorb the sound as well.

-dave

Which ClearSonic makes as well. They call it Sorber Panels. Good stuff. Basically it is 2" mineral fiber with an acoustically transparent cloth covering.

[adamdiehl]

I second (or third or fourth...) Clearsonic. If you're super handy and resourceful and have a lot of time on your hands, you can search the forums for how to make them yourself.

But it was a better use of our resources to just buy from Clearsonic. Dave's correct... you need absorption panels as well if you want to lower volume.

[bethelbaptist]

Has anyone made their own sorber panels to place behind the drum set?

[bethelbaptist]

also has anyone purchased sound absorbers from any of the companies on ebay???

[waynehoskins]

The guys here are right on. I'll just mention one little thing I came across:

The purpose of a drum shield isn't to make the drums any quieter, but to improve isolation. Other signals in the drum mics, and in smaller venues especially, drums in the vocal mics.

That said, we've been using a shield for about a year, and it made more of a difference than I expected in the projected-out stagevolume of the kit. The folks on the front row heard an immense difference. But more than than I got good isolation. So it was a win-win on all fronts for us.

We have luck with just the five-panel Clearsonic shield and then absorber behind the kit. It does its job well and yet isn't terribly obtrusive.


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[TechGuy]

We are planning to make our own 5-pannel out of lexan and paino hinges.

[bethelbaptist]

Can anyone give any specifics on what type of sound absorbers they use, how many, etc...

Thanks

[ABTarasoff]

We use ClearSonic drum shield and sorber panels. The sorber panels absorb sound from behind the drummer and also we use small panels near the bottom of the clear shield. You may want to look at this link http://www.clearsonic.com/IsoPacC.htm
It will also depend on your church budget.