£23 Cheap Glarry Snare Drum - Brand New! Let's See If It's Any Good.
Channel: Drum Lessons with Joe The Drummer
Date: 2021-03-19

I couldn't resist buying this alarmingly cheap Glarry 13" piccolo snare off eBay a couple of weeks ago. I threw a set of new Code heads and Shaw snare wires on it. 

Let me know what you think in the comments. 

This isn't exactly an original idea but what the hell, it was fun to make this video which is the first one with actual drums in it I made at home. 

I kept the recording as honest as possible. I used three mics for the drums, bass (which is a bit boomy), snare and an overhead. I didn't process the sound except to balance the mics and a bit of limiting on the master buss for "safety". 

I used a lavalier mic for the first time but unfortunately it picked up a load of plosives despite being half way down my shirt. Go figure. I've ordered a fluffy windshield for it, I hope that improves things.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Meet the snare
02:03 Hear the snare as it came 
03:40 What I did to soup-up the snare
05:04 My inexpert evaluation of the drum's quality
06:00 Hear the snare with new heads and snare wires - lowish tuning
07:38 And with a medium tuning
08:48 Summary and somewhat failed attempt at reaching a conclusion

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