Noise Reducing Drum Riser (Low Budget Version)
Channel: Vdrum Tips
Date: 2014-05-19

Learn how to get rid of impact noises from e-drums. Build a drum riser with tennis balls to isolate the kick pad from the ground. 

Please also check this more professional tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAxxviPW7Bc

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This video is about an alternative to the Roland Noise eater. Roland made this sound isolation rubber parts to reduce the impact noise of kick- and hi hat pedal. 

The only problem is the price. We would need 3 NE-10 boards and 7 NE-1 feet for our drum kit. The price for them is insane.  

Now we present our solution. Therefore we use this 22mm plywood board. It has the perfect size for our kit. We removed the sharp corners with a jigsaw and sanded the borders. 
24 tennis balls with a rubber core are required. And 2 of those cup kind plastic parts, to prevent the KD-120 from moving.

We need to cut every tennis ball into 2 pieces. If you look closer, you will see their line. This is a perfect indicator to cut along. Be really careful and make sure you use a sharp knife. The rubber core of the ball does basically the same than the noise eaters. 

The kit got removed and the plate was positioned. 

We arranged the pieces of the tennis balls. Most of them should be placed underneath the stool. Because this zone is more weight loaded than the other zones. 

After that we placed the wooden plate, the carpet and moved the drum kit back. The plastic cup parts need holes in the middle, to screw them onto the plate. They will hold the Kick drum pad in position. 

Every part of the drum kit is now isolated from the ground. The platform is moveable and the tennis balls reduce the impact noise.  It is not possible to show the noise difference in the video. But this construction is worth the effort. The kick pad is almost not audible from other rooms anymore. The price of this project was around 20Euro. We got the wooden plate for free. The only negative point is the size of the plate, compare to the noise eaters. Other than that our v-drums mega noise eater is better, pricewise and in stability.