{"id":29481,"date":"2021-07-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=29481"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:28:04","slug":"can-kids-drum-set-sound-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/can-kids-drum-set-sound-good\/","title":{"rendered":"We Made A Kids Drum Set Sound Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MhxtKutcPvY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Can you buy a toy drum set for fifty bucks and make it sound better than plastic containers and tin cans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to turn this kids drum kit into a recording <em>monster<\/em>, we needed a pro audio engineer to get there. But we didn&#8217;t need the mighty Victor Guidera to improve the sound a whopping 200% (estimated statistic &#8211; don&#8217;t come for us). Tuning and muffling did a <em>lot<\/em> for this kit&#8217;s glow-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll see in the video how you can transform a cheap toy into a recordable kit. Here&#8217;s what we did:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-tune-drums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tune the drumheads<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-muffle-your-bass-drum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add muffling<\/a><\/strong> (gaffer tape comes off nice and clean &#8211; like painter&#8217;s tape!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-ultimate-guide-to-buying-drum-mics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add mics<\/a><\/strong>: We used a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3zBEUgU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Solomon LoFReQ Subkick<\/a> (to help add low end to that small, tinny kick), a <a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/3Pda3X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Sennheiser e602<\/a> on the bass drum, an <a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/yRmv5v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Earthworks SR20LS<\/a> on the snare drum, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/KeZGAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Earthworks DM20<\/a> on the tom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mix the audio<\/strong> (you can use sound augmentation to improve it even more)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These cheap kits may not sound great, but they&#8217;re useful for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/teach-kids-simple-rhythms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teaching kids the basics of drumming<\/a>, giving them a way to blow off steam, and get them excited to rock out. That&#8217;s $50 well spent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or&#8230;you know&#8230;you could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/homemade-drum-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make your own homemade drum set<\/a> for them to play with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*This article contains affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission from the product seller if you make a purchase. For more info, check out our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/privacy\/\"><em>privacy page.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you make a toy drum set sound good? 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