Sound Percussion Double Boom Cymbal Stands - 2-pack Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought these as an upgrade to my son's drum set. I tend to favor the Pearl equipment and had reviewed several of their stands when I happened to see these stands on Musician Friend. As a result of the low price, I had my doubts about the stands, but the reviews were glowing so I took the plunge. You should too, these are outstanding stands. When I opened the box and felt the quality of the stand, I was amazed. They have all of the features of the Pearl stands that I reviewed in the $150 range.
The finish is perfectly smooth and there is the right balance of weight to the stand. The boom completely hides in the stand body when you need to transport the stand. You can adjust the height via the extension and the three legs. You can adjust the tilt angle of the boom and of course you can rotate both the extension and boom 360 degrees (the boom has knurled sections, which improves the holding clamp's grip). The boom and cymbal holder tilts are both notched (a great benefit).
I am also impressed by the cymbal washer and spacer. My son used the Aquarian Cymbal Spring to allow the cymbals to ring better. We did not want to risk damaging the threads on the new SP stands so we used their cymbal washer and spacer. The cymbal have the same perfect ring.
In conclusion, these are awesome cymbal stands. They look great and function even better. You cannot go wrong with these and I cannot understand how anyone can rate them anything less than five stars.

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DW Drum Workshop SM770 Bass Drum Mounted Cymbal Arm w/L-Arm & Bracket Review

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(More customer reviews)I had been looking for a Bass Drum Cymbal holder that was nicer than the old Ludwig models and the freely available Gibraltar model. The DW model is top notch.
The bass drum I was drilling it into had an unusually thick shell, so the screws included weren't long enough. I found matching screws at Home Depot with no problem, and I noticed that even the screws DW included were very nice quality, not cheap 2 cent screws you might expect.
One piece of advice, I guesstimated that the correct placement to screw into the bass drum was about halfway through. Now I am wishing I had mounted it a lot closer to the batter (beater) side of the bass drum. I looked at my friends vintage Rogers set and his mount was mounted very close to the batter side.
The only criticism I have is that it might look a little out of place on a vintage style set.

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Akai Pro LPD8 Laptop Pad Controller Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Korg nanoPAD and just recently returned it because a few of the pads would stick down. This is really annoying when you're trying to play quick notes. I bought this midi controller as a replacement, and for the most part, I'm happy with it. I'll definitely be keeping this one.
Pros:
*Back-lit keys when you hit the pad are REALLY nice to have (this comes in handy later too).
*Control knobs! You don't get those on the nanoPAD. They are handy to have, and you can assign them to anything you want in Ableton Live (which like the other reviewer, I use also).
*In Ableton Live, the drum kits are in a 4x4 grid arrangement. With the nanoPAD, since it was 6 wide, the pads didn't line up with the on-screen grid. They do to a greater degree with this pad, so it's easier to see what you're hitting.
Cons:
*This pad is NOT as sensitive as the nanoPAD, so I find myself hitting it significantly harder than I had to on the Korg model. This is made better by the fact that they light up when it registers a hit, but I still wish it was a little more sensitive.
Summary:
This is a great pad for the money, and for me, the back-lighting and control knobs really make it worth the money.


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