Comments on: Drum Silencers for Rock Band 2 Drums

By: Tariq Ahmed

Tariq Ahmed — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:36:49 +0000

Looks like rockbanddrumsoft.com went under. I ordered a set of XCELL pads from http://www.rockbandparts.com – comes in on Friday, hoping they’re good. Check out this dude using the XCELL pads – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCRVCu271E, that’s crazy!

By: TigerKid

TigerKid — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:15:16 +0000

I cant get to rockbanddrumsoft.com
whats wrong?

By: Dennis Price

Dennis Price — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:57:27 +0000

Great site and great post on the drums!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:41:28 +0000

Check out the XCELL Drum Pads at http://www.rockbandparts.com – Those are the BEST pads you can get… I bought some of the other brands, and these are WAY better. And they are only $19.99!

By: Daniel F. Hanson

Daniel F. Hanson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:59:29 +0000

Great post, Jeff! I’m a fan of your codinghorror blog, and I’m also a fake plastic rock fanatic. I’ve just moved up to Hard difficulty on drums and am definitely noticing the crosstalk/dropped hits (I’m using the RB2 wireless drums). On your recommendation, I am purchasing some gum rubber from Rock Band Drumsoft; hopefully it’ll turn out well.

Also, here’s an idea for another post: An AC adapter mod for the RB2 wireless drums.

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88775

It sounds pretty snazzy. I plan on doing it to my drums, except I’ll be hooking up a USB port and powering the drums from my 360. No batteries!

By: Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:22:32 +0000

(oh, and btw I just peeled off the top MCU layer, and left the natural tan colored gum rubber layer underneath. I’ve used gum rubber for months and months with no issues at all.)

By: Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:21:25 +0000

Bib — I agree, I had the same problem! The neoprene started wearing away where my sticks hit it!

I don’t mind becase I considered this an experiment, but it is a little irresponsible of them to sell this when it doesn’t last more than a month at best.

So now I’m back to recommending GUM RUBBER ONLY. :)

By: Jeff Atwood

Jeff Atwood — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:13:57 +0000

Bib, that’s very uncool. Thanks for letting us know. I haven’t seen any disintegration yet, but I’ll definitely post here if I do!

(also, yet another reason to go with gum rubber only — no way that’s going to decompose.. )

By: Bib

Bib — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:09:13 +0000

Hey, i just found this site and immediately subscribed.

I’m posting because i also bought these dual MCU pads off of rockbanddrumsoft.com around the time Rock Band 1 was released in Europe (that was in May). They did make a great first impression, but that quickly fell apart as the upper layer of the pads started to disintegrate after only a couple of weeks of drumming. Check out the photo:

http://i43.tinypic.com/sl470j.jpg

Not only did it look bad and lose a bit of the noise cancelling effect, there were also tons of small rubber particles scattered all over the floor after every session.

I contacted the dude that runs the site about it a couple of times, but he never even answered emails.

They probably offer other pads that could be more durable, but i’m not even gonna bother with that again. Wouldn’t recommend that site to anyone.

By: mikehrzgle

mikehrzgle — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:57:37 +0000

>Those nylon-tipped sticks, do they help with the sound at all, or *only* drummer fatigue?

I haven’t heard about them helping with fatigue. They don’t make much difference when it comes to noise, though.

I highly recommend Zildjian anti-vibe sticks for fatigue. They really reduce the annoying vibrations that you get through the sticks.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Zildjian-Anti-Vibe-Drumsticks-449711-i1275327.gc

I had a hard time finding them in store in anything but 5B wood, so you may need to order online. Worth every penny, though, if you play a lot.