DW & Rogers Drums Sound Overview Part 1

This is a sound overview of a modern set drum by DW and a vintage drum set by Rogers. In Part One I share some information about these drums and a couple of sound recordings of them for those that are interested in similarities and differences between modern and vintage drums. In addition, the intention was to record these using inexpensive microphones and equipment as a demonstration of a fairly typical d.i.y. recording. In Part 2 there is a visual comparison of shell designs by the two drum makers, an explanation of how to set up a vintage Rogers 'swivomatic' bass drum pedal and how to set up the snare bridge on the vintage Rogers 'dynasonic' snare drum. DW Drums: (2005) Collectors' Series, Maple Snare: 4.5 x 14 "Ten And Six" model,Tom: 12 x 8, Tom: 14 x 14, Bass Drum: 16 x 18...Remo Emperor batter heads, Remo Ambassador coated heads on resonant side, DW kick batter & res heads........ Rogers Drums: (Dayton Ohio & Fullerton California Snare) Holiday Model in Maple, 14 x 5 Rogers "Dynasonic" snare: chrome over brass,,Evans Genera Dry batter head,,, Tom: 8 x 12,, Tom: 16 x 16, Bass Drum: 14 x 20, Black Suede Emperor batter tom heads, Evans Reso7 coated heads on resonant sides, Evans Emad bass drum batter, Remo P3 Ebony bass drum Resonant head. Cymbals: HiHat 14" Zildjian New Beat, Ride 19" Zildjian K Dark Thin Crash Ride (Rarities), Crash 16" Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash. Microphones: Sure SM57 on the snare. Two Apex 591 condenser overhead mics, and an Audio-Technica Tom/Bass Drum mic on the bass drum. Cameras: Cannon EOS Rebel T5i and T4i. Audio Recording: Zoom R16 and mixed in Logic.... 2nd original backing track "Green Light" courtesy of Burt Gidaro.