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Why did I piss off the headline drummer?
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<blockquote data-quote="George Friedman-Jimenez" data-source="post: 98036" data-attributes="member: 1115"><p>Re: Why did I piss off the headline drummer?</p><p></p><p>Very cool animations, thanks for that link JR. I did not see the equations for the circular membrane, maybe I missed them. The equations I have seen are gross oversimplifications anyway so they just give you a rough idea of what variables matter and how they interact. You are right about real world complications. Damping and membrane stiffness, elasticity and density are all factors in addition to the imperfect rigidity of the rim and lugs and the coupled air columns and second heads that you mentioned. For conga heads you also have veins in the skin and variations in thickness/stiffness/density as well, which make real skins sound better than plastic skins. All of which make the waveform less sinusoidal and less precise in its pitch. Drums are more art than science at this point. Fortunately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Friedman-Jimenez, post: 98036, member: 1115"] Re: Why did I piss off the headline drummer? Very cool animations, thanks for that link JR. I did not see the equations for the circular membrane, maybe I missed them. The equations I have seen are gross oversimplifications anyway so they just give you a rough idea of what variables matter and how they interact. You are right about real world complications. Damping and membrane stiffness, elasticity and density are all factors in addition to the imperfect rigidity of the rim and lugs and the coupled air columns and second heads that you mentioned. For conga heads you also have veins in the skin and variations in thickness/stiffness/density as well, which make real skins sound better than plastic skins. All of which make the waveform less sinusoidal and less precise in its pitch. Drums are more art than science at this point. Fortunately. [/QUOTE]
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