Evans dB One Low Volume Cymbals and Mesh Drumheads

Roommates and drummers alike are raving about Evans‘s new dB One Low Volume cymbals and drumheads! Sweetwater’s Nick D‘Virgilio walks us through this new series and explains how the dB One can cut volume by up to 80% for practice at polite levels that won‘t raise any noise complaints. Sure, others have taken a stab at reduced volume kits in the past, but dB One does all that while still capturing the feel, bounce, and sound of real cymbals and drumheads for a satisfying playing experience. Check it out!

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[mhoop]

I'm not a drummer and I still find these things fascinating, especially the cymbals

[ZOB]

This is awesome! Could have used this back in my college days especially

[zobotrombie]

I love these drum heads. I’m probably the first person in my country to own these thanks to Sweetwater. 🤘🏽❤️

[toonmatt]

At 6:41 you can hear how loud they really are

[mickeymiguel]

Thank you Sweetwater for this great lesson

[kraykray]

I've been playing bass for over 15years and drums have always been an envy of mine. Maybe someday...

[charly]

Picked up after testing them at South Shore Music. Phenomenal, and I am sure the neighbors think the same!

[DarrenBrierton]

I’d love to try these heads out, maybe I will for my toms, but my practice kit is a compact with 12” SD and 16” BD and Evans aren’t making dB One snare and kick heads in those sizes. Compact kits are pretty popular for home practice which is what these heads are designed for. I hope Evans will rethink the sizes they offer. Maybe @Sweetwater could have a whisper in their ear?

[LaGGyXdm]

Will these be out on demo at SW? Makes me want to consider selling my electric kit and going acoustic now

[oshikiri]

can I please get a list of the HHX used?

[budgetguitarist]

That's pretty damn cool. If these heads could also act as electronic triggers, it'd take market share away from the electronic kits. There are no inexpensive electronic kits that look like real drums. I guess you could probably use external triggers with these.

[barrybebenek]

Anyone else hear the production volume change at 6:44min? Makes me wonder of the adjustment a that may have been done on the actually volume of these.?. 🤔

[cplee]

will be more even more helpful if a decibel meter can be used to showcase the difference more precisely

[mogwix]

I've been using a Yamaha DTX 720K kit for the past few years in my home studio. They're great ... for electronic drums ... but at the end of the day it's just not the same as playing real drums. I recently traded them for a set of mapex saturn evolution shells (thanks for that review too!) but I live in an apartment and now I can't play! My neighbors are great but I just can't make too much noise. I think I'll really have to look into these so I can actually play my kit at home!

[kovalfetterer]

What drum kit are you playing? That finish looks sweet

[nooneinparticular]

Man this guy is such a mean player. So so so good.

[jameslabs]

Would the quiet db’s work on a set of ROTO Toms? Thanks

[daltonidaho]

I wish Evans would make white versions of these heads! Just so they'd look more similar to my usual setup 😅

[markross]

adding my db1 heads and cymbals to my mapex armory kit, the hit hat is not fully closing with my foot on the pedal. is this a problem anybody has experienced?

[UPdan]

The regular mesh heads recommend round bead drumstick tips. These too?