The Square Drum people call their system "Cabinet Enhanced Percussion."
The idea is that you can increase the volume of the drum to get a bigger sound.
The toms in the kit I heard were all using the same diameter heads but had progressively larger boxes between the heads.
These are probably the weirdest shaped drums to come out since the North Drums.
It looks like Lou Dog is at it again. Last year he had the three-wheeler with multiple LCD displays built into it.
This year he's created the Rolls Royce of drum cycles.
If you're going to beat on a plastic bucket, you may as well make it easier on your wrists.
This is a simple system that will let you put a 12" drum head on just about any 3.5 to 5 gallon bucket.
You do have to cut a hole in the bottom of the drum to get it to speak.
Now this is a cool idea :-P. Seriously though, someone should have done this a long time ago.
The fan clamps right onto the drum hardware and has a flexible gooseneck to easily aim it.
The backline guys at Coachella ought to have these on hand. It gets pretty damn hot out there.
This drum mic suspension system will work for mics mounted inside or outside of the drum.
It's nice that it doesn't require any modifications to the drum shells.
This looks like a pretty attractive alternative to the Roland V-Drum system.
Aside from the visual appeal, the ability to load new samples into a memory card is a great feature.
They tell me that you'll be able to bring in sounds from applications like BFD.
This is an interesting gizmo that lets you turn a floor tom into a kick drum.
Shown is the simple walnut version. From their literature I see they've got cheetah and flame finishes as well. I'm sorry I didn't see those, they would have been more appropriate for inclusion in the Oddities.
If you're a big drum dealer with grimy-handed shoppers or just a drummer who's really particular about his cymbals, this is the product for you.
The cymbal mounts on a motor that spins it while you clean off the muck and polish it up. They say it only takes 5 minutes per side to clean a filthy cymbal.
With the Rim Riser installed on your snare you can do cross sticking and not have to grip the stick just by the sides.
The change in stick angle gives you enough space to get a good grip on the stick.
The first is their modular drum. You can put it together in various configurations that cover a range of sounds from doumbek to conga to bongo and then some.
The second is the splashy graphics available on their Skyndeep heads. As you can see, they are available for congas and djembes.
This new approach to drum tuning relies on measuring the tension of the head rather than the torque on the tension rod.
This just sits on the drum head and you move it from lug to lug as you tighten the head.
