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If you would like to order the Mini Tabla at a reduced rate, send me some mail, I'm the NorthAmerican distributor for them. They work wonderfuly for looping, they are smaller in size, but due to the shell material they are actually louder than regular tablas. Juerg and I are also developing a drumhead that you can hit with a stick, so you could mount it off a drumset and have no troubles at all. Feel free to send any questions my way. -Dan From: "Dennis W. Leas" <dennis@mdbs.com> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Subject: Re: Loopable percussion (was: Tabla...) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:53:40 -0500 IMHO, Tabla are one of the ultimate drums. At one point in my life I was debating selling all my other instruments (over 150) and devoting myself to the tabla. Fortunately, this temporary mania passed. Tabla are extremely versatile but I find it hard to get a good sound since they're relatively quiet. I usually use a pair of mics. Good in the studio, trouble on stage. I haven't tried a pick-up yet. After this thread, I'm definitely going to! Check-out the "mini-tablas" on http://www.tabla.com/tablahpg.html . These might work better for looping. Also, I have an udu "drum" that works really well. Lark in the Morning lists them on this page: http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/Africa . Mine was made by Frank Giorgini and I LOVE it. I had the opportunity to speak with Frank and can vouch for his integrity as an instrument maker. My udu has a small opening for a mic near the "snout". I use a cheap Radio Shack mic ($25.00!) and EQ the H*** out of it. I find the udu extremely expressive and a lot easier to mic than the tabla. Some useful techniques: 1) Boost the treble. Tapping the udu sounds like claves. Rubbing the udu sounds like brushes on a snare drum. 2) Boost the bass. While clapping one hand over an opening, insert your thumb into the other opening. The further into the udu you stick your thumb, the lower the pitch. 3) Increase the volume until you're on the verge of feedback. When you clap your hand over an opening, the resonance increases, obtaining controlled feedback. Vary the pitch as in technique 2. Rock out! Dennis Leas ----------------------------- dennis@mdbs.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Cc: Edgar Silva <edgarzoca@sti.com.br> Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 4:34 PM Subject: Loopable percussion (was: Tabla...) >This thread seamed to go OT, but we are simply looking for percussion >instruments that are easy to loop (no feeback and interference problems): _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com