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Juerg (creator of the miniTabla) and I are working on a synthetic head with a synthetic gab for the miniTabla. Once we've done that, you could mount a tabla off your drums, hit it with a stick, and not have to worry about damaging the head or the tabla. From: Cummings <r_t_cummings@csi.com> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: Loopable percussion (was: Tabla...) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:58:38 +0200 ok, i suppose this is going a little OT but ... being a drum set player myself, i realized that we drummers do this all the time. for example, we put gaffer tape folded into an accordion shape (just a little) on floor toms, snares, etc to cut out any undesired *rings* (=overtones), especially in studio situations. the drum head manufacturer REMO has produced the black dot series for years. the actual *mass* is much lower than that of the tabla thingy, but it basically serves a similar purpose: eliminating overtones and lowering pitch (btw, this was done a lot more often in the 70's than nowadays). i also have a REMO frame drum with a specially developed head - it really sounds/looks/feels like a natural skin with the big advantage that it isn't humidity or temperature sensitive. has anything like this been developed for tablas? James Pokorny schrieb: > I don't see why a similar mass could not be applied even to a > plastic drum head. On the other hand, in extremes of humidity, > the tabla skins (like any real drum skin) cannot sustain > as much tension and go flat, sounding something like an old cardboard box. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com