ethanjude

December 03, 2007 at 11:47am

Not much. You can go to the local Guitar Center or music store and get them for $15 or less.

SharpShot303

December 03, 2007 at 7:53am

GamerTag=SharpShot303 ya but how much do these cost??

ethanjude

November 29, 2007 at 11:20am

Go to your local music store and ask for a pair of plastic brush drumsticks. I am in the same boat, wife and 3 kids and I play when they are asleep. The brushes wil allow you to play without really compromising the equipment.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Regal-Tip-Ed-Thigpen-Plastic-Brushes-490357-...
These are a pretty good option.

free420

November 29, 2007 at 8:39am

Here's a forum thread on the topic via Joystiq: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=40248&page=2 Looks like some thin, circular mouse pads from Staples might be an option. From the thread: "Just got back from Staples. These $2.98 Staples round mouse pads (Item 502501) look ideal! They are 8 1/2" diameter, 1/8" thick. Very thin fabic layer over neoprene...Conclusion? EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE! The thin round neoprene mousepads are far more effective than anything I've done with the stick tips. This one change probably muted the sound by 60% or more. It is a dramatic and unarguable noise reduction. You can actually hear the goddamn music now, and not a mind-numbing, repetitive, sometimes erratic tok tok tok a tok tok. OMG so much better."

Juggler_of_Geese

November 29, 2007 at 7:31am

I saw on Twitter that Will Smith purchased a pair of Quiet Drumsticks. You should ask him where he got them. He still works for Future doesn't he.

Bennanias

November 28, 2007 at 6:45pm

do what real drummers do when they are too loud, put up a fiberglass wall. no way to really stop sound, only dampen it. you can go with eggshell padding to try to absorb and disperse the sound, but i think the family wound preffer wood clacking than walls covered with foam. the problem with padding is while it dampens the sound, it makes less contact with the "drums". so i guess the right solution is finding the most amount of padding while still being able to make contact. sheets of cloth maybe. you could always go to a real music store and see what they say. if you were the modding type, i would say open up the drums and make them more sensitive while keeping the original idea.

free420

November 28, 2007 at 6:38pm

This idea was posted on Kotaku today: "By applying one layer of self-adhesive rubber and another of self-adhesive, colored felt, they claim to maintain full responsiveness while cutting down on the kit sound by 70%" Seems like a valid solution. There's a video at the end demonstrating the difference. Hope it works for you. http://generationgamerz.com/v2/insight/time-for-rock-band-arts-crafts.php

dartvader1171

November 28, 2007 at 5:50pm

Well, I guess that the most likely thing is you might want to try to contain the sound and just stop the noise from escaping the room because cushioning the pad ,or even stick for that matter, will disrupt the drum stick and pad connection. you ever lived in a soundproofed bubble before? " And then god said, 'let there be rock', and there was rock." May Rock band forever live.