What is the purpose of those Plexiglass enclosures that drummers wall themselves in with? last two years or?
November 27, 2009 - 7:52 am
It’s something that seems to have just been invented in the last two years or so. I assume that it’s to muffle the sound of the drums so that they won’t overpower the audience or the rest of the band. Still, I think it’s really weird, especially since people have played drums in bands for generations and have never done this before. Why have they started doing it now all of a sudden?
They can also be useful in roadhouses for shielding the drummer from flying beer bottles and zippo lighters.
November 27th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
drum shields have been around for a long, long time. they are used to allow the audience to hear a reflected sound, instead of a direct sound from the drum set into the microphones/at the audience. this is especially useful in small venues.
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November 27th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I always thought they were to keep the sound of the drums from bleeding into the other microphones on the stage.
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November 27th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Both of these answers are correct, but they also can help dampen the sound of drums which is useful in a small practice space. We stuck our drummer behind one and were able to turn our amps down and actually hear everything.
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November 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
They can also be useful in roadhouses for shielding the drummer from flying beer bottles and zippo lighters.
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