Rock Band Drum Pad Noise Comparison

This is a video I made to compare the sounds of the various drum pad options for Rock Band.

Included in this video are: Rock Band 1 drums, Rock Band 2 drums, GoodWoodMods Stealth drums, Ion Drum Rocker drums, and a Roland PDX-8.

I also punched in some waveform pictures so you can see what the actual sound wave of each hit looks like. I'll be adding Youtube Annotations with the actual decibel values of each sound as well.

All values are decibel values at 1 meter distance:
Jackhammer = 100dB
Normal talking = 40-60dB
RB1 pads = 80dB
Ion pads = 78dB
RB2 pads = 75dB
PDX-8 = 75dB
GWM pads = 69dB

If you want to see the full-size waveform pictures, here they are:
RB1: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/davidshek/sound%20test/rb1padwave.jpg
RB2: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/davidshek/sound%20test/rb2padwave.jpg
GWM Stealth: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/davidshek/sound%20test/gwmpadwave.jpg
Ion: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/davidshek/sound%20test/ionpadwave.jpg
Roland PDX-8: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/davidshek/sound%20test/pdx8padwave.jpg

Any questions, feel free to ask away!

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• ion
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• roland
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[GTTeancum]

Huh... are RB1/RB2 pads directly interchangeable? I've got an extra RB1 kit and four spare RB2 pads.

[davidshek]

@GTTeancum They are indeed!

[trypwned]

Actually, The Pdx-8 can be adjusted to a quieter pad. I got about 63db when i adjusted it.

[davidshek]

Probably so, but I was just doing an "out of the box" comparison here, no mods or retuning.

[frkbaseball429602]

ur snare sounds like a cowbell

[anyone584]

@fallawaytoyou Weird... Ions are a little bit loud because the rubber is thick. Stock kits are loud because the rubber is thin.

[iLoveLampXx]

@gahman Nope. A gain of 10dB would represent a ratio of ten to one for power, so 10 dB be 10 times the power, therefore a 40dB gain would be 10,000 times the power.

Learn2Physics.

[gahman]

@iLoveLampXx Uh no that's wrong. 10dB gain is perceived as double the amplitude. So , 80dB sounds twice as loud as 70dB. 100dB sounds like 20X louder than 10dB.

[iLoveLampXx]

In case if anyone didn't know

80db is 10 times louder than 70 db.

Or 100 db is 1000x louder than 10 db

[cargodudeMT]

@bladezero25 It largely depends on the kit that they're put on. So I guess it's Harmonix's kit, not GWM pads.

[bladezero25]

@cargodudeMT I own 2 sets of goodwoods and play regularly on 4 at various friend's houses.  The goodwoods definitely do not drop notes and they are way more reliable than ions. Mesh = win. Oh and I also own ions (with a set of goodwoods on it.

[LewPWNS279]

My ions bubbled after 4 months of playing them, so I'm buying Goodwoods

[CaptainAwesome2814]

U have a shitload of drum sets.

[TheXXXgameplayer]

@HenryXCIV ions easy assembly. good woods not easy. but i would still get good woods

[cargodudeMT]

@HenryXCIV A lot of Goodwoods have issues with dropping notes. Ions are more reliable. They're louder and don't have quite as much rebound, but those can both be fixed.