Want to make your Rock Band drums a little less noisy?

**Brian** · 02-12-2008, 04:19 PM

If you have played or own Rock Band you know that playing the drums makes a lot of noise (unless you play like I do with your home theater at full blast) and sometimes can alter the game experience (imagine trying to concentrate on a songs beat and you hear the "tap tap tap tap tap" more than the music/words)

So today I was a little bored and figure'd I'd try to remedy this. I played late last night and couldn't play well because I'm used to get into the song and really put a beating on the pads, but the pads were so loud when I tapped them. So I came up with this.

Items you will need (Got these all at wal-mart under 15$)

Scissors.
Eight sheets of pre-cut felt fabric (Like 32 cents per square, I bought eight squares so I can run two layers on each pad)
Can of Adhesive Spray (I bought the more expensive 3M Brand but there are cheaper alternatives)
This will take about 30 minutes to do it.

All you do is take the adhesive spray and glue two sheets together, back to back. Then spray a good amount of adhesive on one side of your double layered felt. Then press the glue side down to the drum pad. Start in the middle as you pres it down and make sure it lays flat and smooth. Let dry for 10 minutes, cut excess felt hangover with scissors (I just used the pad as a guide and cut around the pad with the scissors touching it)

Rinse, repeat and be sure to let it dry. This will not void any warranty and noise reduction is reduced great. You can run up to four layers before the sensitivity becomes out of reach for the pad to register. Like I said, I run 2 layers and the noise is greatly reduced. You can still hear it, but I can beat on these things as hard as I want and it will never be as loud as just playing moderate as they were before. I hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to pm me or my AIM name is BrianDeBruhl. Thanks!

Finished with pedal medal installed. The ideal drums! Quiet and the pedal will not break!

You can refer to this thread: Rock Band Pedal Metal review! - Xbox 360 Forum for my pedal metal review for those wondering.

Bryce · 02-12-2008, 08:41 PM

thats legit.

krr5000 · 02-12-2008, 10:44 PM

im def going out this week to get some foam and felt at wal mart. ive had the game for 2 days and my roomates/ neighbors in my apt complex are ready to murder me.