@@malonedrum Hey Mike! :) I was wondering how you were able to keep the nut from rotating as you tightened the tension rods. Could you explain that to me? I could really use some advice on that! I'd appreciate it so much. I don't like having to hold each lug nut in place with a wrench as I tune the toms I made with a similar (but deeper) design. Thank you so much for your advice!!
Cool! Reminds me of my toy-snare I had in my childhood! Back then there were no snares for children drumkits available, so I took off the head of a toy-drum and put cars, plastic figures and stuff in it... sounded real similar to this! Thanks for posting 😃👍👍👍
Mike, you, my friend, at such a multifaceted talent. You can build, you can teach, and you can play. Thanks for sharing your latest project with all of us.❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️
Was no music @ my country school, so age 7 made 1st drum: Quaker oat tube, top replaced with plastic coffee can lid; Bottom cut out, Saran Wrap stretched with layer of sand for rattle. More oat tubes for toms. Tinker Toy lid for cymbal. Played with chopsticks.
hahaha this is great back in high school my friends and I had a "band" we called ourselves Slow Motion Popcorn. this just gave me a rush of memories, thanks! name came from the fact we were all stoners, TH-cam just started and we were mesmerized by a ultra slow motion video of popcorn popping.
Whoa what a great project. The cool thing i noticed was your orphan stuff. tension rods, lug nuts hoops rims drums everywhere. I'd say when creating a non free floating system like a piccolo, you'd be able to create an even better sound. And i was also thinking about a pantyhose, before you put the drum head on, us a panty hose to span it over the rim, pulling it firm but not too tight, fil it with popcorn and put on the head and tune it... muffled popcorn snare \o/ Awesomr content dude
Great video & work! I picked up a metal ring muffler with mine. That really added some versatility. Makes a great side snare - especially for worship. Great for atmospheric stuff in substitute for a drum machine.
It sounds really close to an 80’s gated snare! It decays quick and then chops off like a gate. There is also a bit of pre-delay since the popcorn has to bounce to make noise which is not as immediate as snare wires are. Sounds similar to a pre-delayed gate preset that would have come out of a Yamaha SPX90 reverb unit from around 1987. I wonder if you made popcorn toms if you’d get something similar to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” Tom fills sound… I bet that snare would sit well in some of the 80’s metal mixes. A lot of the snares back then had a gated shotgun quality. Great idea!
Nice work on this, Mike. Im digging the out-of-the-box thinking. Consider using flat "paint stir sticks" for an alternative *thwap* on the snare as a creative way to explore alternate sounds from an acoustic kit. It can thicken up the snare sound. ((Approaching the idea from the striker side of the sound production)) OK ok, weird idea, I know. I'm just throwing that out there.
Back when I was on the streets, I'd a been rockin' me some kernels as a snare had I thought of it, now I'm thinking more of a great addition sound to an orphan piccolo I have lying about somewhere.
Surely changing the tension on the bottom head would make a difference in sound. Changing the amount of media would change the looseness/tightness of the sizzle, too. Also, trying smaller “beads”, like rice, or larger, like beans, or denser and heavier, like BB’s, could make a significant change in tone and duration of the sizzle. Now that you’ve made the snare, experiment some more! Would love to see it!
Definitely has a Tom sound with a little sizzle… unique to say the least. Perhaps a thinner typical snare bottom might make the kernels a bit brighter? Nice production of this video - I like the fast motion with voice overlay. TH-camrs take note!
Is that mosquito netting in your garage door? Very cool idea. And as a scientist, I'm loving that bottom-side camera angle: I could watch those kernels move all day.
I'd give it a shot with either some sort of monster brush type playing implement, as well as hands. I have an LP RAW Trash snare, which is a maybe a cousin to this. Still rolling with the ocean drum concept, but metal beads and a literal trash can lid on one side. My favorite way to play that is with my hands, where I can put a lot weight into it with my palm and move the beads a lot but without a massive transient from a stick hit.
I think it sounds great. Having the drum level for even distribution of the popcorn kernels would lead to a longer snare effect. Instead of the bubble level a torpedo level would suffice.
I use my ocean drum as snare on occasion. I like the idea of popcorn, but I think the metal balls have more sustain. Can you get different sounds by tilting it? I would add a port hole, to change the beads.
I just bought a few empty paint buckets to try to get away from my drum machine for recording projects. After seeing this I'm going to run to the grocery store and buy a jar of popcorn to pour into the 2 gallon bucket I'm using as a "Snare"
Fun video! Nice experiment 👍 Can I request a video on pairing a 2nd snare. I've had limited success pairing a low tuned snare and a higher pitched snare, I can't seem to get even volume output from both of them. I've tried different depths and sizes, even building some snoms. There's a good chance it might just be my technique, though. But I can't really find anything like it on TH-cam!
I absolutely LOVED the medium tuning snare sound 8:25!!!! Its so punchy and rich, but it has that rattle-tail, akin to a ride cymbal, and the ressonating wave adds a nice presence. I could see myself using that sound for a project in the future. I found it weird that I'm watching a yt channel with less than 15k subs. May I ask for your consent to sample the medium tuned popcorn snare for a possible track? Something small and not profit oriented at all (just backing tracks for jams with friends), I'm not tryna get rich by stealing sounds with it.
You mentioned using this as a sample to supplement the sound of a traditional snare. What about if you put popcorn kernels inside a snare that did have wires?
Cool drum. Try something smaller, like buckwheat. Buckwheat is triangular with sharp(ish) points, so it should bounce more. Other smaller lighter stuff might not be as dead. IDK anything about drums, but I like the sustain.
Imagine taking the snare out for a gig on a hot summer day and all the kernels start popping
I thought about holding it over the stove, just to see if it could pop before the head melted.
😂😂
Could be good for a bit of muffling
use the popcorn for sustenance
Went to see a band yesterday.
Cool, how was it?
Delicious.
Disappointed that Creative Percussion's Pancake Snares don't have pancakes inside. 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly! That's how we get screwed! I own a marching snare and guess what, it won´t even walk! 🤣
mmm...pancakes
ha! Good 1! Wouldn't sound too good..
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Low and cranked sounded really cool. Especially with the heavy rimshots as you mentioned 🤘🏻
Yes!
Has a pretty unique sound to it! The snare sizzle is almost like it’s on a really quick slap back delay.
Yeah, true delay since the kernels bounce up after you hit them, and drop down within a second or whatever.
@@malonedrum How about some mesh sandwiching the corn from the top so it's less free.
@@malonedrum Hey Mike! :)
I was wondering how you were able to keep the nut from rotating as you tightened the tension rods. Could you explain that to me? I could really use some advice on that! I'd appreciate it so much. I don't like having to hold each lug nut in place with a wrench as I tune the toms I made with a similar (but deeper) design. Thank you so much for your advice!!
@@malonedrum Oh. Is it just regular square nuts? Or something more specific?
@@mattnieri1202 Just regular square nuts, works great.
That snare is "popping" 🍿
🤭
🤔
A corny idea & a buttery smooth groove that’s pleasing to the ear. Well done
I see what you did there…
He said, Was unbuttered..
With some guys you'd never hear the end of it about your "corny" drumming.
It’s really a matter of taste, though. You need to find the right palette to make the groove go down well, at the very least make it digestible…
Cool! Reminds me of my toy-snare I had in my childhood! Back then there were no snares for children drumkits available, so I took off the head of a toy-drum and put cars, plastic figures and stuff in it... sounded real similar to this! Thanks for posting 😃👍👍👍
Very cool!
Mike, you, my friend, at such a multifaceted talent. You can build, you can teach, and you can play. Thanks for sharing your latest project with all of us.❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️
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The popcorn makes it sound like its being brushed, thats wild
Interesting
Sounds like a brush on my monitor speaker as well.
8:58 Lars on the song saint anger:
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For sure!
Beads and tiny bearings sound amazing with this design.
I think so too!
What a sick little project Mike, Love the creativity!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video! I could not wait to hear the snare in action. And it was interesting enough to watch all the way through. Good job!
Thanks!
I think I liked the lowest tuning the most… almost had a snom vibe.
YEA!
Was no music @ my country school, so age 7 made 1st drum: Quaker oat tube, top replaced with plastic coffee can lid;
Bottom cut out, Saran Wrap stretched with layer of sand for rattle.
More oat tubes for toms.
Tinker Toy lid for cymbal.
Played with chopsticks.
In 1962
🛠️🪚🪛🗜️⛏️
Tbh if you threw some gated reverb on that thing in post it'd make a GREAT old-school drum machine snare sound
Gated reverb to the rescue again
It almost has a gated sound going as it is. Interesting project
@@AllofJudeaif he’s not putting effects in post then I guess I was right too I do wonder if he poured less the noise would stop sooner
hahaha this is great back in high school my friends and I had a "band" we called ourselves Slow Motion Popcorn. this just gave me a rush of memories, thanks! name came from the fact we were all stoners, TH-cam just started and we were mesmerized by a ultra slow motion video of popcorn popping.
Funny story!
Very cool name! Why not revive the band and trademark the name?
Very Cool and thanks for showing the project! Nice job and videoing!
Thanks for watching!
Nice workshop! The marble slab is a great idea.
Thanks
I enjoyed this. You’re literally me man. Enjoyed the video. Very chill, entertaining, and overall just very humble
Thanks!
Whoa what a great project. The cool thing i noticed was your orphan stuff. tension rods, lug nuts hoops rims drums everywhere.
I'd say when creating a non free floating system like a piccolo, you'd be able to create an even better sound. And i was also thinking about a pantyhose, before you put the drum head on, us a panty hose to span it over the rim, pulling it firm but not too tight, fil it with popcorn and put on the head and tune it... muffled popcorn snare \o/
Awesomr content dude
Very cool! Great job (and sick workshop you’ve got going their🤘). It would be interesting to hear other things placed inside the snare. 🤘👍👌
Thanks
I have “shop” envy! Your basement setup is well done sir. Nice job on this project.
Appreciate it ( I like it too)
I'll have to say I love these projects. It's fun, and it's good to experiment.
I have done it a lot myself.
Keep it coming! 👍🏻
Thanks!
Would sound good with big reverb/delay; like Bridge Over Troubled Waters, which I'm told was a light bulb exploding in a concrete room.
💡💥
Now he needs to build a popcorn drum kit
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Making your own popcorn is tasty and fun you can get good heirloom varieties and own toppings.
I need the secret for legit movie theater style butter at home.
Great vid ! I sub'd. Love the LOW turning. Awesome !!~
Awesome, thank you!
I realy liked the low and medium sounds.
Thanks
Sounds pretty cool!
Thanks
This is a fun idea, particularly on a really hot day!
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Great video & work! I picked up a metal ring muffler with mine. That really added some versatility. Makes a great side snare - especially for worship. Great for atmospheric stuff in substitute for a drum machine.
Cool idea!
@@malonedrum I recently covered MIB for fun. I found my popcorn snare was perfect to replicate the song. th-cam.com/video/5LU_gzqmYuQ/w-d-xo.html
@@malonedrum I recently covered MIB for fun. I found my popcorn was perfect for this cover. Thanks again. th-cam.com/video/5LU_gzqmYuQ/w-d-xo.html
Time well spent on this one Mike, definitely has a usable vibe for recording...I like it! 👍
The least amount of time possible.
I think it's cool.... and it actually sounds better in the recording than I imagined.
I agree
Sort of sounds like a gated reverb, fun sound !
It has a natural gate element to it with the cernals
I'd like to see you use a regular snare head and a hazy bottom to see how that affects the tone
If I thought of this drum as more than a gimmick, I’d experiment around with more head combos.
It sounds really close to an 80’s gated snare! It decays quick and then chops off like a gate. There is also a bit of pre-delay since the popcorn has to bounce to make noise which is not as immediate as snare wires are. Sounds similar to a pre-delayed gate preset that would have come out of a Yamaha SPX90 reverb unit from around 1987. I wonder if you made popcorn toms if you’d get something similar to Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” Tom fills sound… I bet that snare would sit well in some of the 80’s metal mixes. A lot of the snares back then had a gated shotgun quality. Great idea!
Exactly
Wouldn't more kernels equal a tighter snare sound?
In theory, yes, but can't say I've tried it.
You could also use it as a shaker.
A true workout!
I could definitly imagine songs where this would be a great snare sound.
Agreed!
Very organic sound, maybe for a bluegrass or Americana type acoustic band? Like to hear how sensitive the corn is with brushes
Would need a coated head, but I don't think there's much sensitivity here.
Probably not responsive ideally for brushes
My first thought was the tilt issue. I enjoyed it though. Being creative is part of the adventure. Thanks 🙏
Exactly
Nice work on this, Mike. Im digging the out-of-the-box thinking. Consider using flat "paint stir sticks" for an alternative *thwap* on the snare as a creative way to explore alternate sounds from an acoustic kit. It can thicken up the snare sound. ((Approaching the idea from the striker side of the sound production)) OK ok, weird idea, I know. I'm just throwing that out there.
Hmm; interesting
Back when I was on the streets, I'd a been rockin' me some kernels as a snare had I thought of it, now I'm thinking more of a great addition sound to an orphan piccolo I have lying about somewhere.
Yes!
a bit of dampening for the overtones and i'd love this as a side snare, can be cool for live jungle
Agreed!
Yes, the top head needs dampening, especially with those higher tunings!
That is really cool! Thanks, Mike!
You bet!
DUDE! no joke, this drum would go super hard for dnb.
Absolutely.
Nice job! I think it’s pretty cool…something different. Thanks a lot for sharing this.😊
That’s about all there is to it!
niiiiice.
Thaaaaaanks
Video starts at 8:00
Video starts at 0:00 , demo (also timestamped in video) starts at 8:02
Surely changing the tension on the bottom head would make a difference in sound. Changing the amount of media would change the looseness/tightness of the sizzle, too. Also, trying smaller “beads”, like rice, or larger, like beans, or denser and heavier, like BB’s, could make a significant change in tone and duration of the sizzle. Now that you’ve made the snare, experiment some more! Would love to see it!
Exactly, a lot of variables in here to play with.
this came up in my recommendations as i'm making popcorn lol
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Definitely has a Tom sound with a little sizzle… unique to say the least. Perhaps a thinner typical snare bottom might make the kernels a bit brighter? Nice production of this video - I like the fast motion with voice overlay. TH-camrs take note!
Thanks
I like it Cranked up..made me one
Nice!
Is that mosquito netting in your garage door? Very cool idea. And as a scientist, I'm loving that bottom-side camera angle: I could watch those kernels move all day.
Lake Flies for me
Wow, I really like the sound of that. Probably not very versatile but it’s a cool effect.
Exactly
It felt like it needed more popcorn to me.
Fair enough
This would be great for a live hip hop show.
It has that drum machine element. Maybe mix it with the snare chain on a next video.
Yeah, could be fun on a drum with traditional snare wires too.
that would make a great addition to a suitcase kit
Yes!
Cool sound. I'd love to hear it cranked with a thicker head or a big fat snare. Love the videos, bud.
Big fat snare is a good idea I hadn't considered.
I like it bc it reminds me of 60-70s roots reggae... dope hack IMO
I could hear that.
Finally, the secret of Lars snare sound revealed.
🤣
I'd give it a shot with either some sort of monster brush type playing implement, as well as hands. I have an LP RAW Trash snare, which is a maybe a cousin to this. Still rolling with the ocean drum concept, but metal beads and a literal trash can lid on one side. My favorite way to play that is with my hands, where I can put a lot weight into it with my palm and move the beads a lot but without a massive transient from a stick hit.
Will have to check that out
Dude, you passed Piggly Wiggly!! 😃
Typically I don’t shop the pig
Truly like your ghost noting.
👻👻👻
Those deeper 10s and 12s make dope deep or dead snares with the right heads and tunings.
Nice!
I think it sounds great. Having the drum level for even distribution of the popcorn kernels would lead to a longer snare effect. Instead of the bubble level a torpedo level would suffice.
Cool idea
I use my ocean drum as snare on occasion. I like the idea of popcorn, but I think the metal balls have more sustain. Can you get different sounds by tilting it? I would add a port hole, to change the beads.
Yes you can! You’d have to be careful about a hole as beads could fall out
I really want to make one of these now.😮
Do it!
This is pretty neat!!
Thanks!
I’d do a 10 x 3 try a mix of bearings and popcorn and muffle
Awesome content
Thanks
I just bought a few empty paint buckets to try to get away from my drum machine for recording projects. After seeing this I'm going to run to the grocery store and buy a jar of popcorn to pour into the 2 gallon bucket I'm using as a "Snare"
There ya go.
Dude , you drove past the piggly wiggly.
It’s worth the extra .25 mile commute to go to Pick N Save (in my opinion).
I really enjoyed this, i thought it sounded pretty cool cranked (through phone speakers)
📞🔊
Very cool, making one right now. I was wondering what I was going to do with all my extra shat!
There ya go
Cool video! I found it very interesting, nice job!
Glad you liked it!
this dude is becoming the next rdavidr.
I can’t grow a beard
I saw one at my local music store…
Is your music store in a movie theater concession stand?
Excelente video ! Bem explicado ! Poderia por favor dizer qual a marca e modelo desse Hi-hat cymball ? Obrigado.
Bosphorus 14" 20th Anniversary Hats
@@malonedrum Obrigado pela sua atenção !
Fun video! Nice experiment 👍 Can I request a video on pairing a 2nd snare. I've had limited success pairing a low tuned snare and a higher pitched snare, I can't seem to get even volume output from both of them. I've tried different depths and sizes, even building some snoms. There's a good chance it might just be my technique, though. But I can't really find anything like it on TH-cam!
I pretty never use two snares, so I’m probably not the person to do it honestly.
you could experiment with BBs, lead fishing lure weights,, small glass beads...anything similar in size and shape.
Absolutely.
That’s cool, you basically made a tunable ocean drum.
🌊
bro is the next rdavidr
Somebody's pick up the torch of Frankenstein drums
It would be interesting to hear it with both the popcorn and snare wires.
Try it!
I actually liked it low. I'd be interested to hear what double the kernels would sound like
Yes!
I wonder how fast you'd need to hit it, to generate enough heat to pop the corn.
🤣
When you said "I'm gonna make it" I thought "oh hes gonna pop the head off"
Lmao oh I was foolish
(Takes a bow)
SPOTTED 🐮
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I'm curious what it would sound like with with snare drums in the 14 × 5 to 14 × 6 1/2
I don’t think it would be as cool on a deeper drum.
I loved the low tuning for real.
Thanks!
I absolutely LOVED the medium tuning snare sound 8:25!!!! Its so punchy and rich, but it has that rattle-tail, akin to a ride cymbal, and the ressonating wave adds a nice presence. I could see myself using that sound for a project in the future. I found it weird that I'm watching a yt channel with less than 15k subs.
May I ask for your consent to sample the medium tuned popcorn snare for a possible track? Something small and not profit oriented at all (just backing tracks for jams with friends), I'm not tryna get rich by stealing sounds with it.
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What about adding a moon jelly or two or three to get rid of the annoying ring?!
Sure, that could be helpful. I don’t mind the ring too much though.
Can you test it using a plastic circle covering the popcorn to restrict/dampen it a bit? - I think this should imitate the wires much better.
Probably not for another video, but Im sure it's something you could experiment with.
This sounds surprisingly good haha Who would have thought ?
It's a cool effect for sure.
You drove right past a Piggly Wiggly
Yeah, I’ll drive an extra quarter mile to Pick N Save
You mentioned using this as a sample to supplement the sound of a traditional snare. What about if you put popcorn kernels inside a snare that did have wires?
A delay type effect I'd imagine
Would defeat the unique idea
I don't think I'd do one, but I am in the process of building a steel snare drum... with about 3/8" thick steel!
Over kill, but solid!, wouldn't resonate
Very cool
@@malonedrum I am thinking about asking a machine shop to rough cut the bearing edges for me... the router bits I've found thus far don't do the job
That's metal!
like a built-in short gated reverb
Exactly
Cool drum. Try something smaller, like buckwheat. Buckwheat is triangular with sharp(ish) points, so it should bounce more. Other smaller lighter stuff might not be as dead. IDK anything about drums, but I like the sustain.
I'd worry about that eventually wearing not the head more, but maybe not.
I think it’s cool. I’m not a drummer anymore (keys, guitar) but if I ever buy another set, I’m getting me a popcorn snare!!! lol
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