Moongel Resonance Pads

I tried the newer clear kind that are smaller and way way stickier. I don’t like those nearly as much as these originals I’ve trusted for decades. These will work on all your drums and your cymbals too. Use a finger to scan around for the right place to put them. I find two can work really well at 120° from each other. On cymbals if you don’t like the high whine from a hihat you can put one on the bell. You can cut these in half for less muting and also orient them radial or not...radial mutes more overtones less. Only minus is they leave a slight blue tint on your heads, but this is a help for putting them back in the same place if you need to. They hold pretty well when clean, you can store the drum with them on. But easily repositioned.

These really do work well, but it is a difficult struggle to get them separated at 1st. They stick together too well and it is hard to separate them at 1st without ripping the individual pads. I found it a little easier putting them in the fridge over night, then slowly pulling them apart. I also thought about heating them a little or perhaps adding a few drops of water. However chilling them did work well enough. That aside, these will greatly improve the way any set sounds. I've been a pro drummer for over 45 years, and have used masking tape, little cloth squares tapped down, lots of different things. There work best by far and are easily moved around depending on the room you are in and the sound you want. Great stuff. Oh and check out a drum dial to add to your tuning skills. That can help and a great drum doesn't sound so good if it isn't tuned right.

I own these, orings, and evans minemads. i did a lot of research/ watched many videos hoping to end the o-ring vs gel debate. If you're on the fence about it, heres some things to know: You need to know your measurements before getting O-rings, since SP, DW, and Pearl often stray away from standard sizes (my peavy radial 500 supportes all the rings, but on my SP Series 5 kit, only one fits: the high tom. The snare, mid and two floor toms are either slightly too big or too small.). Moon gel you can stick on whatever. However, if you want . good damp sound you to put it close to the middle, which means you either manuever around them to hit the center, or you have to hit closer to the rim, which isn't a problem if you've mastered tuning heads evenly and pitch matching both heads, but it makes it difficult to do rolls at higher speeds. I prefer gel on the snare, about an inch away from the rim to get a nice crack without over resonating, and still be able to play ghost notes articulately, since orings dampen more you get more of a dampened crack, making ghost notes sound flat or dead. When it comes to micing, orings offer a more constant sound since they fit the same way each time, and i absolutely love them on toms, i can tune them down and dampen them so there's "wang", but it also keeps less tension on the head, so you can continue tuning it higher when it warps and prolongue usage Moongel is good for when you want more open sounding toms with just a bit less resonance (even when it's in the middle, it still resonates notcibly. Not bad, just depends on what heads you have, how they're tuned, And it takes bit longer to eq them) Oh, and you play live/ need to change heads mid recording, you might want to mark the spot on the head where you put it, since if you remove it and don't put it back in the same spot, you'll have to re-eq it, or spend extra time setting up because you have to close to center and its dampened, too far away and its very open. And if you accidentally hit it while playing, itll start to peel or jump off the head, and then you lose your groove. Im in a death metal band, and i fill in for a djent band and math rock band, and for metal i prefer oring on toms, gel on snare. But if you or someone you know is good at micing and eq'ing, gel gives a much more authentic tone, its an in between natural sound and dampening all the resonance, with more versatility, allowing you to open or close up your kit for different gigs, genres, or even just to experiment with what you like (buddy likes high tom completely open, mid tom slightly dampened, and floor tom heavily dampened, with the snare being very damp and the bass drum being almost as open as the high tom, using moongel on the toms/snare, and evans eq pad on bass)

Using to clean phono cartridge stylus and it does an excellent job as seen with a usb microscope. They come packaged in a nice little round container, all stuck together in a sort of a layered glob. The pads adhere to each other very well and are extremely difficult to separate from each other. Once separated, they leave the stylus totally free of dust and gunge...just cue the stylus into the pad several times. Seems as good as the nearly $40 solution, lacking the magnifier and single pad case and does a much better job of cleaning than the "magic eraser". Pro: Inexpensive and extremely effective at cleaning phono stylus. Con: Come stuck together and hard to separate

this is a good enough product to dampen drum heads or cymbals. I say that with my teeth biting my tongue a little. Let me say 1st of all that there is nothing quite so sad to an audience's ears than a poorly tuned batter head on a drum. Properly tuned drums just sing with a melodic voice that is true and pure. I would encourage any drummer (experienced or novice) to learn about tuning. In this age of digital media available like YOUTUBE and others , there is an easy outlet for lessons and proper technique to get "your" sound. I like to start in middle C, and go up or down from there. Now , there is a place for moon gels, and for me it is in the studio on my PAISTE Signature Ride cymbal to just take the edge off on a few songs that I had to record. I tune my snares (as a rule) very high in the Funk range, and I found that this keeps things dry and my stick work doesn't suffer. If I want to play a Rock type sound on that same drum on the next set , it's just a matter of de-tuning the lower 3 lug (one full turn on the bottom and 1 1/2 turns on the left and right bottom).........or you can just use some moon gels to muddy it up a bit. I have found that experimentation is key to good tuning and therefore good playing, resulting in smiles on the faces you are playing to. I won't lie , I have used moon gels before and love the stuff. Very good and not just for percussion instruments. Bottom Line : Yes , I recommend this product and yes , I will buy it again and from this seller One small afterthought.....these were stuck together quite a bit because my pack came with 2 free pieces. Take your time , be careful and just pull it apart.