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Rock Band Drum Silencers | 
 enlarge | From: PDP
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $18.23
You Save: $1.76 (9%)
New (8) Used (1) from $16.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 373
Platforms: Playstation 3, Playstation2, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii
Media: Accessory
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.7
MPN: PL-9909
Model: PL-9909
UPC: 708056099091
EAN: 0708056099091
ASIN: B0016KGNOA
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Officially licensed Rock Band drum silencers, Easy way to eliminate excess impact noise, Cut to fit the Rock Band drums, silencers can be removed without causing damage to drum, Includes 4 universal Rock Band drum silencers |
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Product Description
PELICAN UNIVERSAL DRUM SILENCER ROCKBAND NIC - Universal Rock Band Licensed Drum Silencer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 For when the man (downstairs) keeps you down September 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had only been in my new, second floor, apartment for two weeks when I heard the inevitable pounding on my front door. Immediately, I knew what the problem was. A few friends were over and we were jamming it big time in Rock Band. So, when I opened the door to the refrain I'm sure a lot of apartment Rock Band aficionados have heard, of, "Can you stop whatever pounding you're doing? It sounds like my ceiling's collapsing," I began my search for some way of silencing the pads.
I spent a good deal of time looking online and couldn't find a satisfactory answer; with Rock Band 2 coming out, something had to be done. I wouldn't let the man keep me down. So, with the release of Rock Band 2, I purchased these silencers for my original Rock Band 1 drums, hoping that they'd work.
The difference was staggering.
What once was a loud racket is now a quiet, subdued sound reminiscent of practice pads for drummers. A muffled noise that also didn't reverberate as much throughout the drum set, keeping things pretty quiet. In fact, sometimes the clicking of the guitar strummer was louder than my drumming. I've played the newly silenced drums about five or six times since release, at various periods throughout the day and night, and so far no complaints.
Additionally, the silencers have a bit more of a natural drumming bounciness to them, allowing for a tad more realistic experience. Now, some reviewers here have said it screwed up their accuracy. I can't speak towards that because I actually have seen my accuracy go up a little bit due to the bounciness. It's something to keep in mind, but for what it's worth, I haven't had any trouble.
I was very hesitant to purchase these pads. But I had to do something because I wasn't about to stop playing the drums. If you're in the same predictament, I'd definitely recommend these pads. They were easy to place on, deadened the noise considerably and allowed me to play my drums again. For that alone, it's worth five stars and a huge recommendation.
If you have QM model drums, these things rock! September 29, 2008
First, there are various models of drums for rock band. If you have a QM model like me, these silencers work great. Check your serial number on the bottom side of your drum pads, between the yellow and blue drums to see if the letter QM are in it.
I noticed a dramatic difference in sound. I can actually hear the songs I'm playing now. The silencers also give an added bounce, which helps with faster beats. The biggest difference is that I instantly did better on songs with fast beast simply because I could hear the song to keep beat with. I also enjoy hearing the fills I make now. I highly recommend buying these if you want silencers and have QM model drums!
 Bad idea... September 23, 2008
I figured that this would be an affordable alternative to buying the new drum kit for Rock Band 2, but I was dead wrong. It does greatly reduce the noise, which might sound awesome, but it also makes a BIG difference as to the percentage of notes hit. With the drum silencers on, I missed a very significant amount of notes on many songs that I have 5 starred numerous times on Expert difficulty. It might sound like a good idea to hit them harder, but even this doesnt gaurentee a registered hit. And for songs like Long Time or Everlong, hitting the drums that hard with that kind of precision is just not possible.
I read the other reviews and thought that I could deal with it, but this is inexcusable.
If you want quieter drums, spring for the new drum kit. These are not worth the money.
 Looks great and does silence, but misses hits September 21, 2008
Picked these up after I started getting complaints about the noise from hitting the drums. The pads are definitely high quality and does reduce the contact noise significantly, and as an added bonus makes the RB drum set look much nicer to boot. However, I noticed a lot of missed notes once I put these on, even when I tried to hit the pads harder. If I took the pads off the hits registered fine. I had to reluctantly return them.
"Quiet Dissent" (or Why You Shouldn't Bother with This Item) September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love my rock band, and I have friends over to jam regularly.
Unfortunately, I live on a 2nd floor apartment and have to worry about noise as well. Not regular noise, I crank the tv up just fine, but the drums themself are terribly loud. Solution found, I thought.
These pads stick to the pads well (a little too well, see below...) and are fairly easy to apply. They also make the drum heads look fantastic, a great improvement over how they were. They also do make the overall sound much more muted when banging away.
Unfortunately that's it for the good stuff. My friends and I tried them for a week or two only to find they frustrate more than help. First off, you need to hit harder to compensate for the extra padding, which ruins the point of softening the hit, as it once again grows louder from the extra hard banging.
Around 10% of the notes you hit don't register because of the thickness of the pads. This alone was enough to make us give up on them and take them off within 2 weeks, but then when I did so I found out just how obnoxiously loud it had been without them. Lose/Lose situation. :(
Also, when I removed the pads, I found the glue rubbed off half on the pad and half on the drum header itself, so it takes a bit of scrubbing and peeling to get them cleaned up back to their normal ugly gray self. (It won't permanently ruin your headers if you decide to remove them, but it will take quite a bit of effort to fully clean)
They are very much NOT re-usable if they're taken off...unless you find a way to glue them back on yourself...not recommended.
Rock band 2 drum set is getting much better reviews, so now I'm looking into that instead. Too bad the local game store won't take trade-ins on the originals :(
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