JP7022972B2 - Drum reverberation regulator and drum set - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a drum reverberation adjuster and a drum set.

In an environment where it is necessary to reduce the volume during performance, such as when avoiding playing at a loud volume when playing with a drum set, use a muffler for drums to reduce the striking sound (striking sound) of the drum. It is known to be used.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes a drum muffler that is attached to an acoustic drum and reduces the sound generated during performance by being hit instead of the drum head of the acoustic drum. It is attached to a striking body having an elastic striking surface portion, an annular frame portion that supports the striking surface portion and a peripheral portion of the striking surface portion and is set to have a higher rigidity than the striking surface portion, and a frame portion of the striking body. Also disclosed is a drum silencer provided with a sucker member that attracts the hit body to the drum head.

Further, Patent Document 2 is a tapping sound adjustment sheet used by being placed on a striking surface of a snare drum or the like to adjust the striking sound during performance, and has a positioning unit for positioning with respect to the striking surface. Further, a hitting sound adjustment sheet in which a hitting point mark indicating an area as a guideline for hitting points is marked is disclosed.

JP-A-2015-68851 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-102235

In a performance using a drum set, a reverberation sound (reverb) is generated after hitting along with the hitting sound generated when hitting a tom tom, snare drum, bass drum, floor tom, etc., but the volume and reverberation time of this reverberation sound can be reduced. There is a demand to adjust the volume and reverberation time desired by the performer and the audience.

However, although there are known instruments for reducing and adjusting the striking sound as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, there is no instrument for reducing and adjusting the reverberation sound, and the performer's own method, for example, , A blanket was laid on the bottom of the drum to adjust the reverberation sound.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a drum reverberation sound adjusting tool capable of adjusting the reverberation sound at the time of playing a drum.

In order to achieve such an object, the reverberation sound adjuster for a drum according to the present invention comprises a sound absorbing portion made of a member having a sound absorbing property, and a supporting portion supporting the sound absorbing portion on one end side thereof, and the sound absorbing portion. However, the support portion is arranged so as to face the surface on the opposite side of the striking surface of the drum, and the support portion can adjust the angle between the surface on the opposite side of the striking surface of the drum and the sound absorbing portion .

According to the present invention, the reverberation sound at the time of playing the drum can be adjusted.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a drum set. It is a perspective explanatory drawing which shows an example of a reverberation sound adjuster. It is a perspective explanatory drawing which shows an example of a sound absorbing part. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the support part. It is a perspective explanatory drawing which shows the other example of a reverberation sound adjuster. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the drum set provided with the reverberation sound adjuster. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the drum set provided with the reverberation sound adjuster.

Hereinafter, the configuration according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 7.

(drum set)
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a drum set 1. The drum set 1 includes a bass drum 10, a floor tom 20, a snare drum 30, a tom tom 40, a hi-hat cymbal 50, a crash cymbal 60, a ride cymbal 70, and the like. It should be noted that the arrangement example of the drum set 1 shown in FIG. 1 shows a general arrangement example of a right-handed performer, and it goes without saying that the arrangement example of the drum set 1 is not limited to this. .. Further, the types and numbers of drums and cymbals constituting the drum set 1 are also examples, and of course, the number is not limited to these.

The bass drum 10 is a drum that is arranged in front of the performer and is hit by stepping on a drum pedal (not shown). This is the drum with the largest diameter and the lowest bass in the drum set 1.

The floor tom 20 is installed on the right side when viewed from the performer. It is a drum that produces bass next to the bass drum 10, and is mainly used for phrases (fill-in).

The snare drum 30 is installed near the height of the knee in front of the performer. It is a drum mainly used to add a rhythmic accent, and is the most frequently used drum in the drum set 1.

The tom tom 40 is mounted on the bass drum 10 using the holder 41. The high tom with high pitch is placed on the left side and the rotam with low pitch is placed on the right side when viewed from the performer. Like the floor tom 20, it is a drum mainly used for phrases (fill-in).

The hi-hat cymbal 50 is installed near the snare drum 30 on the left foot side of the performer using a stand 51, and the two cymbals are switched between opening and closing by stepping on the lower pedal.

The crash cymbal 60 is installed near the snare drum 30 on the left foot side of the performer using the stand 61. Mainly used for accenting.

The ride cymbal 70 is installed near the top of the floor tom 20 by using the stand 71. It is mainly used when carving a rhythm together with the hi-hat cymbal 50. It is the largest cymbal in Drum Set 1.

(Reverberation sound adjuster for drums)
FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing a reverberation sound adjuster 100, which is an embodiment of the reverberation sound adjuster for drums according to the present invention. The reverberation sound adjusting tool 100 according to the present embodiment is composed of a sound absorbing portion 110 made of a member having sound absorbing property and a supporting portion 120 supporting the sound absorbing portion 110 on one end side thereof, and the sound absorbing portion 110 strikes a drum. It is arranged so as to face the surface opposite to the surface (hereinafter, also referred to as the back surface).

As shown in FIG. 2, the reverberation sound adjuster 100 includes a disk-shaped sound absorbing portion 110 having a predetermined thickness, and a support portion 120 having a sound absorbing portion 110 attached to one end side and supporting the sound absorbing portion 110. It is composed.

3A and 3B are perspective explanatory views showing an example of the sound absorbing portion 110, FIG. 3A shows a perspective view of the front surface of the sound absorbing portion 110, and FIG. 3B shows a perspective view of the back surface of the sound absorbing portion 110. When the reverberation sound adjuster 100 is used, the surface arranged to face the back surface of the drum is referred to as the surface of the sound absorbing unit 110.

The sound absorbing portion 110 is formed by covering a sound absorbing member 111 having a sound absorbing property with a sheet member 112. As the sound absorbing member 111, a material having a sound absorbing effect and a material (sound absorbing material) can be widely used. For example, it is preferable to use wool heat insulating material Thermowool (manufactured by Cosmo Project Co., Ltd.) made from virgin wool and medical polyester.

The sheet member 112 is a sheet-like member that covers the entire sound absorbing member 111, and can be widely used such as a non-woven fabric and a woven fabric. For example, it is preferable to use felt.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, a recess 113 in which a member at the end of the support portion 120 is fitted is provided in the central portion of the back surface of the sound absorbing portion 110. The recess 113 is composed of, for example, a nut member embedded in the central portion of the sound absorbing member 111. In the present embodiment, the sound absorbing portion 110 and the support portion 120 can be attached to and detached from each other by allowing the screw-shaped convex portion 122 (FIG. 4) of the support portion 120 to be fastened to the concave portion 113 made of a nut member. The configuration of the concave portion 113 and the convex portion 122 is not particularly limited as long as it is removable. Further, the sound absorbing portion 110 is preferably detachable from the support portion 120, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the sound absorbing portion 110 may be fixed.

The shape of the sound absorbing portion 110 is preferably circular like the striking surface and the back surface of the drum, but the shape is not limited to this, and various shapes can be used. Further, it is preferable to prepare a plurality of sound absorbing portions 110 having different sizes, and appropriately select and use them according to the drum to be used and a desired sound absorbing effect. At this time, it is preferable that a plurality of sound absorbing portions 110 can be attached to and detached from the support portion 120 of 1.

Further, the thickness of the sound absorbing member 111 can be, for example, about 1 cm. Since the sound absorbing effect increases in proportion to the thickness of the sound absorbing member 111, the thickness may be selected according to the drum to be used and the desired sound absorbing effect. Further, when the reverberation sound adjuster 100 is used, the sound absorption effect changes depending on the distance between the sound absorbing portion 110 and the back surface of the drum. It may be set as appropriate according to the situation. Further, the back surface of the reverberation sound adjusting tool 100 may be brought into contact with the back surface of the drum for use.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the support portion 120. The support portion 120 includes a mounting portion 121 for mounting the sound absorbing portion 110, a first angle adjusting portion 123 for displacing the mounting portion 121, an arm portion 125 whose length can be adjusted, and a second angle adjusting portion for displacing the holding portion 128. It has 126 and a holding portion 128 that holds a predetermined position of the drum set 1 (for example, stands 51, 61, 71 of each cymbal 50, 60, 70).

The mounting portion 121 is provided with a convex portion 122 that fits into the concave portion 113 of the sound absorbing portion 110. In the present embodiment, the convex portion 122 has a screw shape, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The first angle adjusting unit 123 is provided with an adjusting tool 124, and when the adjusting tool 124 is tightened, the mounting portion 121 is fixed to the first angle adjusting unit 123 and the adjusting tool 124 is loosened. Then, it is possible to displace the first angle adjusting unit 123. At the time of angle adjustment, the adjuster 124 is loosened and the angle of the mounting portion 121 with respect to the first angle adjusting portion 123 is set as a desired angle, and by tightening the adjusting tool 124, the angle of the mounting portion 121 with respect to the first angle adjusting portion 123 is desired. It can be adjusted to the angle.

The length of the arm portion 125 can be adjusted between the state of the one-stage arm as shown in FIG. 4 and the state of the plurality of stages of the arm as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the lock can be released by rotating the first angle adjusting portion 123 with respect to the arm portion 125, and the length of the arm portion 125 can be adjusted in the released state. It is possible. After the arm portion 125 has a desired length, the length of the arm portion 125 (that is, the support portion 120) can be adjusted by rotating the first angle adjusting portion 123 with respect to the arm portion 125 and locking the arm portion 125 again. It is possible.

The second angle adjusting portion 126 is provided with an adjusting tool 127. When the adjusting tool 127 is tightened, the second angle adjusting portion 126 and the holding portion 128 are fixed to the arm portion 125, and the adjusting tool 127 is provided. In the loosened state, the second angle adjusting portion 126 and the holding portion 128 can be displaced with respect to the arm portion 125. By loosening the adjusting tool 127 at the time of angle adjustment and setting the angle of the holding portion 128 with respect to the arm portion 125 as the desired angle, and tightening the adjusting tool 127, the angle of the holding portion 128 with respect to the arm portion 125 can be adjusted to the desired angle. ing.

The holding portion 128 is provided with an adjusting tool 129, and by tightening the adjusting tool 129 while the object (for example, the stand 71) is sandwiched between the holding portions 128, the holding portion 128 (that is, the support portion 120) is provided. ) Is fixed to the object.

FIG. 5 is a perspective explanatory view showing another example of the reverberation sound adjuster 100. The support portion 120 of the reverberation sound adjuster 100 shown in FIG. 5 has a floor surface mounting portion 130 that can be installed on the floor surface on the other end side that does not support the sound absorbing portion 110.

The reverberation sound adjuster 100 is used by installing the floor surface installation portion 130 on the floor surface and arranging the sound absorbing portion 110 on the back surface side of the drum. For example, it is installed and used on the floor surface below the floor tom 20.

The support portion 120 of the reverberation sound adjuster 100 also has an adjustable angle with respect to the sound absorbing portion 110 of the support portion 120, similarly to the support portion 120 of the reverberation sound adjuster 100 shown in FIG. The installation angle with respect to the back surface of the 110 drums can be adjusted. Further, it is preferable that the length of the support portion 120 and the angle of the support portion 120 with respect to the floor surface mounting portion 130 can be adjusted.

(Drum set using reverberation adjuster for drums)
6 and 7 are explanatory views showing an example in which the reverberation sound adjuster 100 according to the present embodiment is attached to the drum set 1.

The drum set 1 shown in FIG. 6 shows an example in which the reverberation sound adjuster 100 (FIG. 2) is provided for the tom tom 40. In this drum set 1, the stand 71 of the ride cymbal 70 is sandwiched and fixed by the holding portion 128 of the support portion 120, and the sound absorbing portion 110 is at a desired position and spacing with respect to the back surface of the tamtam 40. The length of the support portion 120, the angle with respect to the back surface of the tom tom 40, the angle with respect to the stand 71, and the like are adjusted and installed.

This makes it possible to reduce the reverberation sound generated when the tamtam 40 is hit. Further, the size and thickness of the sound absorbing portion 110, the distance from the back surface of the tamtam 40, the installation angle, and the like can be appropriately adjusted to adjust the reverberation sound desired by the performer, the audience, and the like.

The drum set 1 shown in FIG. 7 shows an example in which the reverberation sound adjuster 100 (FIG. 5) is provided for the floor tom 20. In this drum set 1, the floor surface installation portion 130 is installed on the floor surface below the floor tom 20, and the support portion 120 is provided so that the sound absorbing portion 110 is at a desired position and spacing with respect to the back surface of the floor tom 20. It was installed by adjusting the length of the floor tom.

This makes it possible to reduce the reverberation sound generated when the floor tom 20 is hit. Further, by adjusting the size of the sound absorbing portion 110 and the distance from the back surface of the floor tom 20, it is possible to adjust to a desired reverberation sound of a performer, an audience, or the like.

In the examples of FIGS. 6 and 7, the example of applying the reverberation sound adjuster 100 to the tom tom 40 and the floor tom 20 of the drum set 1 has been described, but the reverberation sound adjuster 100 may be applied to other drums. Of course. For example, the reverberation sound adjuster 100 can be installed on the bass drum 10. In this case, the sound absorbing portion 110 may be installed so as to face the back surface of the bass drum 10. Further, the drum to which the reverberation sound adjuster 100 is applied in the drum set 1 is not limited to one drum, and it goes without saying that a plurality of reverberation sound adjusters 100 may be used for a plurality of drums.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example of applying the reverberation sound adjuster 100 to the drum set 1 having a plurality of drums has been described, but it is needless to say that one drum may be used alone. Further, the reverberation sound adjuster 100 is applicable not only to the drum set 1 but also to other percussion instruments such as Japanese drums.

Since the reverberation sound changes depending on the installation environment of the drum set 1, such as whether it is indoors or outdoors, the distance from the wall in the case of indoors, etc., a desired reverberation sound can be obtained according to the installation environment. It suffices as long as it appropriately adjusts the installation state of the reverberation sound adjuster 100 so as to be able to do so.

Further, since the performance by the performer using the drum set 1 is often performed for the audience, and the reverberation sound adjusting tool 100 is also visible to the audience, the appearance of the drum set 1 (Appearance) is also important. Therefore, it is preferable that the reverberation sound adjuster 100 has a color that is inconspicuous according to the design and hue of the drum set 1, for example. For example, it is possible to select an inconspicuous color according to the design and hue of the drum set 1 for the color of the sheet member 112. On the contrary, the reverberation sound adjuster 100 may be designed to be conspicuous, and may be, for example, a drum set 1 with a design, a pattern or a logo corresponding to a color tone, or the like.

With the reverberation sound adjuster 100 described above, the reverberation sound at the time of playing the drum can be adjusted.

Although the above-described embodiment is a preferred example of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 Drum set 10 Bass drum 20 Floor tom 30 Snare drum 40 Tam tom 41 Holder 50 Hi-hat cymbal 51 Stand 60 Crash cymbal 61 Stand 70 Ride cymbal 71 Stand 100 Reverberation sound adjuster 110 Sound absorbing part 111 Sound absorbing member 112 Seat member 113 Mounting part 122 Convex part 123 First angle adjusting part 124 Adjusting tool 125 Arm part 126 Second angle adjusting part 127 Adjusting tool 128 Holding part 129 Adjusting tool 130 Floor mounting part

Claims (6)

A sound absorbing part made of a member having sound absorbing properties,
It consists of a support portion that supports the sound absorbing portion on one end side thereof, and a support portion.
The sound absorbing portion is arranged so as to face the surface opposite to the striking surface of the drum .
The support portion is a drum reverberation sound adjuster, characterized in that the angle between the surface opposite to the striking surface of the drum and the sound absorbing portion can be adjusted. The reverberation sound adjuster for a drum according to claim 1, wherein the other end side of the support portion can be attached to a predetermined position of the drum set or can be installed on the floor surface. Claim 1 or 2, wherein the sound absorbing portion is a disk-shaped member having a predetermined thickness arranged so as to have a predetermined interval with respect to the opposite surface of the drum. The reverberation adjuster for drums described. The support portion is
The length of the support,
The angle of the support portion on one end side with respect to the sound absorbing portion,
And the predetermined position of the drum set or the angle with respect to the floor surface on the other end side of the support portion,
The reverberation sound adjuster for a drum according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the above is adjustable. The claim is characterized in that the support portion and the sound absorbing portion are removable, and two or more sound absorbing portions having at least one different shape, size, and thickness can be attached to the support portion of 1. The reverberation sound adjuster for drums according to any one of Items 1 to 4. A drum set comprising the reverberation sound adjuster for a drum according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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