I uploaded a few similar videos recently, but I thought I'd just make this one short video to combine them all, so here it is:

The almighty Ludwig Black Beauty LB417 0:00 against the army of Tama Star Reserve metal shells: hammered copper TCS1465H 0:13 , hammered aluminum TAS1465H 0:24 and hammered brass TBRS1455H 0:35 .

Ever since Sounds like a drum posted their video about how snares can all sound the same and that shell material does not matter [ Ссылка ] it kept me awake at night, because, while I love that channel, it simply didnt feel right to me. So I kept experimenting with the snares I had, recorded some bits, fiddled with the tuning and the final output was more or less this: three very similar sounding drums on a superficial level ... and the Black Beauty. ;)

Its a little crazy, how similar all three Tama snares sound. Copper a little more open and ringy with pleasant high frequencies and warm bass, Aluminum a little more airy with a more pronounced attack, and brass actually a nice blend of mid focused punch with a very well balanced attack. Very happy with all of them! Still, the Black Beauty is in a league of its own, also because I spend forever tuning and tweaking it and I know it best of all these four snares. Also its a zinc die cast hoop vs. brass triple flanged and sound arc hoop, which makes a significant difference. The dark sustain of the Black beauty shell is cut fairly short, with an agressive rim shot and a very dark and thick initial shell response, making it a perfect snare for heavier music in this setup!

All snares had an evans power center reverse dot batter head and a haze300 resonant head. Needless to say: I dont agree entirely with "Sounds like a drum", because once you hit the rim, youre hitting the shell like a gong and then, shell material, geometry, thickness and surface really starts to matter.

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