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This video caught my attention when i noticed this quinto's open tones are so on point they almost distort the camera's mic.
Then I realized the quinto doesn't seem to have much of a belly. Can anyone tell what drums they're using?
6x8

post a link?

Without the link, my best guess is they're either LP Compact Congas (I hvae 2 and the quinto is awesome!) or Pearl Travel Congas (which I've never seen except on YouTube/Ebay. Both of these models are "portable" congas, basically conga heads and rims mounted on snare-type stands (they do have a mounting system for the Compact Congas but any standard snare stand will do).

But it's funny you mentioned the quinto in particular. My LP Aspire quinto sounds good, but when I tune it right my LP Compact quinto sounds way better. At the same time, though, I've found that my Compact tumbadora (technically the width of a conga but they don't make one in tumbadora size) rings a little too much. Now, if it's not one of these portable sets I'm not sure what it is, but when you said quinto and not much of a "belly" I thought this might be it.

Compact conga info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivWvv3G2YdI
An great solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UApmkq2HeI

Miguel7 wrote: Now, if it's not one of these portable sets I'm not sure what it is, but when you said quinto and not much of a "belly" I thought this might be it.

I think he means a slim quinto, not one of those compact congas.
And a quinto does not necessarily have to have a wide belly to be "screaming".
EDIT: Compare those different bellys of three LP quintos:The sound differences also lie in the skin (thin mule vs. thick cow, e.g.) - and the player
But then, to discuss sound matters it is high time 6x8 posted the actual link to the video...

For the same amount of space - probably less - you could have bongos.

Edited to add: Talking about the compact congas.

This video caught my attention when i noticed this quinto's open tones are so on point they almost distort the camera's mic.

Distortion (or near-distortion) probably has more to do with the mic on the camera and its relative placement than with the drum.

seisporocho1 wrote:This video caught my attention when i noticed this quinto's open tones are so on point they almost distort the camera's mic.
Then I realized the quinto doesn't seem to have much of a belly. Can anyone tell what drums they're using?
6x8

POST THE LINK!

I love this thread, let's see how long we can all discuss this before we see what he's actually talking about !

sorry guys, I totally forgot to post the link.

I had to research it again cause I couldn't remember the title of the video.

I think it was this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ2NE2O-tyM

Not sure about the conga, but that is most definitely a shitty mic!

Also, did I mention I HATE jam blocks used as guaguas?

Same quinto, better sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlDqeWgw ... re=related
PC

I like the sound of it, has a dry almost goat like timbre to it, reminds me of the kette drums in Jamaica, be interested to hear what Mike LnH thought it was skinned with. Typical beaten up old drum sounding great !

Barrie

The second link of Los Chinitos is a killer, great singing by Juan de Dios and El Negro Triana. That is modern rumba, the way it is played today. You have to have the traditional style guaguanco down and internalized to even hear how the new style fits together. Very fragmented and impressionistic but still in clave. The quinto does sound good, notice he is playing a lot of it one handed. The sound is a combination of the skin, the tuning, the drum shape and size, and the player's technique. No way that is goat, it is a thicker skin, either cow or mule.

That first link sounds horrible, sounds like a combination of mic distortion and digital clipping. The gain on the recorder was turned up too high and probably the mic was not made for such a high sound level. Better to record at too low a level and then make it louder in the editing than to risk recording too hot and cause distortion and clipping. No way to fix that once it is recorded.

The quinto is a SONOC (Caoba wood) probably from the late 70's early 80's. Caoba production stopped in 1984. Los Muñequitos used the same type of quinto, also the late Papin and Yoruba Andabo. Los Chinitos make one piece congas and batas, they are a family in San Miguel De Los Baños.

Dario

Thanks Omelenko.

That's the info I was looking for!

6x8