Talk me out of buying a drumset with the sales this weekend. Baby
I know it is against the direct purpose of this sub...
I have a newborn at home and really really want to buy my first drumset with Labor Day sales.
Anybody find any drumset keeps a kid awake when paired with quieter heads and "silent" cymbals?
Drumset would be in my office pretty separate from the living spaces the baby will be sleeping in or hanging out in (30+ feet). I would put it on a rug or platform to help isolate.
I have heard acoustic works much better than electronic for really developing groove so I am ideally not interested in electronic solutions.
I have a tama true touch and muted snare already I have been learning on which seemed to be the already more practical option. That has not bothered my kid at all but it isnt really satisfying the desire to drum.
If it really won't work though then I will probably just get a nicer snare to scratch the itch and work on those fundamentals until a drumset is more practical. Anybody have advice on when that might be? (Few months, when they are five... etc)
TYIA.
My local music shops didn't have a drumset set up with quieter heads.
I would be getting a set in jazz sizes as I am almost exclusively interested in jazz and related styles.
Posted Sep 2, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC