The Advantages to Cymbal Packs

It is never easy to choose cymbals for your drum set, but today the cymbal manufacturers have made the experience a little better by putting together cymbal packs.  Cymbal packs are a sets of cymbals that have been matched together based on their sound and their type.  If you are a beginning or an intermediate drummer cymbal packs are an excellent option for you.

 

Back when I was a kid cymbals packs did not exist.  If I wanted to buy a new cymbal for my drum set I had to make sure that it matched my other cymbals.  In order to match cymbals I typically had to stay with one brand for cymbals, because different brands just did not match other brands.  I knew of three major manufacturers of cymbals at the time.  They were Zildjian, Paiste, and Camber.  For the most part professional drummers were only using Zildjian or Paiste cymbals. Camber cymbals were for beginners and intermediate players because they were inexpensive and they were slightly better than the starter sets that were included with most drum sets at the time.  Generally, players would choose between Zildjian and Paiste based on the type of music they played.  Drummers who played “Heavy Metal” chose Paiste cymbals because they had both a cutting and explosive sound.  There were two types of Zildjian cymbals; there were “A” Zildjians and there were “K” Zildjians.  “A” Zildjian cymbals were considered a good all around cymbals for “Pop”, “Orchestral”, and “Country” music because of their bright and controlled sound.  “K” Zildjian cymbals typically had a darker, more sustained sound which made   them the perfect choice for “Jazz”.

These days, Zildjian and Paiste are both still going strong, and there are also a few other cymbal manufacturers that have emerged, such

as Sabian, Meinl, and Crescent cymbals.  All of these manufacturers are making cymbals for all kinds of music, and they are also producing different blends of metals, to produce a wider range of sounds, and make them more affordable.  They are all also producing cymbal packs which make it much easier to choose cymbals that sound good together.  Some of the most popular cymbals packs are the Zildjian ZBT cymbal packs, the Sabian B8 Cymbalpacks, and the Paiste PST Cymabl Packs.