The knob adjusts the tension of the snare wires to produce a wide variety of timbres, from totally clean sounds with the snare fully off, all the way up to a tight, cracking snare like a traditional kit drummer is used to. The snare dials into a specific spot on the head so it’s almost like the snare sound gets added to the mix of possible sounds by striking the head in the “hot spot”, while maintaining, the usual range of clean bass, mid-tone, and rim shots sounds.
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The C7D hybrid-cajon is like nothing you have ever heard before, yet all the familiar elements are there such that it is easy to jump right in and make music.
The sound really is a hybrid with the low bass of a djembe, the round open tones of a conga, the energetic finger work of the box cajon and in between there are muted tones, multiple bass tones, melodic rim shots, various open tones, clicks and taps and pink and ponk and we haven't even dialed up the snare yet! For latin players it plays like a cajon, african players take it in that direction, cajon players love it because it adds the middle and bottom to the cajon. Some compare the woody purity to the tongue drum, the slit drum, or hang drum
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