Toca
designers collaborated with studio percussionist Doug Hinrichs in the
creation of Toca Natural Shakers. They've taken care of the bane of
studio players doing shaker overdubs and they send the condiments back
to the kitchen. Fact is, they do look like home creations or, at least,
indigenous hand crafts. Which, as it turns out, is a pretty accurate
description of what's gone down here.
The body of both the 4-1/2" and 6-1/2" available models
is formed of natural rawhide, shaped into a cylinder. The ends (think
of a barrel cover) are stitched finely, sealed over, and, aside from
the natural vibe, that's about it. Except there's one really thoughtful
design coup that is going to rocket the new Toca Natural Shakers into
percussionists' and drummers' leather bags: the fill material. It's
not buckshot and it's not plastic beads. It's bits of hardened rawhide!
The shuffling dry shake of the new Toca Natural Shakers is a studio
drummer's dream. These shakers do not generate horrendous sound pressure
levels, saturate mic levels with unnecessary volume thresholds or bone
crunching frequencies. Rawhide strikes rawhide—organic, natural,
perfect.
We've mentioned studio but we should emphasize that, with the proliferation
of acoustic-based world/singer-songwriter/jazz acts, many of them duos,
the Toca Natural Rawide Shaker will be in demand.
Toca
designers collaborated with studio percussionist Doug Hinrichs in the
creation of Toca Natural Shakers. They've taken care of the bane of
studio players doing shaker overdubs and they send the condiments back
to the kitchen. Fact is, they do look like home creations or, at least,
indigenous hand crafts. Which, as it turns out, is a pretty accurate
description of what's gone down here.
