20" K Zildjian Crash Ride compared with K Zildjian Ride and K Zildjian Jazz Ride

Описание: I recently bought a 20” K Zildjian Crash Ride. Let’s see how it sounds compared with a K Zildjian Ride and a Zildjian Jazz Ride.

0:05 K Zildjian Crash Ride
0:49 K Zildjian Ride
1:34 K Zildjian Jazz Ride
2:21 All three, quick comparison

The first Zildjian cymbal I bought was a 16” A Zildjian Crash Ride. I’m not sure why I bought a Crash Ride. (And in retrospect, how bizarre that they used to make a 16" cymbal that counted as "ride.") Maybe I thought it could function both as a crash and a ride, and I needed both but could only afford one. But actually, it wasn’t great at either crashing or riding. Later, when I bought a real 20” A Zildjian ride, I replaced the 16" cymbal with a medium crash.

Lately I’ve been gravitating toward washier cymbals, and I wanted something in between my K Zildjian Ride and my K Zildjian Pre-Aged Light Ride. I thought I found it with the K Zildjian Jazz Ride, but there’s a frequency that I hear when I crash the Jazz Ride that doesn’t work for me. (I'm selling that one.) So I thought I’d try the Crash Ride.

And I like it. Less defined than the K Ride, and a nicer crash. Slightly less defined than the Jazz Ride too, and I prefer the Crash Ride’s crash.

What do you think?

Equipment
—K Zildjian cymbals
—DW drums
—Blue Hummingbird overhead mics
—Shure SM57 snare mic
—AKG D112 kick mic
—Apogee Element 88 interface
—Logic Pro (for recording)
—Digital Performer (for mixing)
—Fujifilm X100V
—Final Cut Pro