REMOdrum head Black X Snare drum 13" BX-0813-10

Nothing to dislike about this snare skin. responds well to tuning, great sound, looks good, excellent attack and decay, couldn't ask for a better skin for my snare. I'm hooked on these from now on.

I will rate:ToneSustainDurabilityEase of TuningFeelStyle of MusicFirst off, I like this head because of the sound it produces and how it matches the style of music I play; I use a hazy Remo ambassador snare side to keep a more open resonant tone from my drum/head combination. I tried using this skin on a wood snare with Remo Black Suede Snare Side and I found it sounded short and rubbery. I used it in a recording and I wasn't too impressed, I enjoyed its fierce volume and feel with the stick but it was just too dark and low. The size I use on my current set up is14" x 5.5" Worldmax Steel snare. Remo Black X (batter) Hazy Ambassador (Snare Side)The tone of this snare head is dark but tuned correctly it will suit a lot of modern rock and hip hop, although I use a steel snare I think it would suit a wood snare tuned medium to high and if you watched the Remo video, it sounds great on the acrylic snare they use. There is a reverse dot on the underside of the snare head so when you play this drum, I suggest using 5A sticks, 2Bs are to fat and they bring out some odd tones and 7As may only work for acoustic gigs as this head is thick. It's not suited for brushes or Rods however. This drum head is promoted as being for heavy hitters, and rightly so, if you want a good amount of tone then learn how to snap your wrist with a more power and sink your stick into the skin, it can take a beating and overall produces a warm tone and a great attack and tuned correctly you can achieve a fat sound without it being "dead".Admittedly this head isn't very articulate on deeper drums, if you use a brass drum for instance, it sounds very wet and you will have use some moon gel, a 6" deep drum is probably a good size, anymore you will have overtones that won't sit well in a recording and your engineer will hate you. I say use a regular steel snare drum or a birch/maple snare drum that's 5.5" deep and 14" diameter.I perceive "sustain" of this head with the combination of Snare drum itself and Snare Side head that you use and how tightly you have tensioned your snare wires. Simply by using a clear/Hazy snare side head and having your wire tension medium to loose, then you can hear a good crack with decent overtones and a general "open" sound to this snare head. Compared to a regular Coated Ambassador snare head then this head does seem darker and muffled but this head is designed this way so don't expect to use this head for Jazz, it has controlled highs, boosted mids and low end. This head has a little less sustain than a regular coated snare head but you have more control because of its tuning range and how well it works with Moon Gel, you can achieve a fat, dry sound as well as a wet, open tone.I have had this head for about 8 months and I use it every week for rehearsals or just for fun. At least 3 times a week it has been played and the only difference now from when it was new, is the centre of the drum is smoothing out compared to the rest of the "suede" feel to the head. It hasn't discoloured nor has the centre of the head become damaged and the coating hasn't turned clear like some of the other heads I've used. This head will last me a few more years at least. I take care of my kit and my heads, I use top quality drum sticks and have worked on my drumming technique so not to ruin my drum heads every time I hit the studio. This is my opinion, when I tuned this head; I never bothered "seating" the head because I am not a savage. I broke it in naturally by tuning it to the range I needed, played it for about 20 minutes then tuned it back up to pitch, I repeated this process a few times a day over a few days and it stayed in tune and has done since.This head was surprisingly easy to tune but I advise trying out a few pitches because it's deceiving so spend some time with it and getting used to its tone before settling for one sound. Fortunately I use a keyboard and can tune it relative to a pitch. I tuned mine to a D and the same with the snare side; I used a regular tuning key, not a drum dial or a drill because I am not a savage. Finally if you are experienced in tuning drum heads then it will only take you 5 minutes, maybe less.This snare head feels nice with a good weighted stick, 5A or 5B are perfect sizes, 7As feel too light and don't give enough tone although these are perfect for acoustic sets. Hotrods and Brushes are pointless as the skin wasn't designed with use for brushes. The projection is astonishing, teamed with a steel snare it cuts through the music to your level, if you want to match your music then you can play with a regular stick technique but if you want to climax your music and crank up the volume then lay in to the skin and hear it come alive, it's a beast of a drum head. The stick rebound is good but not great, use 5A sticks, if you use something heavier then it just dribbles off the skin and doesn't make snare rolls easy, if you use 7A sticks then it gives off far too much rebound and you need to work harder to gain a clean snare roll.Tone = DarkSustain = MediumDurability = HighEase of Tuning = Very EasyFeel = Good Rebound, reverse dot works brilliantly.Style of Music = Modern Rock, Acoustic, Hip-Hop.I can't rate out of 10 as it doesn't make sense. If you enjoy the heavier tone from your snare heads and you want something a little fatter to compensate for the music you play then this head will work far batter than a regular ambassador. This head gives a warm tone with a good amount of low end and it tunes well at medium to low range, if you want to tune it high then you will need to do a lot of tweaking to receive a good overall sound because it's high end freq's are controlled, you will always have some overtones in this snare head but Moon Gel will work perfectly and doesn't kill off the heads tone. It has amazing projection and fierce volume. Enjoy.Robert|Gibson

I recently reacquired an old drum kit of mine that was being stashed at a friends house, and I decided to replace the 10” snare I had been playing with a new kit I’d bought with the 14” Ludwig snare that was from the older kit, which sort of demanded that I replace the old and worn out heads before incorporating it into my new kit. And because I always liked the black suede style of drum heads that Remo produces, I decided to finally give their Black X snare head a try, as I had been unable to previously because they don’t offer it for 10” snare drums. And hot damn, was it worth the wait! Admittedly, it did require a little more fine tuning then I usually feel is needed to get the tone and POP juuust right, but once I finally got everything dialed in just so, I really couldn’t be happier with how my snare sounds now, big and bad and forceful, and loud as hell haha. For real, it almost overpowers the rest of the drum set, almost but it doesn’t. No, it just sounds like i won’t have to worry about buying a new snare for a good long while haha. Long story short, I can’t recommend this drum head enough if you’re in the market for a new batter side snare head. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (that’s 5 stars, in case my emojis don’t come through in my review haha)

Took a while to get here, but so worth it! I finally found my sound, and it looks badass

Tengo una batería vieja y con este parche ha mejorado un montón el sonido. Muy contento con su calidad y su color.

Su grosor es evidente al tacto (al sacarlo del empaque) y además agrega mucho cuerpo al sonido, además de una sensación de seguridad porque en efecto aguanta dinámicas más fuertes al tocar. Aporta buen timbre y buen look, el mío llegó con lo que se podría decir como un pequeño "recargón" en una parte cercana al aro (pero aún en la parte plástica), pero nada del otro mundo, no estaba roto y cuando fue instalado se desapareció ese ligero doblez, ya llevo meses usándolo y va de maravilla.

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