Welch Tuning Systems Product Overview
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Sweetwater‘s Nick D‘Virgilio takes a deep dive into a relative newcomer: Welch Tuning Systems. Founded by Samuel Welch in 2015, each WTS drum features a single master tuning key that adjusts all the lugs, the batter head, and the resonate head simultaneously. This system not only reduces weight and opens up shell resonance, but also makes drastic and rapid tuning swaps a breeze, even on the fly! You can jump all the way from bright and snappy to dark, muted depths in a matter of seconds. Check it out!
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Damn! That tune on the fly option is a must have.
I was at namm the year they debuted and I really hoped they’d see success. Of all the universal tuning systems that have since come out, wts is still my favorite. It’s a trip go experience it in person. If you have the means, I urge you to purchase one and support this wonderful company.
Oh yeah. Saving up for one. My first "boutique" drum ever!
I think Nick had fun with this one!
I bought this drum and it's a keeper!
The tuning method looks like a baroque timpani. It was a good demonstration!😁 From Japan👍
Interesting concept. You would think this system would pull down more on the side that the twist tuner is on. To tune all points of the drum equally is brilliant.
The pulleys minimize stiction to help balance tension around the entirety of the drum. We generally recommend giving cable on the opposing side of the drum a couple of pinches on either side of one of the pulleys to help ensure that the tension is even.
I've seen this company before and i absolutely love the idea!👍
That's a modern on a very old-school tuning system... old military drums, and way before that, the African djembe both use this same concept! Very nice. As always, the main issue for a snare drum, is that you almost always the snare side tighter than the top...
Exactly! Of course, with the snare drum, snare side heads are typical far thinner and will automatically be tuned higher than the batter head when under equal tension.
I like that there's less hardware on the shell. I'm sure a brass or bronze version would sound good. More resonance out of the shell with less metal parts bolted on to it. I like the equal tension on top and bottom too. Big fan of single tension drums. This thing is great!
They make a brass version, too!
The brass version is the Steve Pruitt model Nick mentioned in the video.
@@ldcsam1 thank you for the information.
I find myself putting on my glasses more and more often, Nick. The struggle is real! Haha at least you look better than me in my glasses.. Trust me!!😁
Fascinating drum.
My goodness. Sweetwater always 💯
Very clever !
Cool. Now give it a foot controlled motorized tuning system.
There is an Italian manufacturer that has been using this system on its drums for quite a few years.
Who are they?
@@482jpsquared
Di Berardino Drums.
Very nice
Seems just the thing for a busy multi-genre studio.
Absolutely! Or a busy, versatile drummer.
@@WelchTuningSystemsInc Or even a lazy home studio drummer who just doesn't want to waste his/her time tuning.
Drummers play stringed instruments now.
Nice snare drum!
It looks kinda like ... a very old military drums used in 19th century or even before. It's cool though.
cool
Nice
isn't that actually based off one of, if not the oldest tuning system on drums?
Yep! Classic concept modernized for practical use.
interesting and sounds good, but the ability to retune quickly would be lost on me. I tend to set it an forget it until the drum needs a tweak to get it back to where it started.
This is totally understandable. It's quite reasonable that some drummers wouldn't consider changing tunings often if the process isn't very practical. As soon as the concept becomes a reality, the creative opportunities become more apparent.
can i put these tuners on an LM400? Would they fit?
Hey, Mack Doggs. This will only work on the Welch drums since the lugs are placed in a certain way.
I hope this helps.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
It’s a single tension concept.
Kiss of death when Nick had to put glasses on to change heads lol It should not be this difficult. I saw Cole Paramore and Rick Dior do drum head reviews on YT. They did it on a dialtune snare. You can tune the drum up or down a lot easier with the big ergonomic dial than this tiny key on the Welch. I reckon maybe 10-15 head changes in under 10 minutes. Some people said the Welch Tuning system was better in those video's. So I had to check it out on YT. Which bought up Sweetwater. But after watching Nick waste a good half hr trying to change heads (Speeded up of course). I'm thinking Bill Belichck, Whose your starting QB this week ? Yeah..... next ? 😀
I posted with a link to the Dialtune snare; it seems to have gone missing. Not sure why; I'm fairly certain this product doesn't compete directly with a thousand dollar snare that has separate knobs for tuning the batter and snare side heads AND has quick-release rims, allowing both offset tunings AND blazing fast head changes.
Hardly! We had the pleasure of getting to spend some serious time with the WTS Artistry and Epiphany drums, trying different tunings and replacing heads. The drumhead replacement process is an absolute breeze and only gets easier as you do it more (gotta get used to a new approach, after all). We got to the point where we could swap heads and tune up a drum in a fraction of the time with WTS vs. a traditional drum and the use of a drill.
nope im def not going through all that just to change a head
An Italian drum company used this tuning system more than 15 years ago. I would not invest in it.
This system functions in a unique way that improves upon what came before it, providing a simple and reliable means of tensioning your drumheads efficiently.
@@WelchTuningSystemsInc As you say, no need to argue.
haha ,,,used to be rope and leather !
Right?! Things have certainly come a long way since then...
What no foot pedal.
So supposed I really hate the drummer in my band. I can introduce this drum to him. Let him use until he addicts to it. One day I make a small dent in the cable, and hopefully the next day he won't be able to reproduce.
🤔
But you lose 80% of a drums dynamic range with even-tension systems…
It’s great for simplicity, but it’s no replacement for dual-tension.
But you can still control the starting point of both from different pitches.. so that stays relative.
I think this system is great for snares but not that much for toms since you lose the option of getting different tones. That being said, other instruments do not have to deal with two tunable elements , so this system essentially simplifies things. Also, you have to remember those old rope tensioned snare drums were tuned the same way i.e. the top and bottom head at the same time so you can argue this system replicates that one.
In fact now that I think about it, other than bata and taiko drums, tom-toms are the only drums that have two heads. And with the bata drum, both heads are played, while with the taiko, the other head works only as a fixed resonating element, so tom-toms are an anomaly. Sorry, I'm rambling at this point! Have a nice day! 😄
Hmmm, 80% loss of dynamic range? That certainly wasn't our experience with these drums. We'd be super curious to know what your source is for that stat. We've spent quite a bit of time with three different WTS kits and, in fact, they all seemed to have a wider dynamic range than most drums, which we attributed to the minimal hardware piercing the shell. Never once as we were experimenting with different tunings did we lament the inability to tune the batter independently from the reso. The quality of tone left little to nothing more to be desired.
Another solution to a problem nobody has.
Respectfully, as a person with a wife, small kids, and very little time on my hands to replace and tune drums, I am simply unable to spend the time tuning drums like I did before I had to worry about irritating the crap out of everyone around me. This is absolutely a solution to a problem I had. I get that some people can quickly tune a standard drum, but I’ve never been one of those people. But I got a WTS snare and had it tuned up about 10 seconds after unboxing it and it has been in tune since.
Ah, but there's a difference between a problem that you can't relate to and one that nobody has. If this allows drummers to have another means of creating a more musical performance by adapting the tuning to the context, especially in a shorter span of time, we're all for it!
Shawn, this is the solution to the problem every drummer has had. That problem is the time consumption consumed to get the perfect sound from any and every drum. With WTS, as seen in the video, you can get many perfect sounds in just mere seconds. Thank You WTS, Nick, and Sweetwater.
@@SoundsLikeADrum Agree!
Very clever !