Dude I’m just here to say I used this method with a fresh emad the night before I went into the studio yesterday - I wish I could show you the result. My kick sounded like an absolute cannon. This method is fantastic. Tried and true. The engineer was impressed with the raw sound we were able to get.
"This is not freaking trigonometry...". Actually the science involved is a lot more complex, that's the genius of your approach, because the complicated part is already sorted out by the manufacturer of the drum. Taking a visual indicator of tension like the wrinkles makes both the drum shell and the head to sound extremely close to the ideal sound they're designed to deliver. I really like your tuning technique because it makes perfect sense. Thanks for the video
I'm a guitar player who keeps an old junky kit in my house and I had that load of laundry till i broke down and bought a new set of ambassadors and watched this video.
Used his method on Snare wire placement when tuning the reso side of a snare about a month or so ago and it worked very well! So come this weekend when I decide to re-tune my drums I'm gonna try to tune all my drums with Rob's tuning method. Tried it on one tom and I got both heads tuned that way and checked pitches with a Tune-Bot within about 5 to 10 minutes!👍🏼
Absolutely brilliant Rob! I play gospel music in my home church. I retuned my bass drum this morning before our practice session...oh my word! What a sound, what a "punch" with no overtone. It altered the whole feel of how I play and I got some great feed back from the keyboard player (worship leader). Thanks man...love what you do! 😊
I admire how simple you make things. I’m a 53 year old man. At the time I grew up, the 70’s-80’s, most toms had no resonant head. During the late 80’s we wanted thump and no sustain. During the 90’s, I had sound from heads killed, and triggered. I’ve recently started playing again after a 24 year hiatus. It’s amazing how bad one can become, after no play at all in that time period. Plus, actually tuning these batter-resonant heads has provided a level of complexity and frustration that, has all but removed my desire to play! We need more folks following your lead. Simplicity is beauty!
Your never too old to get started again! I switched to Bass for about 10 years and am now back to my drumming now!! Buy the best dampening Heads and use a pillow in you Kick! For those of us that enjoy playing drums in our living room studios, the rest of the house won't get their teeth rattled so much!!
Best method I have ever tried. I used it on a DW 22 collectors with new Evans heads and DAMN!. I am 57 years old, and I always thought I could get a good sound out of a kick, but this method made my kick an atomic bomb. I also tried it on a 20 inch Gretsch I have and again... BOOM! I have never had a 20 inch kick sound that powerful. Thanks Rob!
I bought a vintage japanese kit at a yard sale for $100. It was the former house kit at a local punk bar, where it was brutally abused. It didnt even sound like a drum set anymore. An employee at guitar center told me it belonged in a dumpster. I didnt listen to that. All it needed was new heads, and some tutoring from Rob Brown. I had the same reaction you have in this video. Thank you for all your videos!
I literally rewatched the test hit and reaction at least 15 times. Absolutely priceless!! I switched to an empty kick with a coated EMAD about a year ago and I will never go back!
Batman I was wondering the same thing. It sounded like it was paper and he punched right through it. I need to listen again with good headphones. All that aside, his tuning tips have been a life saver. I’ve always been able to get great drum sounds but was going about it completely haphazard. I would be continuously experimenting , trying anything and everything in constantly changing sequences until at last by sheer perseverance and luck I’d arrive at a killer tone. Now it takes me a FRACTION of the time it used to. In fact, I can do the entire kit now in the time it used to take me to do just the kick. THANK YOU ROB BROWN! You are the Best. Subbed
One of my favourite things about tuning this way, besides the result, is that it can be done anywhere so quickly and you don’t have to worry about the noise around you while your tuning. Simple and easy to do. I remember the first time I tuned my kick after watching the first video, I’m pretty sure I had the same reaction as Rob did in this one. Keep up the great work!
Just took off both heads on my Tama 22”Superstar Classic bass drum and followed this method. Worked very well, just needed a couple tweaks but now it can break glass from 100 yards. Batter head is an Evans G2 clear with an Evans EQ3 resonant head. I don’t use laundry for muffling, just a small rolled up piece of foam taped snug to the batter head with 2 small pieces of non stick duct tape. BOOM!
Did this with a cheapo CB kick last night with new Evans heads as prescribed... instant satisfaction. I've been bringing a CB kit to new life thanks to this man's gifts!
years of fine-tuning, gadgets and techniques all came down to Rob and his ripple tuning..... IT WORKS GREAT!!!!! just in the studio replaced Kick, toms, snare and they all sounded the best with little effort and maximum sound quality with Robs ripple technique.....Life is short and time is valuable and is now saved Thank you Rob!!! I am very paticular and this technique works amazingly!!! you are my hero !!!
As Ive watched so many video's, i'd love to hang out with this dude, like he's my mentor or something and well he is now basically. I never heard most stuff he's shown from anyone else so far on you tube.
I just took up playing again after some 25 years. Thank you for helping me back in with every video you have made. You sir are my Masterclass re-introduction to a passion I almost lost. Bravo!
My ported Gretsch Catalina 18 kick now sounds more awesome than it did before, it breathes, and has just the right tone and envelope, and the Vic Firth pillow is GONE! It will be great, mic’d or not. My toms and I are very happy too. Struggles are over.
I'm an engineer, not a player. We have a crappy kick drum at our church and fight it every week. Used your tuning technique yesterday. Dang! Deep, punchy and an instant fix. Drummer could feel the difference too. Still needed a touch of damping on the front head, but wow. Just wow. Thanks so much Rob! Toms are next!
Rob! Wow! I've been a percussionist/drummer for 37 years, and music teacher for 25 years. And about 3 years ago, I found you on UA-cam. Since then - your simple little tricks or tips have been awesome! Your whole way of tuning totally changed my mind and how I tune. I mentioned this technique to my brother (a drummer for 5 more years than me) and he still swears by (especially for snare) alternating, tapping the edge, making sure it all sounds right, etc.... says there is no other way to do it....but likes how my kit(s) sound - even the less expensive "practice" kit that I have! Ha! He doesn't believe me when I tell him I tune each drum in about 5 minutes or less! I even had to re-tune a brand new snare right before my band was ready to play, something wasn't right - don't know exactly - but as the other guys were wrapping up there tuning etc... I flipped my snare over did the bottom head, and then the top - all the while my guys looking at like - "we need to be ready to go" and right when the lead singer turned to me to ask if I was ready, I flipped the snares on and started the show! Awesome - keep the videos coming! Great tips for all levels! I even referred a young student, who's family bought them a drum set for Christmas, to your UA-cam channel!
When that bass drum hit, I climaxed. Tried this on my new bass drum and climaxed again. Tuned the rest of my brand new kit using these handy dandy tuning methods, and now I'm like a teenage boy on prom night. I CAN'T WAIT to play my brand new, beautifully tuned drums live this weekend. Rob, THANK YOU for your service! You're doing the Lord's work, my friend.
Been tuning my kicks (20"s and 22"s) with this method ever since I saw the first video years ago. I have only gotten positive feedback, and they always sound killer to MY ears. thanks, Rob...
Rob, Sir, I have NEVER had such an easy time tuning my kick drum and having it sound so stinking good with no muffling other than the EMAD ring. I've always used pillows and such. After tuning with this method it sounds so good totally empty. Like an absolute bazooka. I love it. Thanks so much!
Definitely gets the job done!! I saw the first one and my kicks have sounded great since!! No more fear of changing heads and not being able to get em to sound good again!! TIFTIB!!
I'm gigging tonight; I have NEVER watched a video, tuned it to the spec of the UA-camr and just gone "yeah I'll give it a listen but I don't need to, I trust him" before today. My bass drum sounds INSANE now. THANK YOU
The original video that started it all for me. I had no tuning experience before watching Beatdown's original tuning videos. Those videos alone turned me into a tuning ninja. I still get compliments on my sound years later. Rob, again, thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU for this. You earned my subscription years ago for those videos, and I continue to spread the word of #MaximumThumpification.
I discovered your channel about a week ago, and just used this video for tunning my Bass drum and I did the snare too from your other video. Sounds a whole lot better now ! (and I've given a few tries over the years with different videos...). I like the "don't over think it" approach, simple, no fuss. Thanks a lot, with love all the way from France ;)
The only draw back is this method thumpified the walls of my house... No joke. The walls shake. Had my son hit it while I went into another room and BOOOOOM shake the room. I am a drummer of around 25 years, I had always used a port hole and put weight/blanket inside my bass drum. It was the only way I could get any thump. Turns out I was missing out. I put a new reso head without a hole on and took out the blanket and weight... Daym. This method of yours Mr. Brown is amazing. Two sticks up man.
Hey Mr. Rob, after I busted my kicks head the day before my gig, I followed your advice on achieving maximum thumpifacation for my kick drum. Now all the other drums on my kit sound a little jealous. Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise 🙏🫡 Keep keeping it funkarifficafied🤙
I have never been able to have a good sounding bass drum, I've looked up tons of tuning videos, and I tried this one time, and it sounds amazing now. Thank you!
REB 75 years old. Started drumming in the high school band. Base drum at church was damaged and had to be replaced. Got a 24in. stage custom yamah. I tuned it flat and turned it back like you said on the reso head. Did the same on beater head and added another quarter turn. Did this at home without any pedal or mallets. Put together at church, best sounding bass I ever tu;ned. Thanks for the video. Watch you often. I call myself the ole motown drummer.
Just got a set of Pearl Decade maple, and tuning up and setting up. I’m so stoked watching your videos on how to do all this, this kit is gonna be awesome in a little bit! Thank you so much!
I just used all of your drum tuning videos to tune up my 1968 Pearl Thunderking with my Pearl Mahogany Classic snare and I now sound like John Bonham...Thank you Rob!!
Man, this was so helpful! My kick just wasn't sounding right, too much resonant sound and not enough thump. Just tuned it and waaaaay better! I watched the Tom video next and my toms are so good now! Sounds like a whole new kit.
I saw this video about a year and a half ago and have been using this method ever since. I swear by it. I've had sound techs tell my bass drum was the easiest they've ever had to mic. Thanks for simplifying what didn't need to be complicated.
Rob i have been watching your videos scince i started drumming and i think you are the best man to go for tips for tuning. All these other people teaching us newbies how to tune are just making things way too hard for us.... Love you and i thank you for all these videos that you put out. Greetings from Croatia 😙😍
@@RobBeatdownBrown Seroiusly you are one of the coolest indtructors if i may say so out here on youtube, ill be sure to be a patron of yours as soon as the paycheck is here 😁
I've just rewatched your first bass drum video yesterday to refine my bass drum sound and today you uploaded the remake, such a coincidence! Thank you for your tuning videos Rob, they're always the most practical
Thought I liked my bass drum sound but oh man, just tuned my kick with your process and DAYUM my bass drum sounds the best it ever has. Now I'm going to do my snare and toms your way too. Maximum thumpification indeed, so excited!
Rob, excellent simple tuning lesson, straight to the point and well done. Your analogies, humor and demeanor make your video lessons a pleasure to watch. After 45 yrs of playing, I can still watch your entire video. Great job dude...
After you Tom tuning vid I went to this one. I did it and WOW! It was 4am when I finished. Couldn't try till Saturday. Well at 9:30 am I hopped back there a couldn't stop playing till 9:30 that evening. I have achieved Maximum Thumpafacation! My set never sounded so good. You're irreplaceable 🤘
I know this is an old video but gotta say was great timesaver. Been playing since the age of 12, now 47 years old. I’ve always been able to get perfect tuning. My new Yamaha kit was not impressing me as far as the kick. I don’t use muffling and simply use a Aquarian super kick. Before loading up for a gig in Nashville, I tried this method. Sounds great now.
Love your videos. Thank you !! And YES, unfortunately my kick drum DOES look like a load of laundry ! That absolutely cracked me up laughing. Good one ! And so true.
Killer method brother and it sounds great. I was a D’Addario dealer for quite some time. That’s Evans heads. I was told by one of the guys who helped developed their head clamp that stretching Evans heads cracks the glue and kills the resonance. As far as my experience with all things Evans that is absolutely true. I’ve never experienced that issue with other brands. Having said that, I prefer the Evans tone above any other batter head as long as they stretch out naturally without pressing down to pre-stretch. Just FYI for anyone having that issue with that brand.
Just used this method to tune a Stage custom birch. Color tone head and stock Yamaha reso. No port hole. It has a hammering boom with a tone that shakes everything in the room including the floor. Definitely the most wicked sounding 22” I have owned so far. No muffling so far. I am playing it bare naked.
Just recently got "real" with drums, for a long time I got tainted with pub kits, bad setups, junk gear and decided I would just get decent at playing whatever was put in front of me. Finally got steady band going and im back into nerding out with gear and actually paying attention to proper tuning and trying to improve the sound of my (quite mediocre) kit. stumbled upon your channel a week or two ago and have almost watched every one of em! Thanks for the tricks and tips!
I'm a producer not a drummer so I was looking how can I set my drums and you are the first dude that say don't count.. I will defiantly try it ..tysm 🙏💙
I have fallen in love with my kick drum all over again!! Thank you! I used this video, combined with your muffling video. My old Ludwig kick sounds like a cannon! Had the dance floor packed with maximum thumpification!
Easiest bass drum tuning ever! Just tried on my kit with Evans emad2 and EQ3 front. Took out all "laundry" i had inside ;) And it sounds awsome! Big thanks!
10:04 - Haha 😄 Damn, those kettlebells are effective ! That's a comment any woman would like to be able to make after using them. "All my wrinkles are now gone."
I put my wife's 10 pound kettle bell in the middle of my bass drum, wrinkles appeared, turned it flat, then back, and got the best sound I've ever had in minutes. Repeated it on my rack and floor tom: pure magic. Fantastic advice Rob, and my sincere thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience.
This is golden. I run a 20” x 14” Gretsch Catalina Club bass drum, and I had just resigned myself to having a sucky kit. I had already gotten new heads and just couldn’t enjoy playing-that’s how bad the tuning was. But after following Rob’s advice (on all my drums), I suddenly have an incredible kit that is FUN to play. The bass hits like a cannon, and I am super pumped again.
Those guys honestly annoy me with their videos!! They talk WAY too much and end uo complicating things, where as Rob makes it simple and easy, and he's such a chill dude and doesnt ramble on.
First, thanks Rob - I can't get enough of your videos. Hack drummer for most of my life and at 52 I want to be better than I ever was, I appreciate your stuff. So thumpification. Got a Pearl Roadshow set, lower end Pearl. I've drummed on Exports most of my life and a low end Mapex set. I miss that Mapex set, it was junk when I got it used, wish I kept it. Low end Meinl cymbal pack, good enough for working chops. Replaced the stock heads with Remo Ambassador heads, tuned the tom resonant heads down. Snare sounds ok for what I'm working on. Love the sound from my toms now, especially my floor tom. I wasn't happy with the floor and bass for a while until I replaced the heads. Can't tell you enough how happy I am with that floor tom. Bass.. nope. Watched this video and others like it. Loved your "emptying laundry" out of the bass comment, I laughed but I f'd with it for a long time, took the resonant head off maybe a dozen times. Pillow, towel, bare. For drummers out there who want the sound they want my only advice is to be patient and don't be afraid to take your kit apart and play with it. Everyone wants to get their work in but if your kit sounds like crap how satisfying is that? Take the time and know your kit, it's a good time investment. What I wound up doing is - if a pillow or something is touching your batter or resonant head it's going to sound like you're dropping a dead body on a hardwood floor. I wanted some resonance but wanted punch and not too much resonance. I wound up putting some pieces of duct tape on my Remo batter head - 4 5 inch strips or so, one or two nearer the center head below my batters. 4 pieces of gorilla black tape on the black resonant head like in a box. Stuck two of those cheezy thin hospital pillows in there, not touching either head and boom. I spent two hours just hitting them liking the sound. Play around, find your sweet spot. Peace
Rob, was never happy with my 22" Pearl Export bass drum sound. Replaced the batter head and tuned according to your method. It's now sounds as if my drum has a mic on it! Thumpification achieved! Can't thank you enough!
I just got my first kit, a used Pearl Forum with barely used original heads. I put on fresh Evans heads and started watching your tuning videos to get started. I didn't have the kettle bell, but I scared up 8lbs of steel (two 3" ball bearings stacked in a coffee tub to centralize the pressure) and followed along...it sounds right sweet. I'm going to play with it for a while before considering any damping. Time to watch your videos about tuning toms and the snare and then to get the kit set up and sit down. Thank you for the work.
Shut in due to Covid 19 lock down, I got all new heads mail order and re-tuned my entire kit using your snare and tom tutorials, and today I finally achieved Maximum Thumpification. In 30 years of playing as an amateur and hobbyist, my drums have never sounded so good. "don't over-think it", "don't gum up your heads with tape", "get the laundry out of your kick", "let the shells sound how they want to sound". All great advice, and my mid-level PDP shells (not a starter kit, but certainly not pro quality either) sound so good. I always just assumed I needed to drop $3k to hear this tone, when all it really needed was new heads, new snare wires, a few moon gels and your tutorials. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Today I tuned my bass drum following your tutorial. Man does it have punch! And after 30 years of playing drums it’s the first time that my bass drum is empty! Thank you very much for this great video and in general your high quality content!
dude.... I thought it was pretty damn good at tuning my kick drum but I tried your method and this thing thumps. I have never had a sexier sound with my kick drum you sir are a genius
Dude I’m just here to say I used this method with a fresh emad the night before I went into the studio yesterday - I wish I could show you the result. My kick sounded like an absolute cannon. This method is fantastic. Tried and true. The engineer was impressed with the raw sound we were able to get.
Awesome!
I did the same exact thing. When the engineer played back I accused him of playing someone else's work! He said, " No man...this is YOU!"
All I can say bro thank you coz you really saved my gig❤
Protect this Man at all costs.
"This is not freaking trigonometry...". Actually the science involved is a lot more complex, that's the genius of your approach, because the complicated part is already sorted out by the manufacturer of the drum. Taking a visual indicator of tension like the wrinkles makes both the drum shell and the head to sound extremely close to the ideal sound they're designed to deliver. I really like your tuning technique because it makes perfect sense. Thanks for the video
“Looks like a load of laundry” hahaha
Seriously dude. Some folks have a whole set of bedding in there!
Mexicans love doing that lol.
My drummer must be a post apocalyptic prepper... Got his whole bed stuck in it..Pillow, blanket, light..
I'm a guitar player who keeps an old junky kit in my house and I had that load of laundry till i broke down and bought a new set of ambassadors and watched this video.
Sometimes triggers don't respond without the kick effectively deadened.
@@samuelpalmquist2190 good to know. What kind of triggers do you use?
revisiting 5 years down the track. my drums have never sounded better since Rob released these videos. thanks Rob.
I swear man, I have learned so many actual useful tips from you in such a short period of time. Keep it up.
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Used his method on Snare wire placement when tuning the reso side of a snare about a month or so ago and it worked very well! So come this weekend when I decide to re-tune my drums I'm gonna try to tune all my drums with Rob's tuning method. Tried it on one tom and I got both heads tuned that way and checked pitches with a Tune-Bot within about 5 to 10 minutes!👍🏼
💯 percent man, he’s my new go-to guy for literally everything
Me too.
He's a great teacher and straight up cool besides! 👍🏻
Absolutely brilliant Rob! I play gospel music in my home church. I retuned my bass drum this morning before our practice session...oh my word! What a sound, what a "punch" with no overtone. It altered the whole feel of how I play and I got some great feed back from the keyboard player (worship leader). Thanks man...love what you do! 😊
Good stuff, man👌🏽🙂
Great video thanks. Love your enthousiasm.
@@RobBeatdownBrownthank you for teaching me how to tune my drums sir
I admire how simple you make things. I’m a 53 year old man. At the time I grew up, the 70’s-80’s, most toms had no resonant head. During the late 80’s we wanted thump and no sustain. During the 90’s, I had sound from heads killed, and triggered. I’ve recently started playing again after a 24 year hiatus. It’s amazing how bad one can become, after no play at all in that time period. Plus, actually tuning these batter-resonant heads has provided a level of complexity and frustration that, has all but removed my desire to play! We need more folks following your lead. Simplicity is beauty!
I just ordered a kit and getting back in to it after 30+ years of not playing. Learned allot from Rob and reminded of much as well.
Your never too old to get started again! I switched to Bass for about 10 years and am now back to my drumming now!! Buy the best dampening Heads and use a pillow in you Kick! For those of us that enjoy playing drums in our living room studios, the rest of the house won't get their teeth rattled so much!!
Me too! 3 decades since I’ve sat down and played for more than 15 minutes. I’m going to try this tuning and see how it goes!!!! Sounds great!
I lit a cigarette after that kick sound......and I don’t even smoke. I’m off to clean myself up.
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Me too; I skeet, skeet, skeeted all over my drums for that maximum thumpification!
Tom Bergere .... No, dude
@@ts4gv you sound exactly like someone who’s never used the Skeetdown Brown method
Gross.
Best method I have ever tried. I used it on a DW 22 collectors with new Evans heads and DAMN!. I am 57 years old, and I always thought I could get a good sound out of a kick, but this method made my kick an atomic bomb. I also tried it on a 20 inch Gretsch I have and again... BOOM! I have never had a 20 inch kick sound that powerful. Thanks Rob!
I bought a vintage japanese kit at a yard sale for $100. It was the former house kit at a local punk bar, where it was brutally abused. It didnt even sound like a drum set anymore. An employee at guitar center told me it belonged in a dumpster. I didnt listen to that. All it needed was new heads, and some tutoring from Rob Brown.
I had the same reaction you have in this video. Thank you for all your videos!
I restored one 10 years ago I did found at a dumpster.
Sold it, to.
I feel like I've just been given permission to stop worrying. Great tutorial. Thanks!
I literally rewatched the test hit and reaction at least 15 times. Absolutely priceless!! I switched to an empty kick with a coated EMAD about a year ago and I will never go back!
NICE 🙂👊🏽
i did as well.. The drop the Mallet hit haha!!!!!! I rock this setup for years..Also the Ec Kick Heads front and back..
I've been using emad for all my bass drums since they came out. Life saver.
@@RobBeatdownBrown Why did it sound like a giant snare drum to me? Maybe let us hear you kick on it a bit.
Batman I was wondering the same thing. It sounded like it was paper and he punched right through it. I need to listen again with good headphones. All that aside, his tuning tips have been a life saver. I’ve always been able to get great drum sounds but was going about it completely haphazard. I would be continuously experimenting , trying anything and everything in constantly changing sequences until at last by sheer perseverance and luck I’d arrive at a killer tone. Now it takes me a FRACTION of the time it used to. In fact, I can do the entire kit now in the time it used to take me to do just the kick. THANK YOU ROB BROWN! You are the Best. Subbed
This video, from 2018 should have 10 million views! Wow! Amazing technique for tuning.. Thank you, 5 years later!
One of my favourite things about tuning this way, besides the result, is that it can be done anywhere so quickly and you don’t have to worry about the noise around you while your tuning. Simple and easy to do.
I remember the first time I tuned my kick after watching the first video, I’m pretty sure I had the same reaction as Rob did in this one.
Keep up the great work!
Exactly. No need for that tippin, tappin n’hummin! 🙄 Just tune up and start thumpin 💥
Came back to this video after watching Rob when I was a teenager 8 years ago. Maximum Thumpification is still God’s gift to musicians 😂🙏🏾🙂↕️
Just took off both heads on my Tama 22”Superstar Classic bass drum and followed this method. Worked very well, just needed a couple tweaks but now it can break glass from 100 yards. Batter head is an Evans G2 clear with an Evans EQ3 resonant head. I don’t use laundry for muffling, just a small rolled up piece of foam taped snug to the batter head with 2 small pieces of non stick duct tape.
BOOM!
just clarfication, break glass as in the metophorical way.
Because I want to see one that isn't metaphorical
Did this with a cheapo CB kick last night with new Evans heads as prescribed... instant satisfaction. I've been bringing a CB kit to new life thanks to this man's gifts!
I used this method yesterday in the studio. MAN, the best kick drum I've ever heard, no Slate samples can beat this guy!
years of fine-tuning, gadgets and techniques all came down to Rob and his ripple tuning..... IT WORKS GREAT!!!!! just in the studio replaced Kick, toms, snare and they all sounded the best with little effort and maximum sound quality with Robs ripple technique.....Life is short and time is valuable and is now saved Thank you Rob!!! I am very paticular and this technique works amazingly!!! you are my hero !!!
As Ive watched so many video's, i'd love to hang out with this dude, like he's my mentor or something and well he is now basically. I never heard most stuff he's shown from anyone else so far on you tube.
I just discovered Rob today and feel exactly as you do.
Mr.Brown,hi My name is Rex , I am a drummer, I watch your videos and just wanted to say thanks and you remind me of DR. Lee from Drumline
I just took up playing again after some 25 years. Thank you for helping me back in with every video you have made. You sir are my Masterclass re-introduction to a passion I almost lost. Bravo!
Rob brown is hands down the best guy to teach you how To develop your drumming skills and drum maintenance keep rocking on brother you're the best
I just used your tuning method from your tom and snare videos and my drums sound amazing now. Thank you so much for all you do for all of us drummers.
My ported Gretsch Catalina 18 kick now sounds more awesome than it did before, it breathes, and has just the right tone and envelope, and the Vic Firth pillow is GONE! It will be great, mic’d or not. My toms and I are very happy too. Struggles are over.
Been struggling with tuning. In 30 mins you got me set straight. My toms are crazy and my kick is kickin'! Thanks Rob!!
I'm an engineer, not a player. We have a crappy kick drum at our church and fight it every week. Used your tuning technique yesterday. Dang! Deep, punchy and an instant fix. Drummer could feel the difference too. Still needed a touch of damping on the front head, but wow. Just wow. Thanks so much Rob! Toms are next!
Rob! Wow! I've been a percussionist/drummer for 37 years, and music teacher for 25 years. And about 3 years ago, I found you on UA-cam. Since then - your simple little tricks or tips have been awesome! Your whole way of tuning totally changed my mind and how I tune. I mentioned this technique to my brother (a drummer for 5 more years than me) and he still swears by (especially for snare) alternating, tapping the edge, making sure it all sounds right, etc.... says there is no other way to do it....but likes how my kit(s) sound - even the less expensive "practice" kit that I have! Ha! He doesn't believe me when I tell him I tune each drum in about 5 minutes or less!
I even had to re-tune a brand new snare right before my band was ready to play, something wasn't right - don't know exactly - but as the other guys were wrapping up there tuning etc... I flipped my snare over did the bottom head, and then the top - all the while my guys looking at like - "we need to be ready to go" and right when the lead singer turned to me to ask if I was ready, I flipped the snares on and started the show!
Awesome - keep the videos coming! Great tips for all levels! I even referred a young student, who's family bought them a drum set for Christmas, to your UA-cam channel!
When that bass drum hit, I climaxed. Tried this on my new bass drum and climaxed again. Tuned the rest of my brand new kit using these handy dandy tuning methods, and now I'm like a teenage boy on prom night. I CAN'T WAIT to play my brand new, beautifully tuned drums live this weekend. Rob, THANK YOU for your service! You're doing the Lord's work, my friend.
Been tuning my kicks (20"s and 22"s) with this method ever since I saw the first video years ago. I have only gotten positive feedback, and they always sound killer to MY ears. thanks, Rob...
Rob, Sir, I have NEVER had such an easy time tuning my kick drum and having it sound so stinking good with no muffling other than the EMAD ring. I've always used pillows and such. After tuning with this method it sounds so good totally empty. Like an absolute bazooka. I love it. Thanks so much!
Less tuning, more groovin’ 🤘🏽😎
Definitely gets the job done!! I saw the first one and my kicks have sounded great since!! No more fear of changing heads and not being able to get em to sound good again!! TIFTIB!!
I'm gigging tonight; I have NEVER watched a video, tuned it to the spec of the UA-camr and just gone "yeah I'll give it a listen but I don't need to, I trust him" before today. My bass drum sounds INSANE now. THANK YOU
The original video that started it all for me. I had no tuning experience before watching Beatdown's original tuning videos. Those videos alone turned me into a tuning ninja. I still get compliments on my sound years later. Rob, again, thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU for this. You earned my subscription years ago for those videos, and I continue to spread the word of #MaximumThumpification.
I discovered your channel about a week ago, and just used this video for tunning my Bass drum and I did the snare too from your other video. Sounds a whole lot better now ! (and I've given a few tries over the years with different videos...). I like the "don't over think it" approach, simple, no fuss. Thanks a lot, with love all the way from France ;)
I've been using and recommending your tuning techniques ever since I first saw your Maximum Thumpification video!
The only draw back is this method thumpified the walls of my house... No joke. The walls shake. Had my son hit it while I went into another room and BOOOOOM shake the room.
I am a drummer of around 25 years, I had always used a port hole and put weight/blanket inside my bass drum. It was the only way I could get any thump. Turns out I was missing out. I put a new reso head without a hole on and took out the blanket and weight... Daym. This method of yours Mr. Brown is amazing. Two sticks up man.
I’m new at the drums and gave this method a try and I am not disappointed. Thank you!
Hey Mr. Rob, after I busted my kicks head the day before my gig, I followed your advice on achieving maximum thumpifacation for my kick drum. Now all the other drums on my kit sound a little jealous. Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise 🙏🫡
Keep keeping it funkarifficafied🤙
I have never been able to have a good sounding bass drum, I've looked up tons of tuning videos, and I tried this one time, and it sounds amazing now. Thank you!
REB 75 years old. Started drumming in the high school band. Base drum at church was damaged and had to be replaced. Got a 24in. stage custom yamah. I tuned it flat and turned it back like you said on the reso head. Did the same on beater head and added another quarter turn. Did this at home without any pedal or mallets. Put together at church, best sounding bass I ever tu;ned. Thanks for the video. Watch you often. I call myself the ole motown drummer.
That's the way I tune my bass drum from now on since I saw your first bass tunning video! Thanks buddy!
10:48.... Whooo! That level of sophistication keeps bringing me back!
Just got a set of Pearl Decade maple, and tuning up and setting up. I’m so stoked watching your videos on how to do all this, this kit is gonna be awesome in a little bit! Thank you so much!
just cleaning up my kit after 19 years in a barn, tuned my kick like this and IT. IS. BEAST.
thanks man :)
I absolutely love this guy, he is straight forward, and genuinely informative!!!
I just used all of your drum tuning videos to tune up my 1968 Pearl Thunderking with my Pearl Mahogany Classic snare and I now sound like John Bonham...Thank you Rob!!
Man, this was so helpful! My kick just wasn't sounding right, too much resonant sound and not enough thump. Just tuned it and waaaaay better! I watched the Tom video next and my toms are so good now! Sounds like a whole new kit.
What bass drum heads were you using ?
I saw this video about a year and a half ago and have been using this method ever since. I swear by it. I've had sound techs tell my bass drum was the easiest they've ever had to mic. Thanks for simplifying what didn't need to be complicated.
Rob i have been watching your videos scince i started drumming and i think you are the best man to go for tips for tuning. All these other people teaching us newbies how to tune are just making things way too hard for us....
Love you and i thank you for all these videos that you put out.
Greetings from Croatia 😙😍
Wuddup, Croatia 🇭🇷🙂
@@RobBeatdownBrown Seroiusly you are one of the coolest indtructors if i may say so out here on youtube, ill be sure to be a patron of yours as soon as the paycheck is here 😁
I love this method! It lets the drum (size) dictate its tone. Brilliant!
I've just rewatched your first bass drum video yesterday to refine my bass drum sound and today you uploaded the remake, such a coincidence!
Thank you for your tuning videos Rob, they're always the most practical
Thanks man 🙂✌🏽
Thought I liked my bass drum sound but oh man, just tuned my kick with your process and DAYUM my bass drum sounds the best it ever has. Now I'm going to do my snare and toms your way too. Maximum thumpification indeed, so excited!
Rob, excellent simple tuning lesson, straight to the point and well done. Your analogies, humor and demeanor make your video lessons a pleasure to watch. After 45 yrs of playing, I can still watch your entire video. Great job dude...
I've used exactly the method for years and every sound engineer I work with and every bass player I jam with drools at my kick drum tone. Love it!
Rob, we need a Maximum Thumpification shirt! 10/10 would buy! (If it's soft...)
After you Tom tuning vid I went to this one. I did it and WOW! It was 4am when I finished. Couldn't try till Saturday. Well at 9:30 am I hopped back there a couldn't stop playing till 9:30 that evening. I have achieved Maximum Thumpafacation! My set never sounded so good. You're irreplaceable 🤘
Hey Rob, your tuning lessons are just the best. This is the best tuning I had on my drums.
I know this is an old video but gotta say was great timesaver. Been playing since the age of 12, now 47 years old. I’ve always been able to get perfect tuning. My new Yamaha kit was not impressing me as far as the kick. I don’t use muffling and simply use a Aquarian super kick. Before loading up for a gig in Nashville, I tried this method. Sounds great now.
Love your videos. Thank you !! And YES, unfortunately my kick drum DOES look like a load of laundry ! That absolutely cracked me up laughing. Good one ! And so true.
Killer method brother and it sounds great. I was a D’Addario dealer for quite some time. That’s Evans heads. I was told by one of the guys who helped developed their head clamp that stretching Evans heads cracks the glue and kills the resonance. As far as my experience with all things Evans that is absolutely true. I’ve never experienced that issue with other brands. Having said that, I prefer the Evans tone above any other batter head as long as they stretch out naturally without pressing down to pre-stretch. Just FYI for anyone having that issue with that brand.
I've been waiting for this!
The best my bass drum has ever sounded! Tweaked it just a bit after doing this method in the video and it sounds killer!
The payoff at 10:44, then that reaction :)
agreed..priceless
I LOVED that!! :)
Ryan Milton I clicked it and got an ad thanks bud
Shieeeet dude i just tune my 18" Tama Club Jam bass drum by the first time with nothing in it and sounds instantly AWESOME! Thank you so much!
Wassup with audio buzz? But I follow you man. Great vids and knowledge! Keep it up bother
Noisy freakin Zoom H2N, man 😠👎🏽
I was getting floor Tom buzz too. Try taking Velcro and attaching both floor Toms together at the hoop. Viola’ gone!
Just used this method to tune a Stage custom birch. Color tone head and stock Yamaha reso. No port hole. It has a hammering boom with a tone that shakes everything in the room including the floor. Definitely the most wicked sounding 22” I have owned so far. No muffling so far. I am playing it bare naked.
The best moment
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Rob I have watched this at least 4 different times. Love your explanations and simplicity of tuning drums. Thank you!
2:34 Felt like a personal attack... at least I got 3 of my towels back into circulation
Just recently got "real" with drums, for a long time I got tainted with pub kits, bad setups, junk gear and decided I would just get decent at playing whatever was put in front of me. Finally got steady band going and im back into nerding out with gear and actually paying attention to proper tuning and trying to improve the sound of my (quite mediocre) kit. stumbled upon your channel a week or two ago and have almost watched every one of em! Thanks for the tricks and tips!
Thanks, Rob my life is anxiety-free thanks again, my friend.
10:44 eargasm
I'm a producer not a drummer so I was looking how can I set my drums and you are the first dude that say don't count.. I will defiantly try it ..tysm 🙏💙
He really called me out with the pillows and shit in my kick😂
Get an Emad 2 on the batter head and you don't really need much else in the bass drum.
I have fallen in love with my kick drum all over again!! Thank you!
I used this video, combined with your muffling video. My old Ludwig kick sounds like a cannon! Had the dance floor packed with maximum thumpification!
"A load of laundry" LOL. LOL. LOL
Easiest bass drum tuning ever! Just tried on my kit with Evans emad2 and EQ3 front. Took out all "laundry" i had inside ;) And it sounds awsome! Big thanks!
10:04 - Haha 😄 Damn, those kettlebells are effective ! That's a comment any woman would like to be able to make after using them. "All my wrinkles are now gone."
Nice one 😏
@@RobBeatdownBrown Can the kettle bell technique be used on both batter and resonant sides?
I put my wife's 10 pound kettle bell in the middle of my bass drum, wrinkles appeared, turned it flat, then back, and got the best sound I've ever had in minutes. Repeated it on my rack and floor tom: pure magic. Fantastic advice Rob, and my sincere thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience.
If you don't have an 8 lb weight handy, that's about how much a gallon of milk weighs...
"A pint's a pound the world around": 1 gallon = 8 pints!
Thanks Rob, your method is simple and gave new life and excitement to my '76 14x22 ludwig thermogloss. I have achieved maximum thumpification.
10:50 lol
This is golden. I run a 20” x 14” Gretsch Catalina Club bass drum, and I had just resigned myself to having a sucky kit. I had already gotten new heads and just couldn’t enjoy playing-that’s how bad the tuning was. But after following Rob’s advice (on all my drums), I suddenly have an incredible kit that is FUN to play. The bass hits like a cannon, and I am super pumped again.
10:45 :D
You saved my kick drum, sounds insane I love your method
Don’t show this to “sounds like a drum” lol
Those guys honestly annoy me with their videos!! They talk WAY too much and end uo complicating things, where as Rob makes it simple and easy, and he's such a chill dude and doesnt ramble on.
First, thanks Rob - I can't get enough of your videos.
Hack drummer for most of my life and at 52 I want to be better than I ever was, I appreciate your stuff.
So thumpification. Got a Pearl Roadshow set, lower end Pearl. I've drummed on Exports most of my life and a low end Mapex set. I miss that Mapex set, it was junk when I got it used, wish I kept it. Low end Meinl cymbal pack, good enough for working chops.
Replaced the stock heads with Remo Ambassador heads, tuned the tom resonant heads down. Snare sounds ok for what I'm working on. Love the sound from my toms now, especially my floor tom. I wasn't happy with the floor and bass for a while until I replaced the heads. Can't tell you enough how happy I am with that floor tom.
Bass.. nope. Watched this video and others like it. Loved your "emptying laundry" out of the bass comment, I laughed but I f'd with it for a long time, took the resonant head off maybe a dozen times. Pillow, towel, bare. For drummers out there who want the sound they want my only advice is to be patient and don't be afraid to take your kit apart and play with it. Everyone wants to get their work in but if your kit sounds like crap how satisfying is that? Take the time and know your kit, it's a good time investment.
What I wound up doing is - if a pillow or something is touching your batter or resonant head it's going to sound like you're dropping a dead body on a hardwood floor. I wanted some resonance but wanted punch and not too much resonance. I wound up putting some pieces of duct tape on my Remo batter head - 4 5 inch strips or so, one or two nearer the center head below my batters. 4 pieces of gorilla black tape on the black resonant head like in a box. Stuck two of those cheezy thin hospital pillows in there, not touching either head and boom.
I spent two hours just hitting them liking the sound.
Play around, find your sweet spot.
Peace
ROB BROWN puts the truth in tuning
Rob, was never happy with my 22" Pearl Export bass drum sound. Replaced the batter head and tuned according to your method. It's now sounds as if my drum has a mic on it! Thumpification achieved! Can't thank you enough!
I've tuned my whole kit with your tuning methods....and wow.!!! You da man!
Easy peasy 👌🏽
I just got my first kit, a used Pearl Forum with barely used original heads. I put on fresh Evans heads and started watching your tuning videos to get started. I didn't have the kettle bell, but I scared up 8lbs of steel (two 3" ball bearings stacked in a coffee tub to centralize the pressure) and followed along...it sounds right sweet. I'm going to play with it for a while before considering any damping. Time to watch your videos about tuning toms and the snare and then to get the kit set up and sit down. Thank you for the work.
Shut in due to Covid 19 lock down, I got all new heads mail order and re-tuned my entire kit using your snare and tom tutorials, and today I finally achieved Maximum Thumpification. In 30 years of playing as an amateur and hobbyist, my drums have never sounded so good. "don't over-think it", "don't gum up your heads with tape", "get the laundry out of your kick", "let the shells sound how they want to sound". All great advice, and my mid-level PDP shells (not a starter kit, but certainly not pro quality either) sound so good. I always just assumed I needed to drop $3k to hear this tone, when all it really needed was new heads, new snare wires, a few moon gels and your tutorials. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Rob. I’ve never tried this in 45 years of playing. It works.
PRO TIP.... listen to this man it works. 14\22 kick maximum thumpification achieved.
Today I tuned my bass drum following your tutorial. Man does it have punch! And after 30 years of playing drums it’s the first time that my bass drum is empty!
Thank you very much for this great video and in general your high quality content!
As a typical guitarist and noob drummer, this is my #1 channel for learning drum stuff. Purdie Shuffle tutorial vid was 👌
dude.... I thought it was pretty damn good at tuning my kick drum but I tried your method and this thing thumps. I have never had a sexier sound with my kick drum you sir are a genius
Your tuning videos changed everything. I've been playing drums for 35 years and it's never been this simple or effective. Thank you!