TUNE YOUR BASS DRUM QUICK & EASY! - Kick Tuning Workshop
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- THIS LESSON IS TIMESTAMPED for future viewing. If you've been struggling with tuning your bass drum after trying all of long and drawn out methods, watch this video and take part in the workshop. Let's tune our kicks TOGETHER. You'll learn how to get a killer thump in less than a couple minutes...every time! SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL for more great lessons, including the snare and tom tuning workshops!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:45 Prep Tips Before Starting
3:02 Tuning The Batter Head
8:45 Tuning The Resonant Head
10:45 THE RESULT
11:01 Tuning Tips For 16" and 18" Kicks
12:24 Starter Kit Bass Drum Tip
12:58 Final Advice
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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!"
Protect this Man at all costs.
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.
“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.
"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 swear man, I have learned so many actual useful tips from you in such a short period of time. Keep it up.
maxheadroom
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
Rob, we need a Maximum Thumpification shirt! 10/10 would buy! (If it's soft...)
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!
“Don’t expect your kick to sound awesome if it looks like a load of laundry” this hit me hard😅
ROB BROWN puts the truth in tuning
The payoff at 10:44, then that reaction :)
agreed..priceless
I LOVED that!! :)
Ryan Milton I clicked it and got an ad thanks bud
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
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, 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!
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
Hey Rob, your tuning lessons are just the best. This is the best tuning I had on my drums.
Hey Rob. Just put an EMAD, EQ3 Reso and Kickport on my Yamaha Stage Custom 22” and followed along. Magic! Maximum Thumpification!! Your videos are so helpful and fun to watch. Keep up the great work!
I've been using and recommending your tuning techniques ever since I first saw your Maximum Thumpification video!
I absolutely love this guy, he is straight forward, and genuinely informative!!!
Amazing , you made my drum alive again
My kick drum NEVVVVVEEEEEERRRRR sounded this good after following these tips. Thank you.
I used this method yesterday in the studio. MAN, the best kick drum I've ever heard, no Slate samples can beat this guy!
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.
I haven't done this yet. When I do I'll use the Evans heads you recommend. However, I did use your advice when replacing all of my tom heads. After an hour or so I got them sounding great! All by ear. I even got to hear them being played at a show where the opening band used my drums. I'm also a returning drummer after 30 years of playing bass. I play in a classic Country and Rock band with a few modern favs thrown in. Typically 2-3 hours. Keep up the good work!
Stellar...love your pause and mallet drop after hitting your bass drum! Classic!
That's the way I tune my bass drum from now on since I saw your first bass tunning video! Thanks buddy!
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!
10:48.... Whooo! That level of sophistication keeps bringing me back!
Thanks for the refresher, sir! I LOVE this quick, simple & repeatable tuning technique so much.
I’m new at the drums and gave this method a try and I am not disappointed. Thank you!
Been struggling with tuning. In 30 mins you got me set straight. My toms are crazy and my kick is kickin'! Thanks Rob!!
HEY ROB! I have an Evans E Mad System on my Verbe Percussion 22" Bass Drum, Kick Port installed in the 5 o'clock position and always a brand new fresh pillow every time I change Heads! I also use, "the wrinkle method" however I allways go diagonal accross the drum and tap with me hand to listen to the tone of each lug turn! Every Sound Engineer & Band Mates that I've ever worked with have allways told me that, "my kick sounds great!"
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!
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.
2:34 Felt like a personal attack... at least I got 3 of my towels back into circulation
Boop for the Bass drum at 10.09 ! Bopping brilliant!
Love these workshops. Thank you Rob for all of your help.
Followed your tutorial on my gretsch renown maple 22 inch kick...I did this in my apartment...went to our gig, Mic'd up and my kick sounded like a Canon!!
Thankyou Rob, your the man!
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 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!
Just followed all of your vids on tuning every drum in my kit. Everything sounds awesome!
Thanks man, your videos are the most relevant productions on YT....period. That is my personal, humble opinion. I now have Maximum
Thumpification
I've been waiting for this!
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.
Hi Rob! You're the man! Still delivering simplicity+effectiveness. Thank you for sharing!
Have a great day.
Cheers from Grenoble/France.
Much respect to you Rob! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
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...
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!
Brilliant. Tuned my whole kit in 15 minutes.
Your tutorials are always the ones I return to. I have followed a few others as well for my first 2 1/2 years on drums thus far. Honestly man, you have helped me understand more than even my long time friends who’ve played since they were kids. Boom
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 🙂✌🏽
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...
Rob Brown, you are the King! Used to tune my drums with your old videos, and stoked to see a newer version. Just tuned up my kick!
It's official, I have watched all your tuning vids, thanks to you, my kit sounds amazing. Keep up the good work, and thanks so much Rob
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 😁
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 ?
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
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’ 🤘🏽😎
10:44 eargasm
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.
Man, I love your videos I’m a big fan, you just simplify everything down to a T. To where things really isn’t as hard as it seems. Just perfect. I am over joyed with the way my kit sounds. You are definitely one of my top 3 idols for percussion. God bless you !
Thank you for so much for this method! My bass sounds so much better than before and I also watched some of your other tuning videos which make everything so much easier with great results!
The best moment
10:44
10:44
10:44
10:44
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!
This just sorted out my kick!!! Much Love Rob, thanks for spreading your wisdom!
Rob, I have viewed your snare drum, toms, and this video. My drums never sounded better! Thank you for these vids! You’re tips are amazing!
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.
Thanks, Rob my life is anxiety-free thanks again, my friend.
You are the master, Rob! I use all your tuning methods and my drums sound the way they were meant to sound! Keep up the good work man!
Always dropping gems! Much respect!
"A load of laundry" LOL. LOL. LOL
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!
Just tuned my bass drum ... 🙌amazing 🙌
Drum tuning made simple
Thanks Rob 🥁🥁
Got my first drum kit, along with your other videos on tuning I was able to get a great sound! Thank you!
10:50 lol
10:45 :D
Hey Rob! Fantastic video! I just got a new kit and waited until I got the EMAD heads for my kick drum to put it all together. I'm blessed to have found you right now as I put this new kit together!
I've seen hundreds of these tuning video's but this is so simple and you get an awesome result!!! Maximum Thumpification brother!!!!!
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?
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.
Hey Rob, love your channel. Loved the video it was very helpful! Keep on doing what you’re doing! Love it that we all have somewhere to go like this as part of the drum community!
This saved my life, awesome punchy sound with great feedback and rebound from the pedal!
PRO TIP.... listen to this man it works. 14\22 kick maximum thumpification achieved.
AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!! And, you crack me up too. Thanks Beatdown.
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 !!!
Bro I took the laundry out of my bass drum...and did what you said step by step and bro...my bass drum sounds 👌 awesome.
Thank you for this video.
Stay Safe and Healthy
You’re the man Rob! I can attest to how well this method works. I’ve been following the channel for awhile now and viewed the original tuning vids you put up. I get compliments all the time on how fat/punchy of a bass drum sound I get out the various kits I play live and in studio, from the higher end kit I have to my lower end gig kits I use on the road. This is the real deal!
Thanks for the constant gems thrown our way boss✊🏼 appreciate you!
Glad I watched this. Thanks for sharing these helpful pointers Rob.
Awesome, awesome video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Wow man I just followed along to all of your tuning videos and my drums sound amazing, 1000x better than before. Your videos are awesome and I appreciate you making it simple!
Awesome. Thanks Rob
Dude, LOVE these workshops!! Keep it up.
This guy rocks! Got my kick sounding amazing! Much love Rob!!
Always great videos, Rob.!
Great job Rob
Works for me! Thanks Rob!
EMAD heads work incredible with this method of tuning. You always make things easy and that's why this channel is my favorite for drums. 🤘
Great video! Thank you for sharing this.