Thuddy Floor Tom Tuning Guide + Sound Demos
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2024
- Learn how to tune your floor tom for a deep, thuddy sound with this tuning guide and sound demos. Perfect for drummers looking to improve their sound!
Tunings
95 HZ Batter
85 HZ Resonant
Bonus tuning
126 HZ Batter
112 HZ Resonant
S O C I A L M E D I A
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Drum Heads:
Kick Batter Evans: EMAD2 Clear Bass Drum Head, 22” amzn.to/3RyBpQU
Kick Reso: Remo Powerstroke P3 Ebony Bass Drumhead 22" amzn.to/3Riil9T
Top Snare Head: Remo Powerstroke P3 X Coated, 14" amzn.to/3QjQ8OX
Bottom Snare Head: Remo Ambassador Hazy Snare Side, 14" amzn.to/3eeTaq8
Tom Heads: Remo Vintage Emperor Coated amzn.to/3et25Vj
Drum Accessories
42 Strand Snare Wires amzn.to/3edQQj9
Moongel Damper Pads amzn.to/3TDZiIV
Gibraltar Lug Locks amzn.to/3cMGZAu
Drumsticks Promark Natural 5Bs amzn.to/3ATO9uO
Drums:
22' Kick PDP CX Series
12' Rack PDP CX Series
16' Floor DW performance series maple
14' Snare - - Truth Custom Drums 14x8 Brass (David Whithworth Classic )
Cymbals:
24' Istanbul Agop Joey Waronaker Ride
22' Istanbul Agop Xist Crash
Hi hats:
16' TOP Istanbul Traditional Light
16' Bottom Istanbul Traditional Light
Studio Gear
Studio Monitors KALI AUDIO LP-6: amzn.to/3RmtK9C
Macbook Pro 2020: amzn.to/3Yeju5v
My Standing Desk: amzn.to/3XQutlO
Vlog Camera Cannon M50: amzn.to/3Hre4gP
Mic Cables: amzn.to/40aOCEK
Thunderbolt 3 Cable: amzn.to/3Roak4e
Mics I'm Using:
Overheads: stereo pair of sE 4400a amzn.to/3cM432k
Snare Top: Shure 545SD amzn.to/3AOUdEP
Snare Bottom: Sennheiser e604 amzn.to/3D0vPmG
Toms: Sennheiser e604 amzn.to/3D0vPmG
Kick In: Audix D6 amzn.to/3x0kChT
Kick Out: Yamaha Sub kick
Software: Logic Pro X
Interface: Quantum 2626 Presonus
I hate moon gels and try my best to avoid dampening. But… one night playing a gig in a small venue, the singer said my snare was too lively, whatever that means. I put a moon gel at the top and another knockoff gel next to it. That was way too much. So rather than chunking the extra dampening piece, I stuck it on the rim, off to the side. At some point in the night I hit it doing a rim shot. It flipped up and landed in an odd spot on snare head. I left it there lol. Sounds perfect. I’ve had so many compliments on my snare sound… I’m like, yep, I did that. Haha
That floor tom sounds so...damn...good!!!
Must played that intro a few times alone. In 10+ years of drumming, this is one of the best floor toms I've ever heard!
Thank you so much!! 😊
Amazing sounds man! Is this setup at your house?
Thank you so much! Yes this is my setup at my house, I’ve got a very comfortable creative space which allows me to make videos like these!
Interesting choice w/ the Ambassador Coated on top. You plan on bringing this radical new single-ply worldview into a live setting at church as well, or is this just your plan for your home / studio setting? What tipped you off to go this direction, just wanted to experiment?
Honestly, it’s more of an experiment that I wanted to test out that I so far really enjoy. I’ve been mainly using vintage coated emperors for the past 10 years, and sometimes I wish that they sang a little bit more. So for this video and illustration I decided to go with the classic ambassador. I’m actually using ambassadors at one of the churches I play at and I absolutely love them! Thanks for watching
@@Theryanprim I love that. I know plenty of studios (outside overdubbing live CCM recordings) swear by single-ply coated ambassadors as THE standard for toms and even snares. It's all there was back in the day when studios were just getting going w/ rock and country and they've barely changed the manufacturing of those heads since. I just can't imagine 5Bs slamming them week after week allowing them to last very long compared to Emperors, Powerstrokes, Pinstripes, or Center Dots for a "caged" worship setting. But I'm all about that "let it sing, control the ring" methodology... curious how long they stay in shape for you!
@@rickmatthewjones yeah I’m interested to see how well the durability pans out on these heads But I agree let the Tom’s sing!!
I’ll submit that absolute magic I’ve found to cut all that lingering hum and unnecessary (flat out disturbing noise) after tonal thingy going on.
Here’s the tip:
Tune as you did here- no prob there, but as you change heads, just throw in 4-6 cotton balls. Done. No moongels, no killing tonality of drum shell or heads and just a pure clean beautiful deep tone sought after.
On a 16” floor I generally put in 4 cotton balls for birch, possibly up to 6 for a maple shell. You may obviously play with the amount and adjust to your own taste. Been drumming / tuning over 50 years and this is by far the best and easiest solution.
Drum on drumming colleagues. Thx. Dean.
Thanks for watching.
I’ve always wanted to try the cotton ball trick! I’ve seen it on many videos. Cheers!
@@Theryanprim yeah I saw tip
Out more now. Thats cool. Next head swap give it a try. Obviously it will work on any drum in need of some sonic control. Just a matter of preference how many cotton balls one uses. I just gave my general opinion on my experimentations. Drum on bro. D
You can easily achieve that kind of tuning on dw's, try those mid range kits..
I hear ya. This is a lower end DW performance series maple shell and tbh it isn’t even that great of a drum, for me it helps when you have fresh heads to put on and actually gives you a good gauge on if your shells are decent or not. But I agree there are some pretty poor sounding mid range kits out there. Thanks for watching!
i liked when your dog came into the shot lol
Yes he’s my drum tech!! Ha
@@Theryanprim hahaha 🐶 🥁 🔧
What would you recommend for tuning 14x14 floor
Fundamental:
D (2nd Octave)
Top Lug: 110 Hz
Bottom Lug: 145 Hz