How To Tune Your Toms Like a Pro | Easy Drum Tuning Part 2 of 3
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2016
- This episode is part 2 of 3 called How To Tune your Toms Like A Pro. This is a way to get a great all around tom sound in a few minutes after changing heads. There are many different types of toms and one set of toms can't do every sound. That’s whet that make them out of different woods, with different rims and different heads. One tom CAN’T get every sound. If a pro drummer or producer wants a different sound, they use a different kit. Don’t believe videos that tell you that you can get very sound out of one drum just by tuning it. The 13” tom I tuned the top head (Batter) to a E and the bottom head (Resonant) to a G for a minor 3rd relationship. The pitch of the batter head will not be as clear because it’s a 2 ply Remo Coated Emperor. If I used a single ply clear or coated on the batter head I would tune the to the same pitch which would depend on the key of the song and the drum. The 16” Floor tom had the resonant (bottom) heard (Remo Clear Ambassador) tuned to D and the top head (Remo Coated Emperor) and the top (batter) head tuned to a D above for another minor 3rd relationship. Remember the pitch will not be as clear because a 2 play head is not quite as accurate as a 1 ply. The 2 ply is much more durable and will last longer on a session especially with a rock drummer. If I’m using Remo Ambassador’s on both the top and bottom head, the will usually last for 3 songs in the studio and need to be changed. If the drummer is using stocks that have a ball instead of tapered tip they will dent the heads fairly quickly. Once a head is dented (pitted) they can’t be tuned properly and need to be changed out. Also, nylon tip sticks will quickly destroy a clear, single ply clear batter head so I usually don’t let drummer use them.
13” Batter (2 Ply) Head tuned to E
13” Resonant (1ply) Head tuned a minor 3rd above to G
16” Batter (2 Ply) Head tuned to B
16” Resonant (1ply) Head tuned a minor 3rd above to D
The Bottom Heads usually sound great when they are a Perfect 4th apart.
If the drums can’t be tuned to an accurate pitch of there’s a loose lug, either the rim is bent or the bearing edge is not even. You can check this by putting the bearing edge in a flat surface and bring to slide a piece or paper under it.
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Rim job. Good head. 13 inch. Clear batter. So tight. Can't beat it.Thanks Rick!
Boom ti ta bshhhhh
😂fucking nice
How did this comment get so little likes
...seat the head...finger tighten... Huhuhu
With some pressure
I remember as a young guitarist watching my then drummer tune his drums after getting all new skins. I never complained to him about my Floyd Rose again. Lol.
Rick, I've got 35 years behind the the kit and you just gave me the BEST tuning demo I've ever seen! You're a gold mine of info!
I don't get the whiners down below….it took me years or trial & error as well as buying many books & mags on recording too learn what you are teaching for free. I still learned a lot from this series as with all your teaching. Thx Rick!!!
I concur
Exactly
Before the internet you had to learn,
Now someone online just shows you.
Let them be Whiners, do it wrong and go nowhere 😜👎
Dirty Harry ya still gotta hear the times and do the work to tune it. This just takes some guess work out. There's value in figuring it out, and also value on standing on the shoulders of giants. Thx Rick!
More tips: use two drum keys, directly opposite each other, for the star pattern so that you’re not pulling it to one side and then the other.
And just do a bit a time as opposed to several turns at a time.
Get a DrumDial, check as you go, write down tension settings that you like and you will then be able to exactly recreate what worked for you every single time.
Hello Rick, I've been playing drums since 1989. In that time I never really mastered tuning. No, I DEFINITELY never mastered tuning. I never thought about tuning to where the drum 'sings', instead, I tried to force it to where I wanted it to be...Well, I've learned my(your)lesson...Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom! Continued success Rick!:)
I applaud your comment !
thanks, Rick, for freely sharing the knowledge you have gathered. -Michael
Tuning drums is also called, "It's now time to hate life.."
hell yeah. when I was younger my drums seemed to tune themselves. nowadays they always sound horrible. I liked this video though.
@@dougmcintosh9290 Your ears improved. Learn how to tune, it's "key" to sound good ;). Your playing will improve when it harmonize
You nailed that!! Lmao
Get a Drum Dial or a Tension Watch. Same tension and tuning EVERY TIME.
I recently discovered that when my floor tom sucks so do my other toms. I found a video that suggested dropping the tuning on one of the bottom lugs on the floor tom. That seemed to help all matters.
Thanks Rick. I’m a guitar player in a family with multiple drummers and anything I can learn about drums helps me demystify “their” instrument.
I just wanted to say thanks Rick! I've been air drumming for my whole life and recently I finally got my own set. Your videos really helped me setting up my gear. Thank you.
thanks Rick, it's been almost 3 years since this video was made, so glad I found it, this is very valuable info that few drummers understand about.
So refreshing to see someone with a great understanding of music theory and physics. This video is extremely helpful, keep 'em coming. Thanks Rick!
Love this video. Couple of great tips here that I plan to use immediately. I appreciate how specific you are.
super helpful! i was definitely doing a few things wrong. like not muting the opposite head when tuning the other, and not cracking the glue before installation. the info about hoop thickness was a gem. so was the tips about head thickness! thanks so much for posting this series!
This is the best video series on drum tuning I have seen. It's just filled with so much history also.
Wow. This is fantastic. I've seen plenty of people describe how best to tune drums, but never have I seen someone explain WHY it's done how it's done. I'd give this two likes if I could.
Seriously I learned a lot. Always sincerely appreciate the work/education you do here on UA-cam. Thank you!
Thank you Rick! So helpful. For those that are interested in the drum dial numbers: 13” Tom top (coated ambassador) 74 E, Reso single ply clear 79 G. 16” Tom 74 B, reso 79 D.
*_That was beautiful Rick - I've been playing drums since 1966 and like most people struggled with the tuning... In those early days, everyone seemed to have a different opinion on tuning, so I simply experimented, and funnily enough, came to the same conclusion as you, including thinner lighter drum hoops... What a coincidence, or maybe not, even so, what you say is not very widely known... So I'm very pleased to know I haven't been deluding myself all those years._* 👀😀😎
Well organized and presented. Great methodology and process. Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for posting.
Rick is a hard worker=talent is not enough WITHOUT THE WORK EFFERT. Good on you RICK FOR ANOTHER GREAT AND LOGICAL PRESENTATION.
I just used your method for tuning a Ludwig super classic 90s kit and it worked great. Great video thanks.
hey I just got a 1970s pearl wood fiberglass 5 piece drum set from my friends dad, He gave it to me because I really wanted to start drumming. I bought some remo vintage emperor clear heads and I tuned them up with this vid, And they SOUND AMAZING!!!! I wanted to thank u for making such great content that is very helpful.
Congratulations! Love this series, can't wait for the third episode and for the episode about tuning to the key of a song. Just a note about the thickness of the heads: the unit is mil (also known as thou) which is a thousandth of an inch not a millimeter, so an ambassador would be 10/1000 of an inch and an emperor would be 14/1000 of an inch. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks Federico! I realized that I said that later. Haha! People can just look at your comment :) I have the Kick drum one first then tuning to the song (with different drums and heads.) Thanks!! Rick
Rick this method has my toms sounding the best I’ve ever heard them. Thanks a ton!
Respect for actually tuning the drums instead of just applying a random amount of tension like sooo many drummers do it.
Even nowadays many people give me the Glare(tm) when it tell them i tune my drums to specific notes and intervals.
Great video, thank you!
I have just begun to play drums after being away for 50 years. It has become a great hobby for fun. I won't be playing in a band anytime soon ( I guess but that would be nice to hook up with some old timers), but watching this Vid and others , I had no idea about drum tuning. I ha e a cheap Grammond drum set as xmas gift last year. And now with new information, i am tweaking the sound with this new tuning info. Just got new Remo coated batter heads for my toms and kick drum. Looking forward to see (or should say Hear), the difference usi g these new heads. Thx for dissemination and sharing the information.
14mm = 14 millimeters = 0.55 inches
10mm = 10 millimeters = 0.39 inches
Now that's thick.
"Mils does not mean millimeters. A mil is equivalent to a thousandth of an inch." as said already by @PabloJ1968
Love the vids, keep it up!
Thank you very much for making and sharing this video. It has taught me what I'm doing right is right and a few steps I was leaving out . I have a vintage drum set and I to like their sound over today's drum kits. My snare drum has a double snare under the top head and a single snare under the bottom head. So I tune it a little differently. My Scottish Marching snare drum is a lot different than my drum kit snare. Nothing like playing a drum while marching in a Kilt. LOL God bless.
Great video. The explanation about the vintage hoops and Gretch hoops was excellent information. Thank you.
The most important thing when it comes to tuning drums, especially toms is to get the drum in tune with itself. I always use two keys and tighten the lugs across from each other the same amount at the same time. I'll touch the center of the drum head with my fingertip and tap around the edge at the lugs. I'll tune the lowest up to the others and occasionally press down on the drum head to seat it and stretch it. Once you get it in tune with itself it will sing as long as the head is at a decent tension for the drum itself.
Wow, that's a ton of fascinating info, the technique, the different hoops, even the qualities of the different head types.
A "mil" (as in mil thickness of the drum head ply) is 1/1000 of an inch. It is not shorthand for a millimeter. Don't confuse the terms folks. Very different measurements...
Explained perfectly. Thank you a lot!
Alright, you've convinced me to change my heads, although I just changed my LM402 snare head. BTW, you make some GREAT videos! Hope they keep coming. The When The Levee Breaks video kind of broke my heart. I told the wrong story for years. It is a cool story tho
Finally, drums CAN be tuned to a NOTE, as is a guitar/piano etc. Thank you Rick
Hey ! I've got to say that i tried your way of tuning and it was awesome !!! Thanks! The preassure in the hoops really help !!
Great starting point for tuning ! I have both Gretsch USA Custom drums (jazz sizes) and also the newly issued Sonor AQ2 series (also jazz sizes). I use a similar tensioning method (i.e. bottom clear Ambassador about a third above the top coated Ambassador). I like the dip that the drum produces with that combination. I am not real keen on having both top and bottom heads the same pitch. But of course: To each his own. THANKS for a great video !!! I learned a lot from it, even after 30 + years of drumming !
Thanks for the information!
I'm a bassist starting to dive into the world of drums and I'm really appreciative of being able to get some condensed knowledge in a video like this. Especially with the oversaturation of videos out there that explain concepts from a very narrow or misinformed perspective. Being able to understand the different relationships between everything and why you would do something to achieve a certain sound depending on what you're after is pretty key. Thank you!
Also didn't realize how new this video was! Thank you for taking the time to do this!
You're welcome! rick
I also was primarily bass and some guitar, then started on some drums after using a drum machine. what a blast. spend lots of time tuning, re-tuning, don't worry about not being able to get them back where you wanted them. A friend advised me to learn to tune your drums, noted hearing players that could play well but didn't know how to tune, so their drums sounded like.....
Three years later I still feel that this is the best video on the subject
I read about tuning in a popular Drum! magazine which talked about different way to tune. The way I nicked off the article was an inverted B flat triad for best compatibility with other instruments and their unknown and varied tuning. It worked very well and the kit sounded amazing.
The is the best tuning lesson hands down. Thank you
very informative! one of the best video tutorials I have seen.
Excellent job, as always Rick! The only other thing I’d suggest is lining up the Remo logo on the head with the Ludwig logo on the shell. Or lining up both logos against how they will sit on the tom holder. You always want the head logo to be NORTH, this way you have a starting and reference point for all tuning.
Hey Rick!
Been drumming for almost 10 years now. Came across your channel for tonal music theory (which I'm a total beginner at) and was blown away. Been following you for months religiously about music theory, composition, music history and learnt a lot. I just discovered your drum videos, where I consider myself quite knowledgeable so my judgement on these videos would tell me how much I can trust the information on the other subjects I know zero about.
I was a little afraid I would "see through the lines" and maybe realize that you just research your stuff on the internet in advance and explain it in video fashion, instead I was pleasently surprised to discover that indeed you know what you're talking about about all this different subjects!
It's so rare to find such knowledge in so many diverse music topics that you make it almost hard to believe. There it is a compliment if there ever was one! Keep doing what you're doing.
+scaxxomaxx Thanks! I've done about 1000 drum sessions over the last 25 years. I've tune the drums for every session. I tune them in between every take and I never research topics on the Internet :)
No kidding!
I don't know if it can be of any help to you but If I can give my two cents I would only add to this that there's a good tradition to tune the toms according to the note the shell itself naturally produces when slapped. DW drums even used to write the drum shell's pitch note on the inside of it for that reason. Ultimately, in my experience it is the note the drum will revolve around (when losing tuning etc) and in general it's a good starting point from which fine tune the batter head according to taste.
Thanks a lot ! I tried several technics and tutorials and this one worked for me ! Peace ✌️
Very Cool! I totally get it because that is pretty much the types of Tom's and heads I have been working with! You cleared up a lot too!
He is spot on, that's exactly the way I tune my drums
The only person on UA-cam you can learn about Drumset tuning as well as orchestrating in the style of John Williams
Super classic tuning! Love it!
Rick, this is a great method, and very close to what I have done for decades. One small addition, try using 2 drum keys placed across from each other on the 2nd step (instead of the star-pattern with a single key.) Ideally, use 2 identical keys. By using both hands it goes twice as fast, and is perfectly balanced! Finish normally, by tapping at each rod. etc.
Comment please on:
1. Tuning to the supposed resonant frequency of the drum itself.
2. The pitch at the lug opposite the lug you are turning changes as you turn the lug. I.e., when you tighten/loosen lug A, the pitch changes not only at lug A but at the lug opposite lug A.
Very nice video! Lot's of things not covered elsewhere.
This advice is primarily useful for tuning in a studio environment. The process of tuning is similar for a gigging drummer, but a gigging drummer has different concerns than a drummer in the studio. You want your equipment to be durable enough to survive being roughed up in transit more than trying to maximize tone which changes from room to room, anyway. Your tuning also isn’t going to last for a 2-hour gig. It won’t sound bad by the end, but any specific pitches or intervals you may have aimed for are going to be lost.
Not all Gretsch drums come with die cast hoops. In fact, these days, only the USA Custom comes with die cast hoops. Brooklyn and renown drums use 3.02mm double flange hoops, and I have 1.6mm triple flange hoops on my Gretsch Catalina Club. The problem with the thinner hoops is that they bend a lot more easily if/when you drop them while transporting them which ruins your tuning and makes the drums harder to tune in the future. A studio environment usually carries less risk, so you can use thinner hoops with less worry.
Lastly, Evans Level 360 heads don’t need to be broken in to seat properly and are a lot more durable for gigging. Frankly, the equivalent Remo heads sound better, but the Evans UV1 heads sound the best in my opinion (Remo has no equivalent) and are somehow even more durable than normal Evans heads.
Weird. I somehow already knew most of this! I must have been shown as a kid or something. Plus trial and error. Great tip on the old, lighter hoops.
I get great satisfaction out of cracking the glue ring manually when I've got new heads. It's almost a ritual. My favorite snare head will always be a coated Ludwig medium Weather Master, though. Even though the coating chips and wears off, I always loved those heads since I had my first Acrolite.
This is fantastic. My toms sound great now. Thank you!
This is by far the most helpful video I’ve seen
Hi rick...here’s a tip you might like...so one day I was getting frustrated by not knowing if all the lugs were the same tension so I go a drill and utilized the clutch .. first i set the clutch to “2” and I it worked really well...the stupid thing is the drum lugs are not a metric or SAE size...the perfect size drill bit to use is the extension piece ... this method is fast and easy and really lets you know that each lug is the same tension.
This is VERY good information for drummers (me). I always just exprimented and thought " that sounded cool". Nothing wrong 'bout that but this is just awsome. I learned a lot in these 18 min! Thanx!
Nice video. I bought my current set in 1978. It's a big set, Tama Imperialstar Saturn 12+1. Yep, double bass, eight concert toms, two floor toms, one snare. I'm using all Evans 360 heads around the toms and snare and Evans EMAD 24 inch bass drum beater heads with Evans 24 inch REMAD resonant (front) heads. Still sounds great. Your tuning insights are great.
"Your rim has been warped" Mahahaha
Fantastic Video, In fact this whole series has been an indispensable resource. Thank you
Very cool video Rick!! I was taught to tune the bass drums to a low "E" and the rack toms to "D" and "G" and floor tom "A".
I use a tama tension watch dial on my drums. If i do a live gig, i tune my toms by ear back stage if needed. I my opinion, the tama tension watch dial has saved me a lot of time.
Lovely thank you so much! Just got a new Tama Club Jam Kit never tuned toms nor snares and bass drum 🥁 before. This been super useful. Thank you so much! 🙏🏻😄
I know now that I was being way to gental while placing my heads. I have never pressed on them like that. I'm going to try it right now! Thank you! 1965 Slingerland kit...
Mils does not mean millimeters. A mil is equivalent to a thousandth of an inch. That goes for the thickness of the plastic of the drumhead.
Ply: layers of veneers that made the body of a drum. Maple / poplar / maple, birch, etc are described in terms of plies, not inches.
Good video btw.
Should have picked up on this myself! A 1.4mm thick drum head would sound like you hit a slab of concrete! XD That's WAY thicker than the PET on a coke bottle!
And this is the exact reason I always say "thousandths" while talking about thousandths of an inch - no mistaking it for mm with people who don't use these units every day...
@@jamessbca Me too. Didn't know there was any other way.
@@arupian666 for whatever reason, all of my electrical engineer buddies say "mils" when referring to thousandths of an inch. All of my mechanical engineer buddies as well as machinists say "thousandths"
So I stick with millimeters and thousandths (and I NEVER say the word "mil"). Zero confusion that way :)
@@jamessbca I spent half my career working in England (my native country) and we always used to use "thou" ... I used to work closely with prototype workshops and yeah, those guys would always use "thou"...
Since I've been in the States, I use "thousandths" (when the needs arises)... "thou" makes people think I'm speaking pretentiously referring to them in "ye olde english", lol... not helped by my accent...
I tune the bottom heads of all my toms at the same time (with the top heads off), then put on the top heads and match the resonating frequency of the bottom ones. If you do them all individually, it's much harder to get all the drums in a nice sequence of notes.
Another important part of seating the head is to make sure that the distance between the hoop and the bearing edge is consistent all around the drum.
Even a difference of a mm or two will make it much harder to fine tune the drum to a specific pitch. Typically there is some "play" room of a few mm not only between the hoop and the bearing edge but also sometimes between the drum head and the bearing edge so it is really important to make sure the head is also perfectly centred on the drum with consistent spacing between the head and the rim of the drum.
i will definitely be using the push down and turn from now on ... also one thing i always do is re tighten the screws inside which hold the lugs , just in case any have loosened off a little ..
Thank you Rick! This was crazy helpful!!
I really like using the Remo Emperor heads. They have a great classic vintage sound, but require careful tuning. I find they start sounding somewhat "muddy" if the humidity is above 85%. On rainy days, I tweak them up considerably.
Way to go Rick, enjoyed the methodology
I onced played an all original vintage Slingerland radio king, full set with a matched snair. Damn did they know how to make jazz drums back in the day.
In those days, it was all jazz. I own a kit you decribed. The drums did fit the style.
It's really helpful for me, good video good explain ,very pro
I will keep following you
Good video. Something not mentioned is the difference when tuning die cast vs triple flange. The same method applies, but the triple flange hoops flexes a lot more than the die cast. As a result, changing the tuning of a single lug on die cast will have a larger impact on nearby lugs. As a result, I find die cast hoops to be more difficult to tune. It takes a while to get used to the nuances.
Well done, very informative. Totally agree that fingers are better than key early on. and for god's sake no power tools!! my differences: I usually tune the bottom to the natural pitch of the shell, before I put the top on. I liked the part about tuning to minor thirds... There are other effects you can get with varying the reso head compared to the batter (tune to pitch of shell for max resonance OR tune higher than top head to get "tighter" sound with more attack) and you can also get an interesting effect purposely detuning one lug. Still, I learned a lot. I appreciate a person who takes the time to make an informative video and "gives something back' to others based on their love of drumming so kudos to Rick, this comes through in his videos.
Fantastic! Such a great video! Helped me a lot! Thank you for this 🙂
Just recently I find myself tuning the resonant heads to a lower pitch than the batter heads. That way, as the sound of the drum decays it drops in pitch. To my ears at this time, that is a more pleasing sound… and it allows me to tune the batter heads higher, which helps produce more lively stick/brush rebound. Edit: my current batter heads are coated Ambassadors. My previous were clear Pinstripes.
Hi Rick,
great video, as always. Thanks! It might be worth mentioning that, in many cases, 1.6mm hoops are also found on cheaper drums today (not only vintage drums). So if you have a cheaper drum kit and want to get a little more serious about getting a good sound out of it, it could be a good idea to exchange the hoops (and heads, of course!) first, instead of investing thousands of dollars in an all-new kit. The "problem" is that most modern drums (including inexpensive ones) have relatively thick shells that don't really accomodate for that vintage sound you get with the 1.6mm hoops. So again: if you're on a budget, I'd recommend going with 2.3mm or even die-cast hoops when a new kit seems like a little much.
Cheers from Germany!
i use die cast hoops on my pacific (made in mexico version) kit and the toms ring like they're collectors! i remember noticing their thin maple shells with no reinforcing rings and thought that if you put die cast on them they would sound like the older gretsch drums...i was right!
Thanks for this Rick. I have learned so much here. Awesome lesson.....................
This really helped me out a lot. Thank you!
Nice vid. A few points: 1.) quick tip for seating heads - after finger tightening use a hand-held hair dryer, circling lightly near the rim. The heat will REALLY seat the head much better and quicker and your tunings will be much more stable. 2.) Tune your heads one at a time, muffling one if you have to. 3.) Emperors are 2ply heads and resist denting more than the single ply, Ambassadors. By contrasts, the Ambassadors are more resonant. One must decide which is more important. 4.) You would really like a device called, Tune Bot. It is specifically designed for tuning drums and gives you access to dozens of pitch and tuning combinations that work wonderfully.
Good information. I picked up a Rogers big R set 1970's vintage Maple. I use Evans Hydraulic Batters. They pretty much tune themselves to natural pitch. A good friend Died in 2014 & left his brand new set of Tama Imperial Star that I added to make one giant set I have been trying to get them to match the Rogers without much luck. Going to use this & see how it works out.
That was a great video! Thanks for sharing it. :)
Oh gee whiz.
3:58 "The reason I'm using an emperor head is because John Bonham used it" LOL
With an immediate "no it isn't" but we all know "yes. it is" :)
Yeah, that made me chuckle, too! :-))
ThanX Rick, much useful info here I never knew! Actually, I almost always use calf heads on the tops, Remo fyberskin on bottoms, BD has both heads calf. Calf is much more forgiving of any tuning inaccuracies, but what you teach here will really help make them even better! Because I never travel, i seldom need to retune, I seldom get any of the bad weather problems associated with calf. You can hear these drums in any of my you tubes.
Rick Beato, Great video. Yes, a little confused about Mils and Millimeters but got it straight through some of your comments on youtube. I'm sure different drums have different styles of tuning methods depending on drums sizes, different woodplys, and different woods along with different hoops. But basically you put it in a nutshell. I will check out Prof. Sounds Drum Tuning Bible for a little more technique for more advanced knowledge but your experience as a Producer and sound engineer gives me a taste of the vintage drum tuning. Thank you for that and I always try to be complimentary to both the group or band and the sound engineer for what they want as a drum sound. That's important and It comes with experience whether playing live and, or in the studio. And listening is the best part. Isn't that what music is all about? I get more pro jobs that way...
mannnnnnnnn your channel its like finding goldddddddd.
epic as always SUPER useful. it worked
Thanks so mutch Rik! So usefull!
Hi Rick, great vid on tuning drums, I love tuning drums and your so right on with your method it works great, so important to have good sounding drums that are tuned and the die cast as opposed to Ludwig type rims is valuable information, most people don't know how to tune there drums, I have gretsch drums and they sound amazing now, I mostly play song as & bass guitar but thank God for you your really cool Rick, be well !!!
I just wanted to share my own experiance with my Sonor 3005 fusion kit witch I added an 8" and 14" toms, so, it goes like this 8" 10" 12" 14" 16"
All toms batters are Evans hydrolics with original resonate and the bass drum batter is an
Aquarian power Kick 111
and the resonate is a
remo pro prowerstroke,
I've never appriciated the sound of my drums as much as I do now! Now I'm exited each time I get to my drums!
Very informative. I personally like a very tight sound on my toms.I use remo pinstripes on all my toms with remo muffle rings to eliminate the resonance. I can't stand toms that ring out. To me ringing or resonate toms sound like toy drums I bought my kid. I tune my batters to the tension I like then tune the resonate head to get the pitch I'm looking for. My method is fairly time consuming takes me a couple of hrs to tune my 7pc. Can a tuning method be right or wrong? I tune by ear and everyone always compliments the way my drums sound.
i just got a 3 piece kit for my 3 year old daughter. its a cheap set from amazon with crappy heads, but i dont want to spend what i paid for the kit on heads. just trying to get them to sound as good as they can. this video is very helpful. im not a drummer so i had no idea it was this involved.
After the fingertightening I usually do 1 full turn with a key on two opposite lugs, fingertight again, repeat until I get tone or can't fingertight anymore, that would leave near a sweet spot for resonant drum heads and an interesting tone spot for batter heads, but I usually would tone it down half a turn or less depending on the size of the drum and how many lugs were in it
as an add on to my previous comment is that a drummer with a consistent hit is really important. On my practice kit snare heads I have a 1" worn dot and 3" crescent(coated ambassador). My toms have a 2" wear pattern in the center.
Jeff Ocheltree had another story to share about John Bonham.
John had never really heard of someone tuning drums. So, when Jeff was tuning Lenny White's kit. He asked him what were you doing to the kit, he replied I was tuning them. After which Jeff got on board as the drum tech for John Bonham.
This is In his instructional video : trust your ears (Jeff Ocheltree).
Aquarians don't use glue either. Is it just Remo?
9the only thing I would change because I'm used to it and it reminds me of a valve cover gasket on a car is doing the Criss-Cross method even in the hand tightening part of the head seating
I really appreciated watching the tuning video. I'm curious what your thoughts might be on using a die cast hoop on the top and wood hoop on the bottom for any given tom size (?)
One more you can put more even pressure on the head for the pressure tightening is way a piece of plywood across the top and then another drum on top of that