![]() ![]() Therefore, if you want to tune a tom to produce a “G”, you *don’t* tune the batter to a G and the reso to whatever note you feel will give you the resonance you need (more tension –> less resonance), like I used to think. Things I found out in the last week (some are very basic, but bear with me):ġ) The note that an outside listener perceives when you hit a tom (what they call the “fundamental note” of that drum) is actually a combination of the tension of both the batter and resonant heads. After finally getting it right, I thought I’d come back here and give those of you still interested a (final?) update on the whole process. ![]() So I did some research online and figured out what was happening. And when one head seemed to finally be in tune, the opposite head would start acting up and it was back to square one. For a couple of “tuning sessions” my 2 phone tuning apps seemed to go berserk and give frequency readings all over the place, making it impossible to tune the drums. ĪNYWAY, I WILL POST THE FINAL NOTES FOR MY TOMS/SNARE/BASS WHEN I’M ALL DONE.Īfter I had my little epiphany with the tuning apps and happily rode into the sunset feeling I had finally mastered the fine art of drum tuning I hit a wall and everything seemed to stop working (ain’t it always the case?). Once the drum is tuned, write down the lug frequency of each head for future reference, and you’re set. It’s really easy to figure out which notes to aim for in each drum and how to tune the batter heads with respect to the reso heads. Maybe the iPhone version of Idrumtech is different.).Īnyway, with those apps and the following document: I also downloaded Drumalyzer, a free android app that works even better (in the sense that, with my phone, idrumtech seems to be all over the place when reading frequencies you have to tap the head a bunch of times before you are reasonably certain of the reading. For 3 bucks, it’s a steal compared to dedicated tuners like TuneBot (I haven’t tried it, but apparently they work about the same). I downloaded the Android app that Starship Krupa mentioned (THANKS again): Idrumtech. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, I THINK I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Īfter much hair-pulling and wasted time, it turns out that there is a simple, cheap, scientific and repeatable way to tune drum sets: WE SHOULD SPREAD THE WORD ( REALLY) Once it's tuned up, of course, touch-ups are much quicker. IDrumTune is great because it has a spectrum view to help sort out harmonics and overtones, iDrumTech is great because it has lots of cool features, including a library of drum kit settings.Įven with all this, it still takes me the better part of an hour to dial in a drum from scratch (both heads slack). The last two are available for Android as well. There are three of them that I've tried, iDrumTune, iDrumTech, and Drum-tuner. I can't figure out how anyone can tune to a target note without one of these, unless their pitch perception is much better than mine. The next thing that really helped was using a tuning app with my iPod Touch. I start with that and then get the head in tune with itself, all the lugs even. ![]() That's a good way to get started, and I still use it to make sure I'm starting with the rim on flat rather than cocked to one side. The first thing that really helped was learning the JAW (just above wrinkle) quick-and-dirty method promoted by Rob Brown in his YouTube videos. I started out trying to tune to actual notes, and that was a fiasco. It's like so much else with drums, I had to learn to crawl before I could walk or run. Tuning drums is something I had no idea was so difficult to get good at.
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