Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

A fascinating yet possibly surprising idea for tuning a drum kit is to tune its various different pieces to suit the key of a specific song.

Floor tom tuning for recording.

I use three primary kits for recording. When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic.

Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it. Hi everyone i do some home recording stuff for myself and my band and have been doing it for some time now. Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. First you must determine where each tom sounds best.

When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment. Support sounds like a drum on patreon. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up. Get started on your creative journey with the best in creative education taught by world class instructors.

Tighten the bottom head. Have the bearing edges checked and recut as required. Watch a free lesson today. 2 the ubiquitous rock kit.

Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2. It s even possible to use chromatically tuned toms and cymbals by choosing appropriately pitched cymbals or buying pre matched sets so that the drums become a pitched instrument. Available with seamless streaming across your devices.

Loosen the bottom head. Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. We re gonna get them. Never force a drum to play a note out of its best range or you will have an uneven so.

Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes. If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. This is the kit for loud edgy rock music. Tuning a floor tom of studio pass with tommy rogers and jamie king on creativelive.

These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound.