How to Tune Toms | Changing Drum Heads | Ryan Dowdall | Worship | Ludwig | Mixing | Mic Placement

In this video, Ryan Dowdall goes over how to change drums heads, the tools you'll need, and how to tune the Toms!

[@devontehutchins8734]

George of the jungle. Will never forget this advice. Thanks!

[@TimofeiJuravlev]

Guys you are awesome 😎. It really helps me to understand what is going on with plastics and drums. I using tunebot studio for 8 months but never really develope my ears. Actually your video is listening as a podcast so great😂

[@PayneAvenue1]

You are amazing. I’ve never seen someone explain drum tuning as well as you. Talk about sincere and empathy. Thanks for the great video and help.

[@johnmckay3191]

Awesome video, loved this one and the black beauty tuning video! Question, how does a non drummer get into teching drums? Lol

[@thepowerplaceproduction]

Great question! If you’re a house tech then I recommend spending everyday trying to practice it a little bit. The more you do it the faster you will develop an ear for it. If you aren’t ask to borrow a friends drum or buy a cheap one to learn how it works. Never ask to tune a drummers kit if you aren’t sure you can improve a sound/fix a problem for sure or you end up making a fool of yourself and it’s not a good way to steward that relationship. The goal is to serve the drummer and help them sound their best.

[@mmlmixmuziklive3374]

This helped me a lot. Thank you. Do you have a tutorial on micro drum phases ( MIC BASS/di bass ) etc.. with the wave inphase plugins ?

[@thepowerplaceproduction]

Hi, I don’t do anything like that. I don’t have time in live sound to get that granular. For bass mic and Di I like to take the Di and distort it, and use 175 and below on the mic. I flip the phase to get what I want the mic to add. It’ll either add subs or it’ll add punch to the Di.

[@LTModels]

To me the floor tom sounds higher?

[@Coltonconnerdrums]

Great tutorial! What Ludwig kit is that?

[@thepowerplaceproduction]

Thanks! Classic Maple Pro Beat 24 I think. It’s one of my favorites! Always sounds great when it’s in tune.

[@Coltonconnerdrums]

@@thepowerplaceproduction cool! Thanks for the quick response. I’ve been looking into purchasing either the classic maple or the legacy mahogany. From a live and studio standpoint, does the classic maple handle those jobs well? Also if you have experience with the mahogany kit, could I hear your thoughts on that?

[@thepowerplaceproduction]

Classic maple always sound good to me. Especially with a black beauty snare. It can do pretty much anything you need it to. The mahogany kits are a sweet tone but it doesn’t always work. It’s great for striped down sounding rock stuff where you want it really dry. Live and Studio I prefer the maple.

[@Coltonconnerdrums]

@@thepowerplaceproduction awesome thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it!