How To Tune Your Toms Like A Professional

How To Tune Your Toms Like A Professional - A Drum Lesson

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Жыл бұрын

Do you want to know how to tune your toms like a pro? Watch this video, and grab some of my tried and true tested hints. Nothing here is "rocket science". All you need, outside of these hints, is some time, and patience. I say, once a week, take one of your drums and detune, then retune it. Over the course of a month your tuning skills should drastically improve.
In comments let me know if you tune both heads to the same pitch, or like I'm currently doing, your top head lower in pitch?
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@peterbittner8263 Ай бұрын

Very good tuning Video.

@KirksDrumRoom Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@thomasnappo6309 6 ай бұрын

THE ROB BROWN WRINKLE METHOD IS THE BEST...😊😊😊

@KirksDrumRoom 6 ай бұрын

Rob's channel is great.

@gretschludwigdrummer209 Жыл бұрын

I used to spend hours agonising when tuning my heads, I just wack them on now press down in the middle of the head and tighten the tension bolts till the wrinkles disappear and they sound perfect every time....nice video though !!

@KirksDrumRoom Жыл бұрын

If it gets the job done, do it! There are so many ways to go about this topic. 👍😄

@TheDr1066 4 ай бұрын

This was very helpful. THANK YOU!

@KirksDrumRoom 4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching.

@Coppergol3m18 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video!♡

@KirksDrumRoom 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@danielfc Жыл бұрын

Cool lesson. Thanks man!

@KirksDrumRoom Жыл бұрын

You bet. Thanks for the compliment!

@Dannyd135 3 ай бұрын

Like your videos I’ve been a drummer for many years and I totally recamend the tune bot once you know the pitch you like just save it on the tune bot and it will tune it to your liking every time also played on many kits but mapex has the best sound to me

@KirksDrumRoom 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I like the tunebot. It is true that I don't use it very often. My only reason is that I don't want to rely on it, and lose my ear for tuning. And maybe that's not even a legitimate excuse, but I'm stubborn. 😂 But the tunebot is a great tool! As for Mapex, I wasn't really even considering them when I was looking for a new kit. Then everything changed when I finally got to hear one up close. And now I'm a Mapex endorser. Other drums sound great. But my ear really likes the sound of my Mapex kit more.

@Dannyd135 3 ай бұрын

@@KirksDrumRoom yes I totally agree I was actually looking at different kits but when I heard that mapex, I was actually impressed. As for the tune bot you have a point.

@ronnieomlettes1369 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I go for the same timings on my kit.

@KirksDrumRoom 8 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@lane61764 11 ай бұрын

Great Videos my friend!

@KirksDrumRoom 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks for watching! 👍🏻

@pghdrummer1654 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this man! Also you sound exactly like John C Reilly. 😂

@KirksDrumRoom 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your support!

@LENWOIS 6 ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯

@guitaristbiker 9 ай бұрын

i started always tuning with 2 keys a couple years back like Kenny Sharretts, but tuning is fun, i usually go loser on batter than reso, but been going 1-ply over 1-ply on a thicker shelled birch kit and 2-ply over 2-ply on a thin shelled maple kit, used to run 10" & 16" for a long time, recently went back to 12" & 16", where ive been going back and forth is with my snare drums, been trying more of a medium tight snare side head and a tight batter, feel like that still cuts but allows the wires to back off or go tighter without rattling like crazy

@KirksDrumRoom 9 ай бұрын

I used to be a 12" to 14" tom lover with a 20" kick. Actually, I still use that setup a lot when I play out. As for the 2 ply on the bottom, that's interesting. I'm going to try that. I have in my head what I think it will sound like. But I could be totally wrong.

@guitaristbiker 9 ай бұрын

@@KirksDrumRoom so that kit is a 2004 maple thin shelled pdp kit that i had all of the edges leveled and reshaped, basically even at no tension that kit will resonate forrrreevvvvvvver, so ive been running emperor clears on both sides i used to run a 10" & 14" setup over an 18" kick sometimes, but never have tried the 12" & 14" setup before

@KirksDrumRoom 9 ай бұрын

@@guitaristbiker That head combo makes total sense now. Awesome how you tried something most people would avoid, and you proved it works. High Five! 🖐

@jordanschlansky9329 8 ай бұрын

Other benefit to using two keys is you reduce the risk of the drum head being pulled unevenly to one side of the shell, happened a lot to me in my first year of drumming

@KirksDrumRoom 8 ай бұрын

That is so true!

@synthesizers 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Quick question: when you test them, there is a very long decay for both. When they are on the kit, the decay sounds shorter. Is it some kind of gating on the mics or the decay is not being picked up by them? Thanks

@KirksDrumRoom 7 ай бұрын

That has to do with the different mics used. I purposely didn't use any sound reinforcement for the video in hopes the truest sound would come through. That said, getting what I actually hear in the studio onto KZbin is a challenge. Ha!

@synthesizers 7 ай бұрын

@@KirksDrumRoom I actually liked that there was less decay ;)

@KirksDrumRoom 7 ай бұрын

@@synthesizers I think that could be a great video topic. I'm going to add that to the queue and see how I can make that work in a video.

@malletjazz Жыл бұрын

I'll tune the reso higher than the batter if I have different heads top and bottom (coated batter, clear reso, both single-ply). If I have the same single-ply clear head top and bottom, I'll go for the same pitch top and bottom.

@KirksDrumRoom Жыл бұрын

I can get behind that idea.

@malletjazz Жыл бұрын

@@KirksDrumRoom It all depends: that day am I trying (and failing) to sound like Dave Weckl, or am I trying (and failing) to sound like Simon Phillips? ;)

@KirksDrumRoom Жыл бұрын

@@malletjazz I completely understand that decision nightmare.