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Not hard to explain at all :confused:. We all know when it's dialed in right when it sounds right. That "certain little punch" Mike describes, or the "sweet spot" is usually heard when you dial in the resonant frequency of the drum; NOT the resonance of the shell itself, but the primary resonant frequency of the 8x12" cylinder (377.3 hz to be precise). Tune your toms to their primary resonant frequency and they suddenly become alive, louder and more pure sounding (less overtones). This is great for rock (and orchestras) but lousy for jazz. Jazz usually wants higher, faster pitches. So again, it really all comes back to what sounds right for your ears.[Attachment: 77159]A note on all this talk about tuning your reso heads either up or down a third, remember that your audience is hearing primarily the sound coming off the reso heads. So go ahead and spend an hour fine tuning your drums sitting behind the kit, but then stand twenty feet in front of your drums while someone else hits them. You may be surprise by what you hear and wonder why they suddenly sound so different. :2Cents:Mike
Holy cow, I appreciate your input, but it's starting to feel like a science class. Bowing
I found a video on you tube where the guy explained a pretty simple approach to tuning drums. He finger tightens both heads, then starts with the bottom head and turns each rod a whole turn and then does the same to the top so they are both the same pitch. He goes back to the bottom head and does another full turn on each rod so it's higher than the top. His opinion is, you get more projection and tone with the bottom head a bit higher.
I forgot his name, but I do know he's a semi famous drummer, I'll go back and find his video, thanks for all the comments.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Yah, Mark, I may have gotten a little too "sciency" there only because acoustics is pure physics, but drumming is art, so you can always throw the science away (along with the dozens of tuning methods available on YouTube from "experts") and ultimately go with just what sounds right to your ears. I think it's great we all have our own favorite, distinct tuning and personal sound. It would be pretty boring if all drummers' kits sounded exactly alike.
Mike
-No Guru... still learning more every day-
Posted on 10 years ago
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Great post's! This may sound really strange but I use a combination of tuning styles because of the tom sizes I use primarily. (13, 16,18)
The 13 gets the reso head as low as possible with the batter head tuned higher.
The 16x16 gets the opposite tuning, a higher pitched reso head to bring the overall tone closer to the 13.. Then back to the 13" style tuning for the 18 to give the 3 toms a fairly equal spacing.
The 7x14" snare drum gets 78LBS on the reso and 85LBS on the batter to start with as a ref. point.
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