I guess you need to figure out how much force you push into the head with. I have seen guys put weights on the head and they tune the wrinkles out that way.
Dampening the drums. If you see on my drums at the end with their final tuning. I have little blue squares on the drum heads. I’m using moon gel. You can also use duct tape if you don’t have the money for moon gel. I forgot to mention about the dampening of the drums in the video. Let me know if you have anymore questions.
Good point! 😂 I actually forgot to film the part of me explaining how moon gel can also help dampen the sound. I put a lot of work into the video on the tuning aspect and forgot the part of the moon gel. Good ol mistakes, am I right? Haha. I hope you still found some enjoyment in the video. 😁👍🏻
Nice and simple video but what happen when you want to tune with notes?Or if you want floor toms very low ,bassdrum too and snare medium high?This method didn't work and you must tune individually.
I like the autistic way of tuning drums. I fingertighten it, then turn every screw on a shell for the exakt same amount in a starpattern. Works out very well for me
I tune on the note I want, then I put a towel on the drum and climb on it. It's very effective if you want your drums to hold the chord, and on a snare drum (not the reso of course), it suppresses some annoying harmonic. Simon Phillips jumps on his bass drum head ! Then you tighten again because you lost at least a half tone. Tuning on a chord means checking it daily. Nothing to do with the tones of the songs, you can't be in tune on all. There was this funny order in Whiplash "Tune the drums in Bb", like the conductor was talking about tympani ! But if you play in a jazz band you will encounter more b than in a rock band, so it's not that stupid.
There are tuning apps you can use on your phone, and you can also buy a Drum Dial to ensure all tuning lugs. I personally don’t worry about the key the drums are tuned to. I just go by what I’m hearing 😁👍🏻
Great question! So, I’d say what it all comes down to is if you want bigger sounding toms on your kit and the genere of music you’re playing. My kit came with a 10,12,14,and 16 inch tom. I usually just use my 12in rack tom and 16in floor tom. If I want a smaller sound I’ll use the 10in and 14in tom. I hope this answer was helpful. 😁👍🏻
The only thing I would add, is the final step for me is to lightly touch the head exactly in the centre with just one fingertip. Tap lightly with a stick around the perimeter at each lug. This is a drummer’s version of using harmonics, just like tuning a guitar, and gives the ear just a bit more information. Then you simply fine adjust until the “wows” are gone.
eww.... another person spreading terrible advice. Learn to tune the real way and you'll get so much more flexibility with the tunings you get, as well as just having your drums actually sound good in the first place.
All drums are different. There's no perfect way to do it. The only way to get proficient is to take all the heads off and put them back on over and over trying different tensions every time until you like what you hear. After a while you'll have muscle memory and know exactly how to tune YOUR drums the way you like them.
Hi Tim, do you have any tips for tuning so that the rack toms don't make the snare buzz so horribly?? I'm just having that problem repeatedly no matter what I do. Are use gel pads to stick to the resonant heads and the batter heads of both the snare and toms and I'm still getting it --it's really driving me crazy
Hi 😃 That is definitely something that happens that can be frustrating. I would recommend checking out my snare tuning video. Sometimes the resonant head on the snare drum not being tuned tight enough can affect the wires buzzing.
Tim you're the man. Went downstairs took my resonant Head to the extreme and tuned up the batter head as well. All the buzzing stopped immediately and it sounds better and performs infinitely better. I really am so grateful to you. God bless you brother.@@timmorrisdrums
