Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

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Floor tom tuning for recording. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up. Tuning a floor tom of studio pass with tommy rogers and jamie king on creativelive. 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. My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic.

This is the kit for loud edgy rock music. Available with seamless streaming across your devices. Toms tuning tips check the top heads for dents and replace as necessary. 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.

Hi everyone i do some home recording stuff for myself and my band and have been doing it for some time now. Support sounds like a drum on patreon. Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels.

If the floor tom has an undesirable basketball type after ring try this. These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound. 1 a bebop kit with its toms tuned up high 10 tom tom and 14 floor tom. Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes.

2 the ubiquitous rock kit. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. Watch a free lesson today.

Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2. Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. First you must determine where each tom sounds best. Loosen the bottom head.

Never force a drum to play a note out of its best range or you will have an uneven so. We re gonna get them. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it. Tighten the bottom head.

When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface.