Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

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.

Floor tom tuning for recording.

Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes. Hi everyone i do some home recording stuff for myself and my band and have been doing it for some time now. Available with seamless streaming across your devices. When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment.

Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2. These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound. Tuning a floor tom of studio pass with tommy rogers and jamie king on creativelive. Support sounds like a drum on patreon.

Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. This is the kit for loud edgy rock music. Watch a free lesson today. My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic.

Toms tuning tips check the top heads for dents and replace as necessary. I use three primary kits for recording. Loosen the bottom head. If the floor tom has an undesirable basketball type after ring try this.

Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. Never force a drum to play a note out of its best range or you will have an uneven so. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. 2 the ubiquitous rock kit.

If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface. 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. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up.

We re gonna get them. Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. 1 a bebop kit with its toms tuned up high 10 tom tom and 14 floor tom. Tighten the bottom head.

Have the bearing edges checked and recut as required.