Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

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Floor tom tuning for recording.

Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2. I use three primary kits for recording. My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic.

Tuning a floor tom of studio pass with tommy rogers and jamie king on creativelive. If the floor tom has an undesirable basketball type after ring try this. Available with seamless streaming across your devices. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up.

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. 1 a bebop kit with its toms tuned up high 10 tom tom and 14 floor tom. First you must determine where each tom sounds best. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it.

Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. 2 the ubiquitous rock kit. Support sounds like a drum on patreon. Toms tuning tips check the top heads for dents and replace as necessary.

When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface. These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound. We re gonna get them. Never force a drum to play a note out of its best range or you will have an uneven so.

Have the bearing edges checked and recut as required. When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment. Hi everyone i do some home recording stuff for myself and my band and have been doing it for some time now. Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes.

If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. 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. Tighten the bottom head.

Loosen the bottom head.