Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

Loosen the bottom head.

Floor tom tuning for recording.

My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic. 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. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it.

If the floor tom has an undesirable basketball type after ring try this. Tighten the bottom head. 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. When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment.

Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. I use three primary kits for recording. Watch a free lesson today. 1 a bebop kit with its toms tuned up high 10 tom tom and 14 floor tom.

These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound. Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes. 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. Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2.

Have the bearing edges checked and recut as required. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up. Toms tuning tips check the top heads for dents and replace as necessary. 2 the ubiquitous rock kit.

Support sounds like a drum on patreon. This is the kit for loud edgy rock music. We re gonna get them. Tuning a floor tom of studio pass with tommy rogers and jamie king on creativelive.

When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. First you must determine where each tom sounds best. Get started on your creative journey with the best in creative education taught by world class instructors.

Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever.