Floor Tom Tuning For Recording

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Floor tom tuning for recording. Tighten the bottom head. Toms tuning tips check the top heads for dents and replace as necessary. This is the kit for loud edgy rock music. Hi everyone i do some home recording stuff for myself and my band and have been doing it for some time now.
Join jamie king tommy rogers for lesson 2. There is one problem i am having at the moment that never used to be a problem but has popped up. If the floor tom has an undesirable basketball type after ring try this. Available with seamless streaming across your devices.
Get started on your creative journey with the best in creative education taught by world class instructors. Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. First you must determine where each tom sounds best. Loosen the bottom head.
If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes. We re gonna get them. 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.
I use three primary kits for recording. 2 the ubiquitous rock kit. 1 a bebop kit with its toms tuned up high 10 tom tom and 14 floor tom. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory.
My set up is drum mics saffire pro 40 interface macbook pro with logic. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it. Watch a free lesson today. Support sounds like a drum on patreon.
Check the evenness of tension all around on the top and bottom heads. 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. These toms are suitable for jazz and not much else as they have a very distinct sound.
When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface.