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Tuning your drums

Postby roninnes » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:25 pm

I appreciate everyone has their own way or method of tuning drums. Some tune by ear, some tune with drum dials, some use notes on a keyboard, some by tapping.
So I think it's fair to say there may not be a definitive way to perform this function.
I recently found some very interesting vidoes on the Evans website under "Lessonroom". There are some 364 different subjects discussed and some are on tuning. It is worth a troll through to find these as they gave an alternative view on how to tune drums, in particular the bass drum.
If you fancy spending a bit of time browsing

http://www.evansdrumheads.com

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Re: Tuning your drums

Postby abstamaria » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:39 am

Thanks, Ron. I'll go have a look. The drums we have have the notes marked inside the shells, and I was planning to retune them again. it was quite difficult the last time.

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Re: Tuning your drums

Postby Paul Creasey » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:01 pm

Thanks, Ron..............I'll check that out.

I've been tuning my current set of drums for eight years now - one day I might get it right!

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Re: Tuning your drums

Postby martcaster » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:21 am

Hello, Ron, Paul...everyone,
I've just checked the 'Quick Tips' section on the Evans site and there's some really good stuff.....particularly re. ride & kick techniques. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Ron. See you in May?
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Re: Tuning your drums

Postby roninnes » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:25 pm

That is the plan.
Are you taking your drums again?

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Re: Tuning your drums

Postby suspend6 » Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:59 am

Better Late than Never!

I have never had any success at tuning my drums - until now.

I have an iPhone and purchased (for $10 Aussie Dollars) an app called "iDrumTunePro". It uses science to assist in tuning, and boy, does it work well.
I can now knowledgeably tune my drums, and get the sound and balance between drums that I want. Support is excellent, and the author (a young English Professor) has always responded promptly to my requests for help. In my opinion it is superior to anything else on offer.
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