Can you over tighten a drum? I find that cymbal tilters and bass drum spurs tend to loosen more often than other hardware components.
Over tightening is the greatest cause of hardware failure
.
How tight should drums be?
What happens if you tighten a drum skin?
A drum key.
Tightening the tension rods
causes the pitch of the drum to go up
; loosening the tension rods will lower the pitch. Drum keys can also be used to adjust hardware such as hi-hat stands and kick drum pedals.
How tight can you tune a snare drum?
How tight should the bottom tom drum head be?
To complete the seating process fully, take two drum keys and, working in opposite pairs, tension the head in half-turns, taking it up to a level of tightness that would be
way above what most players would use
. Quickly check that the head is roughly even all round and then leave for several hours.
How tight should rear drums be?
How can I make my drums sound better?
- Make sure you have new heads.
- Take time to tune up.
- Use an electronic drum tuner.
- Use dampening methods to kill nasty frequencies.
- Use a kick port for a tighter bass drum sound.
- Invest in decent cymbals.
- Look after your drum kit.
How can I make my drums sound deeper?
How often should you tune drums?
Professional touring musicians tune their drums often,
at least twice a week
, so the drums they play can sound their best for every performance. In the drum corps world, drummers sometimes play for 10 or more hours a day, and it's not uncommon to tune a drum twice in the same day.
Should resonant heads be tighter?
Batter tighter than reso, batter and reso the same, batter looser than reso. All three are widely used and all three are perfectly acceptable.
Thre is no right way or wrong way provided that the heads are in tune with themselves and the correlation between batter and reso produces the desired sound
.
How do you make a crisp snare sound?
How do I make my snare drum sound deeper?
Why does my snare drum sound bad?
How tight should I tune my toms?
How can I make my toms sound better?
What should drum toms be tuned to?
A good pitch relationship for the drum heads is to tune
the lug pitch of the bottom head a perfect fifth higher than the top head
(1.5 times higher in frequency, see Appendix).
How do I know if my drum brakes need to be adjusted?
Periodic adjustment of the drum brakes makes sure that the brakes do not drag when driving as this can rob power from the vehicle and cause the brakes to wear out much more quickly. Drum brakes usually need to be adjusted
when the brake pedal has to be pressed down a lot before the brakes engage
.
Why do my rear drum brakes over adjust?
Drum brakes are adjusted
to compensate for normal wear
. If they are over adjusted, the brakes can lock up, or be activated with very little pressure on the brake pedal. The brake shoe adjuster resets the distance between the drum and shoe during normal driving.
Will drum brakes self adjust?
If they get too far away from the drum (as the shoes wear down, for instance), the piston will require more fluid to travel that distance, and your brake pedal will sink closer to the floor when you apply the brakes. This is why
most drum brakes have an automatic adjuster
.
Why do my drums sound weak?
If your drums sound dominant, punchy, and full of impact by themselves, but then with the rest of the band in the mix they seem to die out, it is usually because of
too much low and low mid information existing in the remaining instruments
.
Why do my drums sound thin?
A common cause of a thin sounding snare drum is that
the tail end of the recording's waveform decays too quickly
. To overcome this, try using a transient shaper, like Smack Attack, to boost the sustain level of your audio signal. This should lengthen the feel of the snare in the track.
How do drums get big sounding?
Compression
Compression is when you lessen the dynamic gap between quietest and loudest signals of an audio signal. If you're working with live drums, you can
use compression
to make the kit feel like its all moving together and sounding bigger as a whole.
How do you make a kick drum sound punchy?
- Choose the right kick sample. …
- Use EQ to fatten/tighten up the kick. …
- Use Compression to make the kick punchy. …
- Make Sure Your Kick Sample Is In Mono. …
- Use Sidechain Compression To Give Space To Your Kick.
Is it harder to learn drums or guitar?
Yes, generally speaking,
drums are harder than the guitar
. Of course, to play at a professional level, both instruments require the same amount of work. But if your goal is to have fun with music as quickly as possible, the guitar is your best bet.
Why are tom drums called toms?
How often should drum heads be replaced?
They recommend always changing your drum heads before you start recording. Otherwise, if you're just practicing and playing normally, you should find yourself replacing heads
every six months or so
. Six months isn't a hard rule, and for some could be a risky amount of time to wait.
How tight should snare batter head?
Through experimentation and the advice of some other experienced drummers, I have come to the conclusion that the snare-side (bottom) head of a snare drum should be tensioned
extremely tight
. Don't be bashful about this. Crank that puppy up very tight.
Should resonant head be higher or lower?
Tune the resonant head
higher pitch than the batter head
. This gives a shorter sustain, and makes the pitch of the drum bend after each hit. Tune the resonant head lower pitch than the batter head. This gives a shorter sustain, and also makes the pitch of the drum bend after each hit.
Should snare be tilted?
How do you get a fat snare sound?
Why does my snare sound dead?
How do I know if my drum heads are bad?
How can I make my snare drum sound better?
Fine Tuning: Flip the drum over and place it on a snare drum stand. Next, you'll want to tighten the adjustment knob so that the snare wires have the right amount of tension against the resonant head. Play the drum with a stick in one hand while adjusting the knob with the other until you get the desired sound.
