How To Tune Your Toms For Worship Big Fat Sound

12 Inch Tom Settings
Fundamental: A2
Top Lug: 165 Hz
Bottom Lug: 217 Hz

16 Inch Floor Tom Settings
Fundamental A1
Top Lug: 95Hz
Bottom Lug: 95Hz

Drum Heads

Drums:
22' Kick PDP CX Series
12' Rack PDP CX Series
16' Floor DW performance series maple
14' Snare - - Truth Custom Drums 14x8 Brass (David Whithworth Classic )

Cymbals:
24' Istanbul Agop Joey Waronaker Ride
22' Istanbul Agop Xist Crash
Hi hats:
16' TOP Zidjian Constantinople Crash
16' Bottom Zidljian Avedis Crash

Software: Logic Pro X

Mics I'm Using:
Kick Out: Yamaha Sub kick

Drum Heads on my Kit:

Drum Accessories

Interface: Quantum 2626 Presonus

Song: LAKEY INSPIRED - In My Dreams (Vlog No Copyright Music)
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.

Song: LAKEY INSPIRED - Warm Nights
Music provided by Music Just For You | No Copyright

[kjeason]

Great video! It's nice to hear toms that actually have tone in a worship setting and arent just triggered. Love it!

[silvermineband]

One of the main reasons drummers don’t have success with a Tune Bot is they don’t use the filter feature. Definitely use the filter for best results. Also, dampen the head between hits for more accurate lug to lug results. Allowing the tone to continue as you tap at the next lug could give a false reading. One potential downside to tuning for max resonance is that it generally means your batter will be tuned higher than it would be using a lower resonance setting. I like my floor toms to be softer under the stick. Did I mention to always use the Filter Button??!? 😅

[garethplaysdrums]

Nice video. Love the raw audio near the end. Top job.

[lucianokozak]

Brother you are the best im gonna have my drums set up tuned really great with these tips and tunes. Thank you so much! i did a comment in one of your reels you are awesome. God bless you a lot !! Regards from Argentina

[moqzo]

Tried these tunings and I love them! The toms sound phenomenal! Thanks Ryan! Also did my snare at 302/400. I’m stoked!

[DavidHall-zoeg]

I want to leave it for now and see what it sounds like once I place it back on the mount tomorrow at church.

[DavidHall-zoeg]

On my 12 inch i am at 207 htz on the top head for my Yamaha Stage custom birch tom so far.

[cameronbauldry]

You are a life saver. This is so much better than what the tune bot calculator was giving me!!

[DrumGalaxy]

At least you're using a Tunebot! There IS no substitute! You neglected to show the fundamental note after the lugs were done, unless I missed it. The app settings are only an approximation, as I'm sure you know, and the final numbers vary slightly based on your own individual drum size and head choices.

[tripledeluxe]

Those toms in the intro video sound uniquely dry and beefy. Nice!

[jeremysdrumming]

Great video, i have a 2 rack 2 floor Ludwig kit setup and the tune bot looks like an excellent investment, definitely want to pick up one soon, appreciate your video 🥁

[SheronPhillips]

Hi Brother, Greetings from Sri Lanka. I've been Tuning my kit for the church according to your settings, and got to say, man I love its tone and feel. Can you Kindly tell me your Settings for your Snare also I have a 13-inch rack tom. What Settings would you suggest to me for that??
Thank You in Advance

[Tdrums]

Evans makes uv2 tom heads they are amazing tune up easy and last try them some day

[joegarcia]

Hey brother I had your recommended configuration for my PDP Concept Maple . My set up is 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 toms with a Pearl Maple Freefloat snare drum. Could you please share your recommended your configuration for this set up. I have to tune my kit before October 27th 2023 for our church event An Evening With Mother Mary . If you can help out it would be greatly appreciated. Our church is big seats up to 800 people .

[dgutierrez]

Fantastic sounding toms. What numbers would you tune an 18” floor tom, if you were to incorporate it into the tuning of the two toms you just showed us? Thanks!

[DavidHall-zoeg]

I am so close to that 217 on the bottom head. This is my first time ever actually doing this. I don't have sticks on me. I am just using my fingers at the sides of each lug to tap for notes. Is that still accurate using a tune bot. At each lug I am between 214 and 218 for the bottom head and 160 htz on the top head.

[moqzo]

Hi Ryan. If I’m using 2 rack Tom’s, 10 and 12 with the 12 tuned to 165/217, what would I tune the 10 inch tom to? I love these tunings. Thanks.

[DavidHall-zoeg]

I am at 160 htz on my top head for my 12 inch tom on my Yamaha Stage custom birch. I just put in my Remo emperor clear heads. Should I still get that deep fat sound I am looking for if I am at 160 htz, which is a little lower than 165?

[notforyoutube]

Love your videos! I like the A2 calculation. Could you please recommend a tuning for a 10”, 12” 14” and 20” bass for a PDP Maple?

6.5 x 14 aluminum vertical snare drum. Huge fan of low thudy / big fat snare drum sound

[raymarcuerpo]

I got pearl roadshow 14' Snare, 10' & 12' Rack toms, 16' Floor Tom, 22' Bass. What would you recommend sir? Thanks.