The Ultimate Tom Drum Head Comparison - REMO Edition | Finding Your Own Drum Sound

Did you ever wonder how all available Remo Tom Drum Heads sound compared to each other?
Here's the answer with more than 30 different drumheads on 10,12,14 and 16 inch toms.

00:00 Intro
00:22 High Tuning
05:17 Medium Tuning
10:10 Low Tuning

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Drums and Mixing by Pascal Thielen.
Instagram: @pascal_thielen

Equipment used in this video:

Drum Heads:

Ambassador X Coated
Ambassador White Suede
Ambassador Vintage Coated
Ambassador Smooth White
Ambassador Renaissance
Ambassador Fiberskyn
Ambassador Ebony
Ambassador Coated
Ambassador Clear
Ambassador Black Suede
Powerstroke 4 Coated
Powerstroke 4 Clear
Powerstroke 3 Coated
Powerstroke 3 Clear
Pinstripe Ebony
Pinstripe Coated
Pinstripe Clear
Emperor White Suede
Emperor Vintage Coated
Emperor Vintage Clear
Emperor Smooth White
Emperor Renaissance
Emperor Ebony
Emperor Colortone
Emperor Coated
Emperor Clear
Emperor Black Suede
Diplomat Skyntone
Diplomat Fiberskyn
Diplomat Coated
Diplomat Clear
Controlled Sound Black Dot

Drum Kit:

Gretsch USA Custom
Finish: Solid Black

Bass Drum: 22x18
Toms: 10x8, 12x9, 14x14, 16x16

Cymbals:

14" Paiste Formula 602 Sound Edge HiHat

Microphones:

Beyerdynamic

Bassdrum: TG D 71 (inside) / TG D 70 (outside)
Snare: M 201 (top)/ M 201 (bottom)
Toms: TG I51
Overheads: M 90 Pro X
Room: M 90 Pro X
Hihat: MC 930

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[MikeLuke]

This one will be the reference on YouTube. Unbelievable, how much work you put into this: 32 different drum heads x 4 Toms x 3 Tunings = 384 times changing a drum head!! 😳 You changed more drum heads for one video than some drummers do in their whole career. Mindblowing. Thanks ever so much!

[elcrackengaitos_bs]

It's mindblowing how you achieved the same tuning for every tom and head, mad work and patience 🤯

[rob-]

Yes!!!! Finally the best tom head comparison out there…no cymbals crashing no snare drum hits no bass drum hits. Pure tom head hits. Perfect and thank you so much this. Still my top favorite is the Emperor Coated.

[sushi]

High Tuning :
0:24 Ambassador X Coated
0:32 Ambassador White Suede
0:42 Ambassador Vintage Coated
0:51 Ambassador Smooth White
1:00 Ambassador Renaissance
1:09 Ambassador Fiberskyn
1:18 Ambassador Ebony
1:27 Ambassador Coated
1:36 Ambassador Clear
1:46 Ambassador Black Suede
1:55 Powerstroke 4 Coated
2:04 Powerstroke 4 Clear
2:13 Powerstroke 3 Coated
2:22 Powerstroke 3 Clear
2:31 Pinstripe Ebony
2:40 Pinstripe Coated
2:50 Pinstripe Clear
2:59 Emperor White Suede
3:08 Emperor Vintage Coated
3:17 Emperor Vintage Clear
3:26 Emperor Smooth White
3:35 Emperor Renaissance
3:45 Emperor Ebony
3:54 Emperor Colortone
4:03 Emperor Coated
4:12 Emperor Clear
4:21 Emperor Black Suede
4:31 Diplomat Skyntone
4:40 Diplomat Fiberskyn
4:49 Diplomat Coated
4:58 Diplomat Clear
5:07 Controlled Sound Black Dot

Medium Tuning :
5:18 Ambassador X Coated
5:27 Ambassador White Suede
5:37 Ambassador Vintage Coated
5:46 Ambassador Smooth White
5:55 Ambassador Renaissance
6:04 Ambassador Fiberskyn
6:13 Ambassador Ebony
6:22 Ambassador Coated
6:31 Ambassador Clear
6:40 Ambassador Black Suede
6:50 Powerstroke 4 Coated
6:59 Powerstroke 4 Clear
7:08 Powerstroke 3 Coated
7:17 Powerstroke 3 Clear
7:26 Pinstripe Ebony
7:35 Pinstripe Coated
7:44 Pinstripe Clear
7:53 Emperor White Suede
8:02 Emperor Vintage Coated
8:12 Emperor Vintage Clear
8:21 Emperor Smooth White
8:30 Emperor Renaissance
8:39 Emperor Ebony
8:48 Emperor Colortone
8:57 Emperor Coated
9:06 Emperor Clear
9:15 Emperor Black Suede
9:25 Diplomat Skyntone
9:34 Diplomat Fiberskyn
9:43 Diplomat Coated
9:52 Diplomat Clear
10:01 Controlled Sound Black Dot

Low Tuning :
10:12 Ambassador X Coated
10:21 Ambassador White Suede
10:30 Ambassador Vintage Coated
10:39 Ambassador Smooth White
10:49 Ambassador Renaissance
10:58 Ambassador Fiberskyn
11:07 Ambassador Ebony
11:16 Ambassador Coated
11:25 Ambassador Clear
11:34 Ambassador Black Suede
11:43 Powerstroke 4 Coated
11:52 Powerstroke 4 Clear
12:01 Powerstroke 3 Coated
12:11 Powerstroke 3 Clear
12:20 Pinstripe Ebony
12:29 Pinstripe Coated
12:38 Pinstripe Clear
12:47 Emperor White Suede
12:56 Emperor Vintage Coated
13:05 Emperor Vintage Clear
13:14 Emperor Smooth White
13:24 Emperor Renaissance
13:33 Emperor Ebony
13:42 Emperor Colortone
13:51 Emperor Coated
14:00 Emperor Clear
14:09 Emperor Black Suede
14:18 Diplomat Skyntone
14:27 Diplomat Fiberskyn
14:36 Diplomat Coated
14:46 Diplomat Clear
14:55 Controlled Sound Black Dot

[bennyomb]

This is definitely THE REMO COMPLETE DRUM HEAD CATALOG REVIEW VIDEO. All you need to hear right off the bat. It's PERFECT. Must've been so tedious & and time-consuming to make. Thank you for making this video, it's very highly appreciated.

[joelparton]

only 2 minutes in, already the best head to head comparison on youtube!

[DynamicRockers]

For open tones I prefer the Ambassador Coated and black suede, for shorter sustain I prefered the pinstripe clear, they have a good balance. I was very surprised about how dead the Powerstroke 4 sounded, huge contrast with the ambassador playing before. Thanks for saving us time and money AOD !

[fredfox]

Amazingly comprehensive comparison. Remo, needs to use this as advertisement, and compensate you for this amount of work.

[tmaddrummer]

Tremendous amount of work to pull this off! Thanks and Blessings!

[jobaecker]

Wow, that's quite an undertaking to change out and re-tune all of those heads...and match them so perfectly. While the different heads do have unique sounds, it's ironic how similar they sound.

[percasso]

The amount of work that went into this is insane. Much appreciated. Never seen a video with that level of tuning consistency, even across three tuning ranges. Great job!

[qwe]

An exhaustive (and exhausting) comparison. Amazing. I kind of burned out half way through, but I saved it to re-watch later.

[geoffreydlang]

This is a great demo, and very helpful to anyone shopping for new heads
Drumheads are very pricey and this kind of preview goes a long way into taking the guesswork out of choosing the *right* heads for someone’s needs, without wasting money on the wrong ones.
To take this concept further, I’d love to see a demo comparing similarly-constructed heads from different manufacturers i.e. Remo clear Emperors with Evans clear G2 heads, Aquarian Response 2 clear, etc., at various tunings.
Thanks for this!

[aaronramireztenorio]

Absolutely amazing Job! That's exactly what every drummer wants! a full, no joke comparison, with nothing else than the drums it self, extremely helpful! Thanks so much for take the time to do this! This is truly the Ultimate Tom drum head comparison for sure!!!

[ΔιονύσηςΤιμαμόπουλος]

Best tom head comparison I've seen on YouTube by far. Amazing job AoD! I'd like to watch a similar video with Evans tom heads.

[ozzygreen]

poor pascal! thank you for the effort, best drum channel out there

[cx]

Floor toms medium tune
06:34 ambassador clear
07:01 powerstroke 4 clear
07:20 powerstroke 3 clear
07:47 pinstripe clear
08:14 emperor vintage clear
09:09 emperor clear
09:55 diplomat clear
10:04 cs clear black dot

[whittymusic]

Amazing video! Im going to make my daughter watch it if she doesnt do her chores! LOL

[paulfuentes]

prob the best comparison video out there, thank you

[juancabrillou]

Wow…talk about dedication to your craft. On behalf of the brotherhood of drummers, thanks for doing this..