How to tune your drums! // 😱 45 Minute drumhead replacement and tuning video 😱

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(I play the previous generation IV, but they don’t make them anymore!)

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MY GO-TO VLOG SETUP -

MY KIT
Mapex Saturn IV MH 5-Piece Studioease Kit: Short Toms Deep Bass
Kick drum: 22 x 20"
Rack toms: 10 x 7 and 12 x 8"
Floor tom: 14 x 12 and 16 x 14"

0:00 - Intro
0:05 - SOUND SAMPLES OF NEW HEADS
0:41 - Disclaimers
1:06 - Old heads
1:35 - Heads I’ll be using
3:02 - Old head sound test
3:42 - What my studio looks like
4:02 - iPhone audio of old heads
5:00 - SNARE
7:12 - Snare top - Evans HD
9:55 - Seating your drum heads
17:12 - Top and bottom snare head relationship
22:09 - When the snare wires are too tight
24:19 - Snare tuning thoughts
26:21 - drum dampeners - what they do
27:40 - Tuning toms
29:59 - Evans G2 tom batter heads
33:23 - Fine tuning tom 1
35:37 - Tuning toms together
36:10 - Quick tip for 12” toms
37:23 - Fine tuning the 16” tom
38:42 - All toms together
40:12 - Kick drum tuning
42:13 - Kick drum patch
42:50 - Kick dampening
45:03 - Before and after comparison iPhone audio
45:55 - Final thoughts and tips

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[chrisstanleydrums]

Great video bro! Regarding the cracking from seating heads, Evans uses a different method of securing the Mylar to the hoop that doesn’t make the sound. I believe Remo uses a glue that will make it crack as it’s tuned up. I stopped seating Evans heads personally. They all stretch as they’re under tension for a few days when you put them on and need retuning.

[levidixie]

"Sorry, got carried away" 🤣 classic drummer excuse. Love it. Awesome video

[JaredGoodman]

@drumeo make getting this guy on the show happen!

[michaeleldridge]

Nice! I use a very similar set up. G2 coated batter with g1 resonant heads. Except the floor tom gets a g2 clear for the resonant (evans stopped making the g14 that I used before). The sound guy at church loves it. If anyone is interested in hearing it I can drop a link.

[CDSlyFox]

Evans heads have a proprietary 360 collar that seats the head, so you don't get any glue cracking when seating. I still do the press anyway, because old habits die hard... Remo still does have glue that you need to crack in order to properly seat. Appreciate the excellent video!

[calebmalloy]

Hey Daniel, I know this is a comment that does not go with the video, but I just wanted to say that we got our new electric drum set for our church. And we have the same Hi-Hats you do. (your new ones on your electric kit) And there amazing, They feel nice and nice to play with, and they have a good feel. Also thanks for this video. It will help me when I tune my drums again.

[jacobkincaid]

You should post your channel strips! Love the mix

[dannonf.]

thanks bro!!!! i need to tune my kit and get some new heads. imma fs try this!!!!

[duongnguyendai]

Hi bro. This was really great! Could you kindly let me know which devices (mixer and sound card) did you use to record this one? Thank you!

[mattlonproctor]

Hey Daniel God bless you and thank you for the tuning tutorial without a doubt it helped me a great deal 🙏 ! I have a question if you have time to answer and the question is. Which hands do you prefer Evans or Remo and why?

[MrE]

I have to say, the before and after was VERY similar, like REALLY similar. Good video though!

[edgartacamn]

I just saw this video because i got new heads for my church drum set and also have a 10, 12, and 14 inch tom instead of 16. but how does the top head and bottom head relate to eachother when it comes to tuning?

[NateRickman]

Do you ever use Tune bot for fine tuning? If so, what Hz do you use for each Tom? Do you tune by note of Tom's, like Tom 1 is a C2. Tom 2 G2 and so on.?

[jcdrums]

Daniel, the reso head of the floor Tom, is more tight ?

[brandon.buchanan]

Saw this video and had to check it out. I was curious how you tuned your kit. I basically do it the exact same way and it has worked well over the years. I do tend to gravitate towards the Aquarian Performance II heads for my toms. Do you have much experience with those heads? I they never really needed much dampening

[jtfoster]

Which drum heads do you prefer emperor coated or clear drum heads and which brand evans or remo?

[joeluna]

How do u remove the long tone in the drums