tune-bot Studio
With all the ground-breaking features of our original drum
tuner, tune-bot Studio offers more reliable readings with a higher frequency
range, a four-color display, streamlined keypad, and improved kit-saving
options—all in a performance package that’s easier to operate. Discover how
awesome your drums can sound after drum tuning with tune-bot Studio. Find your
ultimate drum tunings, save them and re-tune in a flash with our flagship drum
tuner.
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Drum
Tuning Guide
Drum tuning guide – how to tune drums
tune-bot is a precision drum tuner that enables you to
accurately tune your drums to specific notes or frequencies. This drum tuning
guide will show you how to tune drums and help you determine the notes and
frequencies to use for your specific drum set. Then you can use tune-bot to
tune your set to those specific values. After you’ve tuned your set to a sound
you like you can store the pitches of your drums in tune-bot to allow you to
quickly re-tune to the same sound over and over again.
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Tom
Tuning
A good way to tune your toms and your snare as well, is to
use notes in musical intervals or chords for the fundamental pitches of the
drums. One consideration, in selecting which interval or chord to use for
tuning, is the number of toms (and optionally snare) in your set. If you have a
small number of drums you might prefer larger intervals between drums whereas
with a large number of drums you might be better with smaller intervals,
otherwise, you might span too small or too large a range of pitches with your
drums.
Summary of Tuning Steps
·
Choose the fundamental notes for every drum
using Table 1.
·
Decide on the amount of Resonance: low, medium,
high or maximum and if top or bottom head is higher in lug-frequency.
·
Calculate the top and bottom head lug-frequency
for every drum head.
For each drum:
·
Tune top and bottom heads to required
lug-frequency.
·
Equalize top and bottom heads.
Note: These formulas may not be exact. Depending on your
drum’s dimensions you may have to fine tune the lug pitches to get the desired
fundamental note. These formulas will however get you very close!
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of Tuning Steps
Fundamental Note Selection
Suggested tunings for a variety of drum set configurations
ranging from 2 to 6 toms are listed in the following table. The tables also
cover most popular tom sizes ranging from 8 to 16 inches in diameter. All the
notes in any of these tunings can be moved up or down a few semi-tones (the
distance between A and A#; a half-step) to suit individual tastes without
changing the intervals. Only the fundamental pitch of the drum, i.e., the
lowest pitch of the drum (obtained when the drum is hit in the center and is
mounted on a stand), is listed in the chart, not the lug-pitches. You will get
the same fundamental pitch whether you hit the top or bottom head since the top
and bottom heads vibrate in unison when the drum is hit in the center. The
corresponding top and bottom head lug-pitches, however, are independent of each
other and can be 1.2 to 2.3 times higher than the fundamental pitch for typical
drum sizes.
