Snare side heads are not resonant heads. They are an effect head.
There are no "loud" drums. Drums are acoustic instruments and volume is subject to kinetic energy input. That means it gets louder the harder you hit it.
If you don't hit it, it is extremely quiet. If you hit it with a pillow, it will also be relatively quiet. If you hit it with a tire jack wrench it will be loud. Once.
Never use plastic strips to attach snare wires.
Your comments make a lot of sense.
But why no plastic strips?
.
Thank you so much for that information. Most of my snare drums have Grosgrain or the pink Ludwig string.Whenever I see a snare drum in a drum shop and it has plastic strips attaching the snare wires I know that the manufacturer doesn't really understand much about the product they are making or they just don't care and use the cheapest, easiest material they can find.
The best solution is 5/8" grosgrain (pronounced grow grain) polyester ribbon.
I googled this for sh*** and giggles. Nothing came up referring to them as effects heads.Snare side heads are not resonant heads. They are an effect head.
Never use plastic strips to attach snare wires.
Mike, welcome back to the drumming world! Always good to have more drummers. I don't have experience with the tune bot or tuning to specific pitches. I would check out YouTube for any videos on using it. The drum tuning bible also has good suggestions about pitch separation. They are approximations since drumes don't really tune to different notes.Hi guys,
I have been reading this and other forums for a few months now. After a lengthy illness and time away from drumming due to life getting in the way (or more to the point, near death getting in the way of living) and have finally taken my pearl reference and mapex black panther out of their luggage and started setting up after a seven year absence from playing. The tune bot has really caught my eye and after getting one iv also decided to try Evans skins for the first time. I'm replacing all skins with g2 coated on the batter and g1 coated on the reso. But iv received the gift of clear resos too. I have 8" 10" 12" rag toms and a 14" floor Tom. The snare is the gold hardware black wooden premium black panther series. I know the first reference drums were an issue for tuning for some people but I love them and mine have about 4 days playing on them before I went away from drumming for the last few years. Up until then I was a two hours a day kinda guy.
I'm just wondering if anyone can lead me towards info that might serve as a guide/templet to tuning pitches using the tune bot on a reference and black panther . Iv tuned them to ear and love the sound of the coated resos( I know this isn't a norm) but it's a lovely warm tone with a reduction on overtones and sustain. Which I like but I'm not married to, it was just for the hell of it. For fun and experimenting il be changing heads around to finally get to play with the drums.
Thanks in advance and it's amazing to see how much drumming has changed while iv been ill. Any suggestions will be tried and messed around with as I love playing with tuning in general. I must about the snare is the issue I don't know if it's developed problems while the years rolled by but tuning it isn't going as planned or maybe I'm just out of practice. I'd just love to hear what sounds those of you that have similar kits have developed as I'm in a rush to catch up and start getting back to a regular session on the chair
Thanks mike
And while we are on the subject - stay away from that dam blue steel cable that Pures__t includes with their wires. That stuff acts like a cheese cutter on your edges and will eventually wear through the snare side head and chew into the snare bed. It is Purecrap and I have no idea why they still use that.
The best solution is 5/8" grosgrain (pronounced grow grain) polyester ribbon. You can find this almost anywhere - on ebay or at Michael's crafts etc. It costs about $3 for a roll that will last you years. It has some flex and it is exceptionally durable.