Larry
"Uncle Larry"
Andy,
Thanks for that comprehensive comparison. I think I understand now that with the Guru drums, whatever note the combination of the shell/hoops/cage naturally resonates at is the best sounding tone for that particular drum. Your design sounds like it really favors/highlights the natural resolved note of the combination of everything going on there. Which is pretty cool. You get all kinds of drum tones, plus 1 really awesome tone from each drum. Nothing wrong there. Actually I'm thinking ....Bonus!
TBH, if one tuning sounded way better than different tunings, I would just keep it at the good sounding tuning. The drum can only hold one tuning at a time, why not keep it at the drums most resonant pitch? All I need from a tom is to sound great at one tuning.
The diameter of the drum (and other factors) dictates where that will lie. I'm guessing that it lies in a range that is very useable. Now if I prefer my tom pitched higher, but that is out of the sweet spot...I'm guessing/hoping that isn't the case. There's the dilemma right there...does this drums sweet spot jive with where I like my tom pitched....hmmm.
If it didn't jive...Wouldn't it be cool to come up with some kind of thing where you can change the natural resonant note of the drum. (I just noticed that tone and note..contain the same letters...carry on lol) What that thing would be I have no clue, perhaps bands of wood you could slide up and down the shell and tighten to alter what note the shell resonates at..Ok I'm being silly but like I said, I'm fascinated with what you acheived. If you could make a drum that you could vary where it naturally resonates at, wow....pipe dreams that's what that is lol.
I'm sure if you built identical sized drums, same wood and all, the sweet spots would lie at different pitches, because of the natural differences in the resonant and construction properties of the materials involved.
Fascinating stuff there Mr. Wizard. The ultimate would be to build a set where all the natural resonant frequencies of the drums high to low...complimented each other like a musical scale. Like DW's Timbre matching, only the matching part is done AFTER the drums are outfitted and completely finished. Pipe dreams.
Thanks for that comprehensive comparison. I think I understand now that with the Guru drums, whatever note the combination of the shell/hoops/cage naturally resonates at is the best sounding tone for that particular drum. Your design sounds like it really favors/highlights the natural resolved note of the combination of everything going on there. Which is pretty cool. You get all kinds of drum tones, plus 1 really awesome tone from each drum. Nothing wrong there. Actually I'm thinking ....Bonus!
TBH, if one tuning sounded way better than different tunings, I would just keep it at the good sounding tuning. The drum can only hold one tuning at a time, why not keep it at the drums most resonant pitch? All I need from a tom is to sound great at one tuning.
The diameter of the drum (and other factors) dictates where that will lie. I'm guessing that it lies in a range that is very useable. Now if I prefer my tom pitched higher, but that is out of the sweet spot...I'm guessing/hoping that isn't the case. There's the dilemma right there...does this drums sweet spot jive with where I like my tom pitched....hmmm.
If it didn't jive...Wouldn't it be cool to come up with some kind of thing where you can change the natural resonant note of the drum. (I just noticed that tone and note..contain the same letters...carry on lol) What that thing would be I have no clue, perhaps bands of wood you could slide up and down the shell and tighten to alter what note the shell resonates at..Ok I'm being silly but like I said, I'm fascinated with what you acheived. If you could make a drum that you could vary where it naturally resonates at, wow....pipe dreams that's what that is lol.
I'm sure if you built identical sized drums, same wood and all, the sweet spots would lie at different pitches, because of the natural differences in the resonant and construction properties of the materials involved.
Fascinating stuff there Mr. Wizard. The ultimate would be to build a set where all the natural resonant frequencies of the drums high to low...complimented each other like a musical scale. Like DW's Timbre matching, only the matching part is done AFTER the drums are outfitted and completely finished. Pipe dreams.