DrumDial Calibration from Drum Dial Inc.

DrumDial Inc. Calibration video. This drum dial how to video shows the proper way to calibrate your Drum Dial drum tuner for drum dial tuning, from drumdial Inc. for tuning your drums. When you tune your drums with the drum dial it is best to calibrate the drum tuner before using it for the first time to tune your drums. From DrumDial Inc. Drum Dial drum tuners are made in the USA. Drum dial is located in Tucson Az. DrumDial drum tuners have been used to tune drums for every major drum backline and timpani for symphonic settings all around the world for over 30 years. Drumdial can be used to tune all drums and was designed to tune drums with die cast hoops.

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[Rturner201]

I have a Mapex Pro M kit and im having a little trouble getting the sound i want out of the snare. The snare is 14x5.5. What settings do you reccomend for a medium fat sound. Not too low but kinda midrange I guess. This kit is played only in church.

[DrumDial]

85 top batter and 80 bottom resonant.

[diegloke911]

I want to tune my toms high any suggestions? And what should I tune my snare to to make it sound good with the toms?

[DrumDial]

For a high tom sound, 77 top and bottom is a good starting point. Snare batter at 87 , snare resonant at 80-82.

[Jonno689]

@DrumDial I want to tune my toms to a lower tuning for the heavier side of metal, my toms range from 10", 12" and 13" rack and 16" floor. Do you have any suggestions?

[DrumDial]

Standard tuning will work, but we suggest thicker or 2 ply heads. For a very low sound, you will need to use a thicker head on the bottom resonant as well. Remo, Ebony style heads work well for the bottom head to get the lower sound you are after.

[DrumDial]

Do not try to calibrate your tuner without any pressure. Calibration for the DrumDial is done by preloading the internal spring, by setting it on a flat glass surface. Without any pressure on the tuner, your DrumDial is not measuring anything. For example, if you were visually checking for a flat tire, you wouldn't put the car up on jacks to see if a tire was flat, you would let the weight of the car rest on the tire. Drumdial measures the distance that the drumhead flexes at different tensions.

[spitball301]

if my idiot friend dropped my drum dial, could it have broken it even if the dial turns normally?

[DrumDial]

Drumdial works for all drums from timpani, bass drums, toms, snares and even banjos to djembes, congas and timbales.

[Karrnic]

what drums does this work on? just the snare or the toms and bass aswell? im kind of a beginner:p

[DrumDial]

Recalibrate to zero. Your tuner will still function acurately, but will be a little difficult to read as the new zero point will be at bottom center instead of top center. Repair service if ever needed, is $30.00 to bring your DrumDial to new condition with another 1 year warranty included.

[PianoManGuitarHero]

When I put my drum dial on glass, it is alway perfectly centered at 50, NOT 0 like it says in the video. Should I just recalibrate it so that the needle is on 0?