The new tunebot studio is the most advanced drum tuner yet. Drumtuner doesnt have a dozen functions, its made for tuning your drums and nothing else. Introducing tunebot studio, the new advanced drum tuner from overtone labs. Therere only three ways to tune double headed drums. This is the best version of the tunebot, and our recommendation if youre buying one. Drum tuners, like the mechanical drumdial and digital tunebot, record your favorite tension settings at every tuning screw to eliminate guesswork every head change. Alternatively, the evans torque key has a preset tension dial built in for close tuning matching without the separate tuner. So i really benefitted from the tune bot suggested settings.
The audio gets better in the second half for testing the drum. Tunebot gig digital drum tuner explorers percussion. Measure drum head tension directly from the drum head faster than ever before. If you are in the business of recording inexperienced bands, as i was, i suggest getting a tune bot. Drumdial drum tuners accurately tune all drums by measuring drum head tension not tension rod torque. Tune bot gig is a fast and precise method of tuning drums. Youve invested in the first and only practical electronic tuner designed specifically for drums and drumsets. The revolutionary drum tuner makes its consumer debut at the 2012 percussive arts society international convention in austin, tx. Then, clip the tunebot gig to the drum hoop between any two lugs. This video introduces the tunebot electronic drum tuner, and how to properly use the device to tune your drums. A first for percussionists, the tunebot studio electronic drum tuner from overtone labs is a quick and accurate method to tune your drums. Watch as tommy rickard goes over the features of the tuner.
Tuning a drum set with the tunebot makes it much easier and faster and give you very good sounds recorded or for live music. You need to tune your drum to its sweet spot in order for it to sound its best. An in depth guide to drum tuning with information on what notes and intervals to tune your drum to and much more. The tune bot tuning calculator will help you determine the notes and frequencies to reach your perfect sound. Every time i play out somewhere people compliment me on how good my drums sound, and i have the tune bot to thank for that.
Overtone labs tune bot gig drum tuner thomann united states. Shortly after introducing the tunebot electronic drum tuner in 2012, we were flooded with phone calls and emails asking how to tune different brands of drums or. Looking very much like a clipon guitar tuner, the tune bot is a neat little device sporting a large, backlit lcd, with six tactile buttons below. Based on your drums and your personal preferences the tune bot will provide recommended settings based on musical intervals. Regardless of the size of a drum or what its drum head is made of, the fundamentals of getting a good sound out of a drum are the same. This spot varies from drum to drum based upon size, the. Tune bot gig is useful for lug pitch matching, measuring and adjusting overall tone, interval tuning of toms, returning to your drums optimal sound every time. Now its time to tune the top and bottom heads relative to each other. Although the packaging came with instructions, the best way is to use their website and use the free tuning resources section to help understand and choose handy settings for your drum set up. Tune bot gig digital drum tuner metronomes, tuners, and. I dialed each drum in a bit after though but great starting points.
Use tunebots tuning calculator to get suggested tuning frequencies or notes for a great sound with your specific drums. Overtone labs has taken their tune bot technology, updated and simplified it with the tune bot gig. As you tune the drum with one side either higher or lower, you go through zones producing one of either. The bottom head is also called the resonator head and it plays a vital role in controlling resonancesustain and pitch of the drum. If you take 10 drummers and ask them how they tune their drums, youll get 10 different answers. Premete il pulsante power del tunebot per accenderlo. Using the app, and the general consensus the saturns favour a lowtuning, i used the app to give me the tunings for my 4 toms at 1 pitch, with notquite full resonance. After a quick look the only real advantage i see to the tune bot is being able to clip it to the drum rim which frees up both hands to tune. But with its unique frequency filter its by far the best tool you can get. Simple, compact design the tune bot gig features a large, easy to read lcd display that can be easily read from a distance. May 10, 2014 in this post, i will provide the tune bot tunings i use for my ludwig acrolite 6.
Drumtuner will allow you to accurately tune your drums to specific frequencies. The gig is optimized for ease of use with simple, singlebutton mode switching and a redesigned clip that clamps to any standard drum hoop. Clipon digital drum tuner for acoustic drums, with perlug pitch measurement, overall pitch measurement, overtone filters, and save slots for 5 kits x 10 drums. This drum tuner helps you to get rid off the guesswork of clearing lug pitches drums by ear, and empowers you to tune your drums to a perfect pitch. The clip attaching it to the drum is chunky and strong, and can be easily rotated through 360 degrees for ideal positioning of the unit around the drum rim. Nov 01, 2011 with the tunebot, drummers can quickly and easily achieve the same musical accuracy that guitarists have enjoyed for years. The sweet spot is simply the pitch where the drum resonates best. With a simple clip to the hoop and strike of the drum, the tuner will filter out overtones and give you a measurement of the pitch of the individual lugs in hz or notes.
The suggested tuning via the free tune bot app got me pretty close, but where the tune bot really excels was in letting you fine tune your kit. Tunebot studio tbs001 digital drum tuner clipon tuner. Il display mostrera i settaggi di default che sono il punto di partenza per lavorare con il tunebot. After years of research and development, overtone labs has finally created a fast, accurate, and effective drum tuner. Also you can experiment with other tunings and try some. A first for percussionists, the tune bot studio electronic drum tuner from overtone labs is a quick and accurate method to tune your drums.
Feb 02, 2016 here is how to use the tune bot to tune a snare drum. Tunebot snare drum tuned to notes with settings youtube. Aug 27, 20 ideally, you want to tune snare drum resonant lug frequencies to a perfect fifth 1. Get the tuner that really works, get a drumdial drum tuner and make it possible for your drums to consistently sound great. Drum tuner builtin microphone records sound tone of the acoustic drum shell, clamping mechanism for hoops, by turning the tension rods of the sound on the drum head is modified, the pitch can be read on the display, can be attached to various. Place your drum on a stool or carpet as to mute the opposite head. These tunings should serve as good starting points for the ludwig supraphonic 6.
The tunebot offers a wide a variety of tuning options. A low resonance will have less sustain and more attack, higher resonance will have more sustain and warmth and less attack. In 2012 overtone labs revolutionized drum tuning with the introduction of the tunebot, the industrys first digital tuner for acoustic drums. When it comes to tuning drums, theres no right or wrong. Since its introduction in 2012, tunebot has brought drum tuning into the digital age and enabled drummers worldwide to sound better and tune faster. Tunebot gig clipon digital drum tuner with backlit lcd. Tune bot is a standalone, digital, pitchbased tuner like a guitar tuner for drums. Tunebot gig digital drum tunercalifornia residents.
Drummer cafe tunebot to appear in austin drum news. The most inherent sound created from any given head will be heard by placing a head of identical specifications on the resonance side. Yet, until now there was no such thing as a real drum tuner. You can use it to get a drum in tune with itself, tune any drum to a specific desired pitch, even get an entire drumkit in tune using specific intervals. With a simple clip to the hoop and strike of the drum, the tuner will filter out overtones and give you a measurement of the pitch of individual lugs in hz or notes. Tuning a drum is much more time consuming and difficult than a guitar. May 08, 2017 tune bot takes the guesswork out of it once you know the correct relationship that works with whatever heads you choose to use on a particular drum, you can repeat those results every single time. Strike the head of your drum lightly about 1 inward of any lug and wait for a reading on the display, this reading is your lug pitch.
This is a huge poll where readers vote for their favourite drum gear. Drummer cafe tune bot to appear in austin drum news. Tune bot studio drum tuner with tommy rickard youtube. Precise tuning is easier than ever with todays tools. Now its easy to tune your entire kitand the best way to perfect. This new invention is about to change the way you tune your drums, and more importantly, change the way your drums sound. I dont have a great ear for tuning to good tones but i tested my lug eveness and it was right on. Dec 04, 20 i did a quick side by side comparison and the tune bot reads the frequencies a few hz higher than the idrum tech but probably not enough to make much difference. You can then use the tune bot drum tuner to tune your drums to these exact settings. The easy to use one button interface lets you toggle through the functions like lug pitch or tuning the drum to a note. A first for percussionists, the tune bot electronic drum tuner from overtone labs is a quick and accurate method to tune your drums. Overtone labs tunebot studio drum tuner sweetwater.