Tuning Tips
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:11 pm
I don't agree with everything he says, but I have a lot of time for Bob Gatzen.
He was consulting for Noble & Cooley when I first hooked up with them, and I learnt a ton of useful lessons from Bob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8Q12mK ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtFjADvz ... re=related
Bob has spent hours in his home studio, tuning drums, trying different heads, recording and analyzing the results. He really has looked into all aspects of drum design, head design and the end result drum sound more than most.
I don't tune my drums to sound the same as Bob's. I don't always agree with his methods either, but if you listen to what he has to say, and maybe try to work his way at least once so you can understand where he is coming from, I think you can only improve your level of drum tuning.
And as we know, sometimes the recording engineer has to snatch the drum key from the drummer.....
He was consulting for Noble & Cooley when I first hooked up with them, and I learnt a ton of useful lessons from Bob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8Q12mK ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtFjADvz ... re=related
Bob has spent hours in his home studio, tuning drums, trying different heads, recording and analyzing the results. He really has looked into all aspects of drum design, head design and the end result drum sound more than most.
I don't tune my drums to sound the same as Bob's. I don't always agree with his methods either, but if you listen to what he has to say, and maybe try to work his way at least once so you can understand where he is coming from, I think you can only improve your level of drum tuning.
And as we know, sometimes the recording engineer has to snatch the drum key from the drummer.....