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You convinced me right in the intro haha! Will definitely try them on my Yamaha Tour custom, I wonder tho if the 10" gonna like it?

Yo I work at a marketing agency, you could make some serious $$$ doing voiceovers

That 5th tuning at the end opened up this drum

Flop flop tuning

Hey Kenny! Great content as always! I have a similar tuning to the beginning of the vid (C on batter and A on reso). I'm just wondering what kind of muffling was used or any after effects. I'm trying to dial in the same sound when using a mic. Thanks!

thank you Kenny! Solo'd kick mic would have been the cherry on the cake. Maybe next time.

Got another question for you... this one will be WAY less cerebral than my first question I promise! In some of your other tuning videos, you show a trick where you apply a piece of folded duct tape to the head of a given drum (either to the top or the bottom) and as a result are able to produce better sound from the drum. Would you recommend the duct tape trick for the Deccabons as well? And if so, should we put the tape on top of the drum head or underneath it?

I so appreciate you posting this update video in addition to the original video on Deccabon tuning for the previous tour. Seriously, thank you so much! I have a couple follow-up questions for you after watching both videos. What would you say is the "fundamental pitch" for each size drum (i.e. the pitch where the drum is most resonant)? And how much "wiggle room" would you say exists around each drum's fundamental pitch for us to play with (i.e. "tune up" or "tune down") to match the key / color of the pieces we are trying to play? So like, for example, in both videos you mention that you landed on the range of drum tunings that you did based on the key of the piece that was being played and this was done intentionally, in both cases, so it sounded like the drums actually fit in with the rest of the music the band was playing. Makes total sense. For the '22 tour video, you mention in the comments that the tuning from 24" -> 10" followed a B Maj scale (B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A# and B). For the '23 tour video, you state in the video itself that you decided to change things up (new tour, new music, new keys, new tunings). The tunings you indicated for the 24" -> 18" followed the pattern of a B Min scale (B, C#, D and E). For the 16" -> 10", you say that you went with a F Maj scale (F, G, A, Bb) although if you listen to the audio it sounds like the 10" was likely tuned at B natural and not B flat (it sounds like there is a "whole step" between the two highest drums and not a "half step")... but like this is a super pedantic nuance to even call out so let's just say that the 10" in both tours was "somewhere around a B". Ok awesome. Now comparing the two tuning schemes, it looks like 24", 22", 18" and (maybe) the 10" drum tunings all stayed the same (B, C#, E, and B "ish" respectively). The other drums had a variance in tuning year to year of no more than a half step and in all cases the drums that did change tunings were "tuned down": 20" (D# -> D), 16" (F# -> F), 14" (G# -> G) and 12" (A# -> A). So now given all of this info (and hopefully getting to the point), I see two potential realities that we could be living in here.... Reality #1: The fundamental pitch of the 24" -> 10" drums follows the pattern of a B-Major scale with "wiggle room" to adjust the tuning + / - one half step around the individual drum's fundamental pitch. This would give a total potential playing range of A# to High C Nat for drums these size. Reality #2: The fundamental pitch of the 24" -> 10" drums does not follow the pattern of a B-Major scale but rather follows the pattern of some other close by major scale (e.g. C Major or above if you think the fundamental pitch could go higher, B-Flat Major or lower in the opposite case). The tunings you went with obviously didn't align to whatever scale we should be looking at, however that likely didn't matter in the end because we know the pitches you did select had to have fallen into the "wiggle room" for each drum (we know this because your drums sounded great both years). So given all of this, the "wiggle room" in this scenario would have to be at least +/- one whole step from the fundamental, maybe even greater. So based on your experience tuning these drums daily, which world do you think we're living in? If you noticed that there wasn't a whole lot of room to play with before the drums would start to sound dead, that implies to me that Reality #1 is likely the correct one. If you noticed that you had quite a bit of flexibility to shift pitch, then that suggests Reality #2 is correct. And if that is the case, do you find you have greater capacity to increase the pitches of each drum OR decrease the pitches? More upper end flexibility implies we should be looking at C Maj as a starting point. More lower end flexibility implies B-Flat Maj. To reiterate, I think your drums sound heckin amazing! None of this is meant to be critical of what you've done here or the choices you made. I see you as honestly kind of a subject matter expert on how to tune these beasts and getting this far into the weeds on all of this is my attempt at trying to pick your brain, learn something in the process and (hopefully) leave some useful info here for the next person to peruse and learn from. I super appreciate the content that you post! Thanks in advance for taking a look at all of this!

pretty bummed he didnt show the tuning after finger tighten.. thats literally what i came here for.

im nutting to death about that rogers kit… luv square lugs, and dude, is that red or PURPLE oyster? omg if thats like a purple

Dang, man! every tuning sounds amazing 👍

MY MAN!

This sounds ace.

During the lock down process it would help if you did that on a solid surface. Also, I wish would have been more about the sound produced by various ports rather than a product promotion. Thanks

Great idea with the screwdriver. I cracked my inner ring trying to snap it over the lip of the front one, used it anyway and it doesn't rattle, but was still wondering how in the hell I was supposed to attach it correctly.

Great products and installation tips. Good to see you!

Actor’s voice 😮

Good to see you back!❤

Still the sickest sounding drums!

Have a original 1967 Star...pre Tama snare. Which sounds awesome....and later became Tama...and star classic series..

Is there much difference in the sound, between the Powertone and wooden Dynasonic snare..?

Fibes had more fat. Love it. (5 years after the fact…)

Hey y'all

dido

This or the brass Dynasonic, Ken….if you could only have one…?

Wood or the brass Dynasonic, Ken, if you could only have one….?

This or the wood Dynasonic, if you could only have one Ken…?

What did you use for bottom toms?

I tune my toms with tunebot. I have all the lugs of a tom at the same frequency (e.g. 160hz) but then if I later put on the drumdial the lugs are not at the same tension, in fact there is quite a difference between one lug and another. Why is that?

huh? what? i couldn't understand or hear you...i dont know muzzled.

My 14 floor sounds like a snare. I messed up

Kenny, I appreciate what you do and thank you for teaching me how to tune drums. No one explains better than you, trust me. If possible, could we get your tunebot settings for each tuning that you make (in the video description). That would also be a life saver! Again, thank you very much!

Awesome stuff sir thank you

Hello Kenny, can you scribe perfect tune of Black beauty 14x6.5 ? Botom and reso head, how tight is the best for you using tunebot Tnx a lot good man !!!!

Your ROGERS or your DW..😊 Which do you prefer..?

What mic is that?

I wonder if the Heil PR 31 BW would work great on the snare both top and bottom

My goodness does that ever sound fantastic!!

Is that a Tama G MAPLE 13x7” snare on the left..

I just bought the rogers dynasonic 8x14 brass snare. Thanks for this awesome video

Dude, that whole kit sounds great. The kick drum especially. It cracks and has a tremendous low end. I'm really wanting a Rogers kit. There's a video of David Bowie on the Johnny Carson show from like '81 where he does Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes. The drummer is playing a Rogers kit and just has this huge, fat tom sound going.

Why do toms hum when kicking the kick drum? Is it a ground thing? Or a resonant thing? Hey man big fan of your videos btw

Can you help me on a 3.5x14 please, what tension or tuning on the shallow shell vs 5 or6 x14

I just bought a black beauty a month ago no imperial lugs Small attachment I love it y’all

Very cool of you to use an unknown artists music for the video. Great music!

I love this video. I have the exact same toms, and I SWEAR the smallest PINCH of a turn would completely change the tone, while people online are talking about tuning in increments of quarter turns. These drums are SUPER SENSITIVE to tuning and I'm so glad I'm not insane, thank you so much for this video lol. I thought I was doing something wrong!

I have used this tuning for my 12” and 16” plus added the 13” and my kit sounds very punchy and honestly with this tuning I think I’ve got the best of it for now. Big thanks!

I’ve been playing for 25+ years and gaff tape is always my go to when i want to tame the drum a bit. In all that time there’s been an explosion in tech for muting solutions. I’ve tried most, and none really do it for me. It’s always gonna be a little tape for me

What are the tunebot numbers used?

Killer idea. Been using a pillow against the reso but wanted to find a way to keep it internal and still well muted. Thanks for sharing!