[ohnow]

I believe each snare can be a different note.  For example, I don’t think they made all snares tuned to C.  What I’ve done is use Variaudio (auto-tune) in Cubase to analyze the snare for the whole song.  I look for what the dominant note is.  If I can’t find one, I add verb to lengthen the notes and try again.  At the end of the day though, as the saying goes, if it sounds right, it is right, no matter the note Cubase shows.

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[ohnow]

I totally agree.  Since we have the capability to tune them in SD3, why not offer them as pre-tuned?  It’s probably because it would take time and time cost money.

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[ohnow]

Thank u for the reply. I’m not looking for electronic sounding drums. I did the VariAudio as a tool to determine the pitch and pitch changes. Respectfully, I disagree that drums aren’t tonal & can’t be tuned although I know there’s debate about that online. The smaller the drum, tighter the head, and softer u hit, the more the tone is clear and constant. Even the kik example, tuned to C0, in the pics I attached you can see the C0 is the dominant pitch, and the other overtones are also shown

In tuning physical drums, a drummer can tune the top and bottom heads to the same pitch, or make one higher or lower to have the sound decay up or down. If you don’t tune them correctly, especially on smaller, higher pitched toms, there’s major dissonance.

Terry Bozio is a great example of tuning drums if you consider the small toms he uses. Even steel drums are tuned to notes. Snare drum heads are typically very tight and it’s very common to tune them to notes since they are probably the most dominant drum people hear and their pitch is relatively high.

I think we’re almost saying the same thing, that drums are multi-tonal, there is a dominant tone and they can’t be tuned perfectly unless done with a computer. And, the more you computer tune, the more they will sound electronic and fake.

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