Drumtune Pro 2.0 Tutorial Ingles

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ANDROID MANUAL (ENG)
QUICK START GUIDE
BASIC TUNER
STEPS
ENTER BASIC TUNER

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1.
Go to tuner via bottom menu.
2.
Tap drum image.
SELECT A DRUM
3.
In menu, select drum type
you wish to tune.
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HIT DRUM
4.
4 Hold microphone of Android device
approx. 5 cm / 2” from impact spot.
(Aim MIC holes perpendicual to
impact spot and try which distance
works best!)
Hit your drum head in the CENTER

to detect its FUNDAMENTAL TONE.
OR
Hit your drum head near the EDGE
to detect its LUG PITCH.
TIPS!
Hit gently.
Hit at the same distance from a lug.
Hit with the same force.
LOCK TARGET
5.
to detect its LUG PITCH.
*
Tap LOCK TARGET once a LUG PITCH
is detected.*
5
(*TAP AGAIN TO RELEASE TARGET)
TIPS!
The locked target tone becomes your
tuning reference tone.
Pick the tone from a lug that sings nicely!
PRESS RELEASE TARGET IF YOU WANT TO
DETECT CENTER TONE AGAIN.
REGULARLY UPDATE THE LOCKED TARGET
TONE!
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HIT NEAR EDGE
6.
* Hold microphone of Android device

to detect its DIFFERENCE with the
locked target tone.
TIPS!
Hit gently.
You can always tap to release the target to
lock onto a new tone at any time.*
CLEAR LUGS
7.
of another lug to detect the other
LUG PITCH.
Check difference between

7 DETECTED LUG PITCH and
LOCKED TARGET TONE.
TUNE UP / DOWN to match target.
REPEAT UNTIL ALL LUGS IN TUNE!
TIPS!
Match all other lug pitches totarget tone,
to ‘clear’ your drum head from
unwanted overtones.
ONLY tune in small gradual steps per lug.
Jump to opposite lugs in a cross-pattern.
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BASIC LUG TUNER

STEPS
ENTER LUG TUNER
1.
Go to LUG TUNER via icon or swipe.
SELECT # OF LUGS
2.
Tap # lugs icon.
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HIT NEAR LUG
3.
Hold microphone of Android device
* Hit your drum head near the

INDICATED LUG to detect its
3 DIFFERENCE with the target lug.
TIPS!
Hit gently.
You can always tap RELEASE LUG FOCUS
to redefine a new target lug pitch to clear
your lugs to.*
PRESS ‘NEXT LUG’
3.
Once DIFFERENCE with the target
lug pitch is detected,
press ‘NEXT LUG’ .
TIPS!
The drum key will indicate which lug is to
bechecked next!
Follow the indicated pattern!
Do not start fine-tuning until the differences
3 of ALL lugs are visualized.
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HIT NEAR NEXT LUG
4.
Hold microphone of Android device
*
Hit your drum head near the next
4 INDICATED LUG to detect its
DIFFERENCE with the target lug.
TIPS!
Hit gently.
Follow the cross pattern!
You can always tap RELEASE LUG FOCUS
to redefine a new target lug pitch to clear
your lugs to.*
PRESS ‘NEXT LUG’
5.
TIPS!
The drum key will indicate which lug is to
bechecked next!
Follow the indicated pattern!
REPEAT STEP 5 FOR ALL LUGS

Do not start fine-tuning until the differences
of ALL LUGS are visualized!
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FINE-TUNE ALL LUGS
6.
TIPS!
Press ‘next lug’ to go to the lug with the
largest difference (+ or -) *
* Start tuning from this lug.
Tune in SMALL STEPS per time per lug!
Press ‘next lug’.
Recheck & tune next lug.
Go over all lugs severall times until all lugs
match the target pitch.
REPEAT STEP 6
UNTIL
ALL LUGS ARE TUNED!
Your drum head is ‘cleared’ (= in tune)
when all lugs’ differences are marked green,
or within +/- 1 Hz of the target pitch.
NOTE
Press the drum head‘s center from time to
time, to help redistribute tension changes.
Regularly check the other lugs’ differences
again, to vizualize the overall effect of your
tuning actions! (Values get out-dated once
tension is changed.)
WOHOOOO ALL TUNED!
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SENSITIVITY SCREEN
Access Sensistivity settings in the

menu at the bottom of the screen
to adapt your microphone’s
sensitivity to the ambient noise.
TIPS!
Use ‘STUDIO’ or ‘QUIET’ whenever possible.
(ONLY Use ‘NOISY’ or ‘GIG’ to tune in louder
environments, if needed.)
If you have a drum with a long sustain, it’s

possible that the app will detect a new hit
during its sustain.
If this happens, set the sensitivity one step
upwards, until it doesn’t occur anymore.
If your phone doesn’t detect any hits, set

sensitivity to ‘STUDIO’ and check again.
Also check in your phone’s app settings if
Drumtune PRO has been granted
permission to use the microphone.
LOCK TARGET TIPS

RELEASE & RE-LOCK TARGET TO REFRESH IT!
NOTE
If you locked to a target tone, the app will focus on frequencies related to that
target tone. It will eliminate interference of other frequencies.
Make sure you ‘lock’ onto the right target tone! (EG. the right lug pitch...)
TIP:
Hit the drum near a lug that gives a correct lug pitch reading, and press ‘lock
target’ when you see the correct lug pitch reading.
Now you can check the lugs that gave erratc readings.
If you seem to get erratic readings, press release target.

Next hit near a lug.
When you see the lug pitch, press lock target again to update the lug pitch.
If the drum head’s tension changed a lot, due to tuning, it is required to update the
locked target pitch.
To do so press ‘release target’, check the new lug pitch and press ‘lock target’ again
when you have detected it. Now it is updated.
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner
QUESTIONS?
CONTACT: support@drumtunepro.com
www.drumtunepro.com
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ANDROID MANUAL (ENG)
QUICK START GUIDE
TUNING REFERENCES
INFO
FUNDAMENTAL TONE
Hit in center of EG. the batter head of a drum,
with both heads vibrating freely, to hear the
lowest tone that the drum can produce at a given
tuning of both drum heads.
This lowest tone is also called the ‘fundamental
tone’ of the drum.
Tune the fundamental tone of your drum up or

down, by tuning one head, or both heads, of the
drum up or down.
NOTE:
A drum’s fundamental tone isn’t a constant frequency during the decay of a drum,
but it shifts pitch over time when the sound is decaying. As it gradually loses energy
in the decay, other frequencies become more pronounced in the timbre of the
sound.
The frequency that is perceived, is also affected by the impact strength and is audi-
ble after the attack of impact.
LUG PITCH
Hit near a lug, about 5 cm -7.5 cm (2”- 3”) inwards
from the edge of a drum head, to hear a higher
tone than the fundamental tone.
This higher tone is also called the ‘lug pitch’.
This tone is the ‘first order’ overtone of the funda-
mental.
Usually, depending tension and thickness of batter
and reso drum heads, the lug pitch is about 1.5x
to 2x higher in pitch than the fundamental tone.
Tune a drum head with itself by matching all lug

pitches to the same frequency.
NOTE:
When hitting a drum head near the edge, besides the lug pitch also higher order
overtones are present in the timbre of the drum sound. At some lugs, it could
happen that these ‘higher order’ overtones interfere with the lug pitch. If so, they
can be detected by the app instead of the lug pitch, causing instable readings.
To avoid that interferrence of unwanted frequencies, detect the lug pitch from a
drum lug that gives the correct lug pitch reading and press ‘lock target’.
With ‘lock target’ activated on the correct lug pitch you can detect the lug pitches of
the other lugs perfectly while the app kills all unwanted overtones.
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BATTER HEAD (TOP)
RESO HEAD (BOTTOM)
BATTER & RESO TENSION RELATIONSHIP

You can tune a drum to the same fundamental, with a theoretically infinite
amount of batter and reso tension combinations.
BATTER & RESO @ SAME LUG PITCH

When you tune the batter and the resonant head to the same lug pitch,
both drumheads will vibrate at the same speed which is most energy effi-
cient.
If both, the batter head and the resonant head are tuned to the same
lug pitch, the longest the drum’s sustain will be, with a full bodied
timbre in its decay.
BATTER & RESO @ DIFFERENT LUG PITCH

When you tune the batter and the resonant head to a different lug pitch,
both drumheads will vibrate at a different speed which is less energy effi-
cient.
By tuning both heads to different lug pitches, the decay speed of frequen-
cies in the sustain of the drum sound can be tweaked.
The further the lug pitches of the batter head and the resonant head
are tuned apart, the shorter the drum’s sustain, and its timbre will
become colored during its decay as different overtones will be more or less
audible over time.
• When the batter head is tuned higher than the resonant head, you
will have a slightly faster stick response and there will be more focus on
the attack of the sound.
• When the batter head is tuned lower than the resonant head, you will
have a less defined stick response and there will be less focus on the
attack of the sound.
• When you tune the batter and the resonant head to a different lug
pitch, especially at deeper shell sizes in comparison to their diameter, you
could hear a downward or upward pitch bend.
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P4 ROCK TUNING (WIDE, SHORT)

interval
P4
G2 D2
interval
Octave interval
P4
G3 E1
A1
P4
interval
KICK Fundamental 41 Hz / E1 @ medium/short sustain:

• Lug pitch batter head: 65 Hz
• Lug pitch reso head: 77 Hz
FLOOR TOM Fundamental 55 Hz / A1 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 73.5 Hz / D2 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ short sustain:

SNARE Fundamental: 196 Hz / G3 @ medium/short sustain:

TIP!
Suggested lug pitches are estimated values to bring you close to
the target fundamental, but they may not be spot-on for your drum.
Clear heads to suggested lug pitches first.

Then check the fundamental:
• If the fundamental is too low, tune up resonant head evenly.

• If the fundamental is too high, tune down batter head evenly.
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P4 ROCK TUNING (WIDE, OPEN)

interval
P4
G2 D2
interval
Octave interval
P4
G3 E1
A1
P4
interval
KICK Fundamental 41 Hz / E1 @ medium/short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 55 Hz / A1 @ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 73.5 Hz / D2@ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ maximum sustain:


TIP!


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M3 ROCK TUNING (COMPACT, SHORT)

interval
M3
G2 D#2
interval
Octave interval
M3
G3 G1
B1
M3
interval
KICK Fundamental 49 Hz / G1 @ medium-short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 61.5 Hz / B1 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 78 Hz / D#2@ short sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ short sustain:


TIP!


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M3 ROCK TUNING (COMPACT, OPEN)

interval
M3
G2 D#2
interval
Octave interval
M3
G3 G1
B1
M3
interval
KICK Fundamental 49 Hz / G1 @ medium/short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 61.5 Hz / B1 @ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 78 Hz / D#2@ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ maximum sustain:


TIP!


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TYPICAL SNARE DRUM TUNINGS
LOWER TUNING
Fundamental: 165 Hz / E3 @ medium/short sustain:
MEDIUM TUNING
Fundamental: 196 Hz / G3 @ medium/short sustain:
HIGHER TUNING
Fundamental: 220 Hz / A3 @ medium/short sustain:
TIP!


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TYPICAL KICK DRUM TUNINGS
LOWER TUNING
Fundamental: 36.5 Hz / D1 @ medium/short sustain:
MEDIUM TUNING
Fundamental: 41 Hz / E1 @ medium/short sustain:
HIGHER TUNING
Fundamental: 49 Hz / G1 @ medium/short sustain:
TIP!


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DRUM SOUND INFO

A drum does not produce a single tone when struck.
Because its drum heads vibrate at different speeds at different locations, it
creates a whole tonal range containing many frequencies at once.
FUNDAMENTAL TONE OF THE SOUND

The frequency range of a drum contains the fundamental tone and a blend of
higher and lower tones, which are also called partials, like overtones…
The most audible tone at a center hot is the fundamental, and it is generat-
ed where your heads vibrate at the slowest speed.
At some spots your heads vibrate faster, which creates additional tones.
These additional tones color the sound, and define the timbre of your drum’s
sound.
TIMBRE OF THE SOUND

A drum sound isn’t constant but its tones change during the decay!
The sum of all aditional frequencies and how they behave during the decay
of the drum sound is referred to as timbre.
At different moment after impact, the timbre of the sound changes dynamical-
ly. Some tones die faster than other during the decay of a drum sound.
This can be audible as an overtone ‘ring’, a ‘pitch bend’ etc… in the sustain.
The blend of frequencies present in the sound, while playing a certain funda-
mental tone, make up for the character and color of your instrument.
EG. The difference in their timbre is why a guitar, a piano a saxophone and a
drum sound different when they all play the same fundamental tone.
It is the same note, but it has a totally different sound character and color,
when played on different instruments.
Timbre can be affected by head choice, hoop materials, bearing edge construc-
tion, shell material, damping materials, etc.
CLEARING
Since a drum sound contains that many tones, we percieve it in such a way
that it is never truly out of tune with other instruments.
A badly tuned drum may not sound truly off-pitch with other instruments,
but its sound can be very unpleasant to listen to when its heads are out of
tune with themselves.
A drummer can tune a drum head to itself by matching the tuning of all lugs of
the drum head to the same lug pitch.
Tuning all lugs to match the same pitch, ensures an even tension around the
bearing edge of a drum.
This makes the drum head vibrate at the same speed around the bearing
edge, which reduces the amount of different overtones audible in the timbre
of the drum sound.
A cleared timbre is easier to amplify live, leaves ‘space’ for other instru-
ments in the band, and is often way more pleasant to listen to.
NOTE: Tuning all lug pitches to the same frequency is also called ‘clearing’.
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OPTIMAL TUNING RANGE OF YOUR DRUM

Drums are not tuned to standard tunings, like generally is the case with gui-
tars.
When playing a fill it may sound more melodic when all individual drums of
the kit are tuned to fundamental frequencies that sound well together (for
example in an interval). Therefore some experienced players tend to tune
to intervals or tones that go well with a song for example.
Nonetheless, when it comes down to tuning drums, you are free to create
your own, unique sound. There are no rules for drum tuning!
You can tune your drums to any fundamental pitch you like to tune to. How-
ever, it is best to let your drum determine his pitch range: you cannot force
your drum to a tuning too high or too low, without its sound becoming dull,
or choked.
Each drum will have its own optimal tuning range, located around a certain
frequency. When tuned in this range, your drum will sound better than
when tuned around other frequencies.
This ‘optimal tuning range’ is often referred to as the ‘ sweet spot ’ of
the drum.
You can figure out where that ‘sweet spot’ of each of your drums is lo-
cated, by experimenting via the 3 steps below:
1. First tune your drum with both heads at the same lug pitch at the
lowest possible tone where it is still playable.
2. Next tune both heads up evenly and gradually to another pitch not too
far away from the starting pitch. While you do so, try to maintain the same
lug pitch for batter and reso.
3. Now check the fundamental tone of the drum, by hitting the center of
the batter head, with the drum on its stand. Try to estimate how it sounds
in between ‘dead-resonant-choked’.
Repeat the loop from step 1, gradually tuning up the tension of BOTH
heads, evenly.
Listen to the sound of your drum at different tensions and try to figure out
at which fundamental tone it sings the most pretty: its ‘sweet spot’.
Once you found it, you can choose to tune your drum to a frequency in a
range around its sweet spot, or to its sweet spot.
• If tuned too low, your drum will sound ‘dull’.

• If tuned within the optimal tuning range, your drum will sound
‘vibrant & resonant’.
• If tuned too high, your drum will sound ‘choked’.
Listen carefully to your drum sound: somewhere in between ‘dull’

and ‘choked’ will be the ‘sweet spot’ where your drum sounds at
its best!
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Sweet spot & Eigenfrequency

Within the ‘optimal tuning range’ the so called ‘eigenfrequency’ of the
drum is located. This frequency is also called the ‘sweet spot’.
The ‘eigenfrequency’ of a drum is the frequency wherein the shell, together
with its hardware like screws & lugs all combined, will vibrate the most effi-
ciently.
If you tune the fundamental tone of the drum to its ‘eigenfrequency’

you'll hear a more full bodied tone in the sustain with fewer overtones.
This is because the fundamental will be more prominently pronounced in
the overall drum sound when it is the same as the ‘eigenfrequency’ due to
efficient vibrations.
NOTE: If you have a good ear, you can find the eigenfrequency of your drum
shell, together with it’s hardware, by gently knocking the shell (without
heads and coutnerhoops) with the underside of your fist, while listening to
the pitch you hear when it resonates.
TUNING TIP FOR UNAMPLIFIED GIGS

Sometimes it could happen that a kit, which sounds great when sitting on
the drum throne, sounds rather dull (with a lack of vibrant tonal projection)
when listening to it from the audience’s standing point…
If the kit is amplified, it isn’t a big deal. But when playing without
miking/amplification, especially at low tunings, it may help tune your kit a
bit higher than to what it sounds good like when you’re sitting on the
throne.
This slightly higher tuning will give your kit a more vibrant tonal projection
in the audience.
KEEP IN MIND THAT A DRUM SOUND IS AFFECTED BY THE

FOLLOWING:
1. Tuning relationship between batter and resonant head

2. Tension distribution evenness around the bearing edge
3. Drum head choice
4. Applied damping
5. Drum material, geometry and construction, hardware
6. Miking
7. EQ & effects
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GETTING USED TO THE APP

Because toms feature less overtones than usually present on snaredrums,
it’s best to start with tuning the toms first to get used to the app and
understand when to use lock target or not.
Once you get the hang of the app on your toms, you’ll know when to use
‘lock target’ and when not. This will mean you understand how to kill over-
tones by using ‘lock target’.
Now, you can comfortably shift to tuning your snare drum and deal with
overtones by using ‘lock target’ correctly.
After your comfortable tuning your snare with the app, it‘s time for the
kick. You’ll notice it’s not always easy to tune a kick at the lugs near a mi-
crophone hole in the resonant head.
Nonetheless you’ll find it starts sounding great once you get close to the
pitches you want to clear the heads to.
Don’t hesitate to experiment while

tuning!
Finding your sound takes time and

effort, but it is worthwile!
Listen carefully to the sound of your

drum & discover where it sounds best!
Tweak your tuning until your drum

sound is to your liking and fits the mu-
sical effect you are after for!
Use the app to help you with tweaking,

tuning and clearing pitches, but never
stop listening to your drum sound and
trust your ears when creating your
personal drum sound.
Once you found your sound, you can

use the app to assist you to always
retune to that sound!
Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner
QUESTIONS?
CONTACT: support@drumtunepro.com
www.drumtunepro.com
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2.

ANDROID MANUAL (ENG)

QUICK START GUIDE

ENTER BASIC TUNER

Hit your drum head in the CENTER

HIT NEAR EDGE

Hit your drum head near the EDGE

Check diﬀerence between

TUNE UP / DOWN to match target.

REPEAT UNTIL ALL LUGS IN TUNE!

BASIC LUG TUNER

ENTER LUG TUNER

HIT NEAR LUG

* Hit your drum head near the

PRESS ‘NEXT LUG’

Do not start ﬁne-tuning until the diﬀerences

3 of ALL lugs are visualized.

HIT NEAR NEXT LUG

PRESS ‘NEXT LUG’

REPEAT STEP 5 FOR ALL LUGS

FINE-TUNE ALL LUGS

WOHOOOO ALL TUNED!

Access Sensistivity settings in the

If you have a drum with a long sustain, it’s

If your phone doesn’t detect any hits, set

LOCK TARGET TIPS

If you seem to get erratic readings, press release target.

Drumtune PRO | Drum Tuner

ANDROID MANUAL (ENG)

QUICK START GUIDE

Tune the fundamental tone of your drum up or

Tune a drum head with itself by matching all lug

BATTER HEAD (TOP)

RESO HEAD (BOTTOM)

BATTER & RESO TENSION RELATIONSHIP

BATTER & RESO @ SAME LUG PITCH

BATTER & RESO @ DIFFERENT LUG PITCH

P4 ROCK TUNING (WIDE, SHORT)

KICK Fundamental 41 Hz / E1 @ medium/short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 55 Hz / A1 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 73.5 Hz / D2 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ short sustain:

SNARE Fundamental: 196 Hz / G3 @ medium/short sustain:

Clear heads to suggested lug pitches ﬁrst.

• If the fundamental is too low, tune up resonant head evenly.

P4 ROCK TUNING (WIDE, OPEN)

KICK Fundamental 41 Hz / E1 @ medium/short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 55 Hz / A1 @ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 73.5 Hz / D2@ maximum sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ maximum sustain:

SNARE Fundamental: 196 Hz / G3 @ medium/short sustain:

Clear heads to suggested lug pitches ﬁrst.

• If the fundamental is too low, tune up resonant head evenly.

M3 ROCK TUNING (COMPACT, SHORT)

KICK Fundamental 49 Hz / G1 @ medium-short sustain:

FLOOR TOM Fundamental 61.5 Hz / B1 @ short sustain:

RACK TOM 2 Fundamental: 78 Hz / D#2@ short sustain:

RACK TOM 1 Fundamental: 98 Hz / G2 @ short sustain:

SNARE Fundamental: 196 Hz / G3 @ medium/short sustain: