drumdial pressure reading

[blackdragon2o1]

i own a 6 piece export kit which includes the normal export kit size and the free tom 10 x 8 or 8 x 10..i always mix up sizes but i recently got a drumdial and i was wondering what pressure reading should be to get the best sound

[depill]

What types of head are you using, what kind of music do you play and what kind of sound do you want?

[blackdragon2o1]

im just using th pearl stock heads and i play metallica and disturbed type music...like i reallylike the way mike wengren drums sound...im planning on getting new heads tho

[depill]

Ok, You seem to be playing the same kind of music that I usually play, I listen to Metalllica alot. I recomend buying new heads on the toms, clear pinstripes on top and clear ambassadors on bottom.

And try setting the drumdial to a 75 on top and 75 on bottom then mess around with it from there, The settings that I like on my mmx is
75/75
73/75
77/75
but this is just for the toms and floors, I generally don't use the drumdial on my bassdrum, I just tune them really low, not even passed the wrinkles sometimes, and I use and evans eqpad inside pressed up against my batter head. Now, if you like to get that pantera bassdrum sound, try taping a coin to you batterhead, where the beater(s) meet the head(BUT this will break the head faster, in most cases).

The snare is a matter of do you want high pitch or low, In high pitch is use somewhere around 90 on top and the bottom is around 85. If you want low sound I recomend the Evans sd dry head as a batter because of its internal mufflering. But in low tunings I don't use the drumdial(and I go for the CORROSION OF CONFORMITY sound) which is easy to get if you use this head.

I recieved an e-mail from the new drummer of godsmack in which he said:
"i use remos all the way around...pinstripes on the tops , ambassadors on the bottom...powerstroke 3 kick drum head...coated cs controlled sound with black dot on bottom of the head for my snare. hope this helps.cheers, shannon"

I've actually been using clear pinstripe/ clear ambassadors andn powerstrokes on both sides of my bassdrum. But I use evans sd dry on the top of my snare(This drumhead has a mufflering inside the head), And evans have200 on the bottom of my snare. I recently broke the batter head of my bassdrum and tried using evans eq2, and I like it alot. But the powerstrokes(which are stockheads on the mmx kits) are great as well.



Now, I used these settings on my premier cabria exclusive as well, but I haven't tried them on any exports so the settings on the drumdial may be a little different for you, but hopefully this will be a good starting point for you.

also, you can visit the drumdial website


Drumdial (http://www.drumdial.com/)

And email them with your drumsizes, and the type of drumkit you have, the type of heads you use and what kind of sound you want. I don't remember the guy's name but he'll respond quickly.


I also noticed that you were confused about how to state your drumsizes 8x10 or 10x8. Both methods are used but I always use the first one. I have a snare that is 14" in diameter and 5.5" deep. So I have a 5.5"x14" snare.


again, I hope this helps, and let me know how this turns out for you, and don't hesitate to ask for further assistance.