Change Drum Key?

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How can I change the key the keynote drum is in?
It is G#. I found that. But how do I change it to E without changing tempo or pitch?
 
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i guess another question would be: does it matter what key the drums are in? i.e. currently a G# keynote, and I see some D# and C# in there, too. Song I am doing is in the key of E. So the notes do fits, but my drums imply a key of G# major.

In Cubase, what is the best tool to find the key drums are in? The statistics give me a different reading than the spectrum analyzer (note) feature.
 
I mean, drums are not fixed pitch instruments, but that being said, as a jazzer, it is somewhat common place to tune to a fixed pitch. It will never sing out to exact measurements with the capabilities of a guitar tuner, so no matter how accurately u try to tune, it will never read out like that. With a TuneBot device it gets close to that tho. SO many tune drums in 4ths fifths, etc...

Obviously, u miswrote as u are absolutely looking to change the pitch of the drum, no? It will have a different tension on the head with the new pitch achieved and some of the dynamics will inevitably change, but to get it in the same vein of response characteristics, make sure to tube the top head to desired pitch and then make sure the ratio or tension or head tightness of the redo bottom head is similar in ratio to the top. In other words, if looking to get close, measure the top and bottom head tension compared to one another, if the top is equal to the bottom, then do that again, if the preferred reso head is looser compared to the top, try to keep the same ratio at different top head pitch. This will get you close to the same resonance and spread, but again the head tension related to the pitch change is going to have an effect, such that the sweet spot of the top and bottom head to get the desired match might vary. At higher pitch/tensions for example, the sweet spot might be more limited throughout the tuning range making my selection of pitch tuning more restricted if I want the drums to still sing the same way.
 
Are you just talking about the midi trigger note for each drum sample? That has nothing to do with the pitch. If your snare drum is triggered by hitting a G# on a midi controller keyboard its just being used to trigger the sample. In other words, don't worry about it. Its irrelevant.
 
Ahhhhh Hahaha I see drum trigger, please disregard all of my above comments related to real drum tuning! HAHA!

I got "sampled" "plug ined" something like an electronic zinger.

Trying to be helpful and I beaten by technology again! See what I get for never touching a drum trigger, did have a HART flagship electronic drum kit for a week or two. Loved the concept of playing in my apartment complex, at any hour. Ended up hating it! and good ones win;t cheap and cheap ones are toys.
 
Thanks, dudes.

No not the midi trigger but the spectrum analyzer is saying the drum keynote is in G#. Say I want to use them in a song that is in G major or D Major, that would be a very harsh tone. So I would like to tune them to the key or at least closer. I just don't know how. When I use pitch shift it changes the tempo or makes the pitch sound unnatural. I need to change the pitch but without changing the tempo or overall feel.
 
We're back to what Bop Stop was saying, drums aren't really tuned instruments. Think about it. A band will play through many different keys live, but the drummer doesn't tune or re-tune his drums. (In some rare circumstances they do, I believe Terry Bozio has a tuned kit Tom Toms etc.) but it is very rare.

Anyway, if you are that concerned with it, you would need a drum program like the new EZ Drummer 2 that has a fine pitch control on each drum. Using pitch shifting is doing way more harm than good.

The only other aspect of this is during EQ. Some producers believe that you should only boost frequencies that are friendly to a songs key. i.e. if your song is in the key of A you would only boost frequencies that are in octaves of A - 440, 880, 1.6k, 3.2k, 6.4k. etc I personally don't think it matters.
 
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We're back to what Bop Stop was saying, drums aren't really tuned instruments. Think about it. A band will play through many different keys live, but the drummer doesn't tune or re-tune his drums.
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Yeah I agree. I saw some dork on youtube saying you must tune your virtual drums for a good recording and fell for it. I thought I would try it to see if it sounded better, but now I am thinking I won't.
 
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