Tuning

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I bought Pearl Export drums two days ago and the floor sounds to much boomy with a big vibration. I tried tuning really stretched but it just sounds dead. What should I do?
 
Well, what kind of sound do you want? you can get any sound you desire with the right heads and tuning.........and maybe a few moongels.
 
I've had this problem and have always solved it with a little plastic ring (forgot the name) that costs about $3. I usually slap one on my floor tom and tune it pretty high and love the sound. Dont know if youve tried it but thought i'd suggest it:)
 
little plastic rings = aquarian studio rings. at least i have some of those and they're little plastic rings that sit on top of your tom head. moongel is good stuff too.
 
I'm from the school of experimenting with your tuning until you don't need moongel etc. The amount of kits I've played that were covered in dampening to hide ringing drums is ridiculous.
 
I use the rings live but never recording as lose too much of the nice tones.
 
i don't like to dampen my toms either. the way i see it, play with the tuning until you have a happy medium. That way you dont lose the tone of your toms and deaden them up.
 
Try this....

I tune my drums so that they are the same note on both skins and then I have used a moon gel on the bottom head at about 1-2" away from the rim. This cuts the undertone ringing a lot for recording.
 
Pearl Exports come with some seriously cheap, thin heads. Thinner than a standard Ambassador. Get a decent head on the top (at least) and watch what happens.

In the meantime a moongel might be the ticket, but don't rely on them.
 
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