I had a little time in my drum room earlier, so I recorded 4x Sonor 12" tom toms, tuned the same with a tunebot with the same heads top and bottom. E604 on a stand, toms all on a snare stand with the basket open. It's a 'quick, rough and ready' video for now with no footage, but my intention is to put together an actual video (or several...) in the near future when schedule allows. I'm open to any and all suggestions of what might be cool to hear.... or anything you think could be good for the format of such videos from playing/mics/tuning etc.
I'm going to keep what they each are under wraps from this post for now, as I think it'lll be cool to hear people chip in from listening blind. RAW audio, no dampening or muffling.
Re: 12" tom tom blind shootout!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 3:31 pm
by Jules
Good job. I’ll comment on the individual drums later after have a chance to critically listen on headphones.
Re: 12" tom tom blind shootout!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 5:22 pm
by tcbetka
Cool! I don't have an idea of what all you have in terms of shells and 12" tom depths, but listening through headphones I have these comments:
Tom 1
Medium overtone
No harsh overtone at the end
Tom 2
More overtone than 1
Less pleasant decay at the end of the tone
Tom 3
More overtone than 1
No harsh overtone at the end
Tom 4
Least overtone of all
No harsh overtone
I will listen more later when I've rested my ears a bit. I presume the depths aren't identical, so I want to listen to that again. But I presume that toms 2 & 3 are deeper than toms 1 &4--simply due to the noticeably longer overtones. My least favorite of the four is definitely tom 2.
Cool! I don't have an idea of what all you have in terms of shells and 12" tom depths, but listening through headphones I have these comments:
Tom 1
Medium overtone
No harsh overtone at the end
Tom 2
More overtone than 1
Less pleasant decay at the end of the tone
Tom 3
More overtone than 1
No harsh overtone at the end
Tom 4
Least overtone of all
No harsh overtone
I will listen more later when I've rested my ears a bit. I presume the depths aren't identical, so I want to listen to that again. But I presume that toms 2 & 3 are deeper than toms 1 &4--simply due to the noticeably longer overtones. My least favorite of the four is definitely tom 2.
Cool to read your thoughts so far. I'll keep it under wraps for a while!
Don't be afraid to chip in your material and thicknesses
