Reggae/Ska Drum Tuning

[Sam]

Can anyone give me a quick overview on how to tune drums so they sound like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGDQ85Dg-ss&mode=related&search=

Or do you need special equipment to make those sounds? Thanks in advance.

[crazyguy832]

I'm at school, so youtube is blocked, but...

If that's a song from an album, it's impossible to get those sounds through tuning as it's all done with EQ and such.

If it's a live performance... just try and tell if the drums are high or low pitched. Then go tune to that. Not hard at all.

[DrummerJonny]

he just has the snare turned off...

[crazyguy832]

Is that what it was?

o_O

Oh wow...

[White Riot!]

Snares off , rimshot closer to the edge. Leave snare wide open and ringy

The specials PWN

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m4uDBI4Agp0

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

MONKEY MAN!!!!!.

And yeah they do.

As for tuning, they're tuned quite high, I never like his drum sound

[TheBandlehars]

On that video the snare is off, tuned somewhat high, but not cranked. All the toms seemed pretty low though.

[White Riot!]

The song works good enough with a snares on sound

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y7QL_PDC5XM

[Josiah]

Tune up the snare pretty high, let it ring out, use a metal snare, rimshot closer to the edge.