You can dampen, tune and manipulate your drums all day. But with the cymbal, what you hear is what you get. Let’s look at three ways to get the best sounds out of your cymbals.

After you’ve tuned the bass drum to your taste, there are several additional steps to getting that bass drum sounding better.

When it comes to tuning the kick drum I use one simple, proven method that I learned years ago: tune to the lowest possible pitch. 

Dialing in the tone of the snare shell is only the first step. Here are a few tips to further fine-tune your snare drum sound.