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Originally Posted by Matt_Weston  I've found their suggested numbers to be a little on the low side for toms and a little on the high side for my snare. But that's just me. |
Yeah, I suspect that if you went to a store and bought 10 drum dials and put them on the same drum you would get 10 different readings.
There is a calibration procedure you are supposed to do where you set it up on a hard surface, mirror, etc and 'zero' it in. Even then, I bet the springs vary from unit to unit.
Hell you can pick it up and put it right back down in the same place and get a different reading.
I try to tap it gently to get it to 'settle'.
no, no -
gently!
Head choice, bearing edges, hoop style will all probably have an effect, so getting suggested 'settings' from others is never going to be precise enough to be useful.
Even with your own unit on your own drum, the dial is only going to get you close to where you had it before. You always have to go the rest of the way by ear.