The drum tuner
Hit a drum, see the pitch. Match your lugs, land your toms in the right range, and save your kit's tuning so you can get back to it after a head change — all in your browser, using your mic. Nothing is recorded and no audio leaves your device.
Grant mic access, give a drum a single clean hit near the rim, and the pitch appears here.
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How to use it
- Free listen — hit the drum once, cleanly, and read the fundamental pitch. Quiet room, mic close to the drum, moderate hits work best. The level bar shows what the mic is hearing, so you can tell straight away that it's alive.
- Lug match — the secret to a clean-sounding drum. Tap about an inch in from each tension rod, set your best-sounding lug as the reference, then tap the others and tune until the needle centres. Matched lugs = no weird overtones.
- Target range — pick your drum and aim the fundamental inside the band. The ranges are typical starting points for a musical kit, not rules. If it sounds great outside the range, it is great.
- My kits — once a drum sounds right, save the pitch to your kit. Next head change, tap the saved pitch and the tuner flips into lug-match mode aimed at exactly that frequency. Kits save on this device for everyone; sign in and they follow you everywhere.
A few honest tips
Drums are not guitars — they are pitched, but their overtones are wild, which is what makes them drums. Single hits give the tuner the best chance of catching the fundamental; rolls and rimshots confuse it. Fresh heads tune easier than dead ones, so if your drum will not settle anywhere, it might be time for our head-buying advice or a browse of the drum heads section.
Want the sound without the tuning? See exactly how the pros set up in the Rig Vault, or ask the Gear Guru what heads suit your kit.