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Post by tonycamphd on Oct 30, 2015 8:44:23 GMT -6
Anyone try this? Emrr brought it up on another thread, it seems a great idea though a little clumsy, i would think you'd need to go around the world a few times to settle everything down? I would love to hear of its usefulness from someone who's tried it. edit; upon a little further research, i find out it's designed by John Roberts of GDIY, he sure knows his electronics.. circularscience.com/ |
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Post by EmRR on Oct 30, 2015 10:15:35 GMT -6
I think John has a link on his site to a review of his and a few others all in one article. He's on a few patents here and there....
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Post by EmRR on Dec 29, 2015 21:54:04 GMT -6
Year end purchase; just ordered one. Finally started down the road of getting my Rogers kit back in shape, and I can definitely use it with clueless incoming drummers. Report at 11....heads to buy, bearing edges to inspect, all new to me.
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Post by tonycamphd on Dec 30, 2015 10:20:59 GMT -6
Year end purchase; just ordered one. Finally started down the road of getting my Rogers kit back in shape, and I can definitely use it with clueless incoming drummers. Report at 11....heads to buy, bearing edges to inspect, all new to me. I'm actually pretty excited about this, if you think this thing works well, I consider it a solid endorsement 8) |
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Post by EmRR on Dec 30, 2015 10:27:30 GMT -6
I've owned drums for 30 years, but that in no way suggests I've ever played drums very much. That means I'm not at all practiced with tuning, and still I find client drummers who know less than I about it. So this should help! If you haven't, google various reviews and drum forum commentaries from users. They are generally glowing, hopefully I will feel the same.
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Post by tonycamphd on Dec 30, 2015 12:03:18 GMT -6
I've owned drums for 30 years, but that in no way suggests I've ever played drums very much. That means I'm not at all practiced with tuning, and still I find client drummers who know less than I about it. So this should help! If you haven't, google various reviews and drum forum commentaries from users. They are generally glowing, hopefully I will feel the same. yeah, but the idea of an AE that I respect giving it a thumbs up, goes a long way, if you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it? |
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Post by EmRR on Dec 30, 2015 12:37:30 GMT -6
They are $165 $95 shipped.
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Post by EmRR on Jan 4, 2016 20:36:02 GMT -6
Had a half hour with it. The youtube demo videos people have made make more sense than the manual, initially. I gave up trying to follow the printed instructions and went from memory off the videos I'd watched. More cypherin' there to do. One example, turning it on: It's a momentary touch, if you do anything like a short length press, it won't come on. I spent awhile wondering if the batteries were already dead. Just learning curve. If it ever flashed the serial # combo as described, I didn't see it or couldn't understand it.
It's bigger than I imagined. I don't see anyone taking this to a club gig, and as described I doubt it would work too well with a bunch of ambient noise or other amplified instruments. As we know, John is a one man shop, and that translates to a giggle when I saw the cut dowels and associated pieces for positioning the unit over various size drums. But it all works!
I tried it on an early 70's Rogers floor tom. It's sat mostly untouched and collecting dust for a decade or more. Heads were last changed in....1990? The kit hasn't seen a lot of playing time since then, bits and spurts. Suffice to say they need to be pulled apart completely and cleaned up, at least new top heads, lugs all checked out, etc.
Top head done, definitely a clearer tone than I've ever heard from it. Maybe not saying much since I'm not much of a drum tech, but I don't think visiting drummers who do tune regularly bothered to (or could) get it like this.
Bottom head. Part way around I realize you can hear the head resonating louder as you get closer to the target, as you see the tuning indicators getting closer. This also pointed out the loose play in the lugs, which I certainly wouldn't notice by feel as a non-regular drum tech. At any rate you can tell by ear almost before the indicators start moving that you are getting into the sweet spot, and I've never heard anything like it with traditional hit/tune/hit/tune.
Both heads finished, very clear sound, longer low level decay envelope than I've ever heard out of this drum. I think you could get this procedure down to a pretty quick job on an incoming shitty kit with tuning clueless owner. I think this thing will more than prove it's worth.
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Post by EmRR on Nov 9, 2020 20:24:10 GMT -6
Years later, I've found the Resotune to be a really fast solution for an engineer in need of a competent tuning when the drum isn't happening. You can always get something better, pretty fast, knowing very little about it. Now John Roberts is calling it a day and retiring (one man operation out of his house, I think he's 74 or so), whatever he has left is all there will be unless someone licenses his patent down the road. They are now $95 shipped in US, while they last. If you've been thinking about one, now's the time. circularscience.com.....and they're gone..... |
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Post by dreamsambas on Nov 10, 2020 10:30:50 GMT -6
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