Drum Dial Digital Drum Tuner
About Drum Dial's Digital Drum Tuner
With a Drum Dial Digital, you're well on your way to a great-sounding drum kit – and you'll get there faster.
The Drum Dial Digital is incredibly easy to read thanks to its large digital display. Place it by a tension rod, read the value, adjust – and move on to the next. It makes it much easier to achieve consistent tension across the head, resulting in better tuning.
It's actually possible to tune your entire kit without listening along the way – slightly exaggerated, but not far off. When the Drum Dial shows the desired value at each tension point, you're pretty much there. This makes it possible to change heads and tune the drum – even backstage with noise around you. Since it's often dark backstage, the built-in backlight is a huge help – you can still read the values clearly even in poor lighting.
Advantages of Drum Dial Digital
- Very easy to read
- Display has built-in backlight – perfect for dark rooms and backstage
- Measures true timpani pressure on a 0–100 scale
- Spacer included for consistent placement by tension rods
- Printed guide with suggested tunings included
- Chart included for writing down your own tunings
- Can be used to tune from scratch – even before the head produces tone
- Ideal for noisy environments (e.g. backstage)
Myths about Drum Tuning
Over the years, many misunderstandings have circulated about drum tuning aids. The biggest is probably the torque wrench – the idea that you can tune based on how tight the tension rods are. But the screw’s tension says nothing about the drum’s tone.
There’s really only one place where it makes sense to measure: on the drumhead itself.
This is where Drum Dial comes in. It measures directly how tight or loose the head is where you place it – and gives you a clear, easy-to-read value. No more guesswork.
Download a Free Drum Dial Guide
Need inspiration for how high to tune your various drums? A printed guide is included with the Drum Dial – and you can also download it here:
➡️ Download the guide as a PDF
More Information
If you'd like to dive deeper into how the Drum Dial works, you can read this article.
