Welcome to Drum Chat Aximiliguru!
In answer to your questions:
1) Yes, it is very important to make sure the drumhead has the same tension at each lug. Notice that I did not say that each lug should have the same tension. As you fine tune the head, you have to tap the head in front of each lug to make sure it sounds the same. If not, you have to re-tension the lug, and then tap and listen for even tone in front of each lug, again. If you do not do this, you will never get a clear tone from your head.
2) Do the torque key, or drumdial work? Yes, they can help you get close to what you want, but you will still need to fine tune the old fashioned way. There is no getting around the fact that we have to train our ears musically to get the tone that we want.
3) When you asked about bass drum tuning, I wondered if you understand the function of the resonant head, and what impact it has on your sound.
Maybe you can help us understand what you are doing with your resonant heads on all of your drums, as this can have a tremendous impact on your tuning. This would be important information so that we can fine tune the tuning advice in this thread. They people here have a lot of experience to pass along, and can really help you, so be as specific as you can and then respond to any of the questions the best that you can. The people here will help you gte to where you want to go, but you will have to help us get you there.
Again, welcome!
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