Begining was quite hard, as I couldn't really get it to work, but there are two things to remember - first of all, shell which isn't currently tuned, have to be muted, just lay the drum on the carpet, and it will work just fine. Second thing, don't mount the Tune Bot, keep it in hand close to the hit area. And lastly, use reference from Tune Bot manual, sometimes it feels that it won't work well, but I've tested all toms and snare, and it works like a charm! Now tuning toms after few hours of recording takes something like 10 minutes, so it is best purchase I did in years!