Unpitched percussion instruments do have a pitch. Basically like everything else other than a sine wave generator, their sound is complex.
If you look at the fourier transform view of the signal, you’ll see a peak. Generally speaking that peak is the tone the thing makes.
This is why one recommended step in something like Ableton Live is to put a shaping filter on the drums, and then tweak the peak of that filter up and down until the drums either match or complement the tones of the notes.
Unpitched percussion instruments do have a pitch. Basically like everything else other than a sine wave generator, their sound is complex.
If you look at the fourier transform view of the signal, you’ll see a peak. Generally speaking that peak is the tone the thing makes.
This is why one recommended step in something like Ableton Live is to put a shaping filter on the drums, and then tweak the peak of that filter up and down until the drums either match or complement the tones of the notes.