what's your set-up?

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if you're a drummer, list your gear and mics, if you're not a drummer, just list your mics. :-) also list the style of music you typically play with this set-up.

mics:
akg d112 (kick)
sennheiser e604 (toms)
shure 57 (snare)
looking into akg c430's for overheads, but don't own them yet.

drums:
ludwig classic
10" rack tom
14" floor tom
20" x 16" kick
14" x 5" maple snare (die cast rims, tube lugs)
I've also got a 12" rack and 16" floor for this kit, but don't use for my current gig.

cymbals:
all zildjian
14" vintage reissue hats
17" a. thin crash
20" a custom ride
looking for another crash since i cracked a zildjian from the 70s, probably will settle on a 16" vintage reissue

style of music: "indie" rock
 
Non-drummer but for mics;
Kick- AKG D-112 inside/ Groove Tubes AM-52 in fig 8 out in front
Snare- Either an AKG C-1000 or Sennheiser MD-441 or the ever popular SM-57
Toms- AKG C-1000s
Floor tom- AKG C-3000 or another D-112
Overheads- Earthworks SR71's or AT-4033's or Octava MK-012's or a Neumann KM-184 and the Am-52 for M/S overheads.
 
Yeah, while your at it can you list your adress, the times you are home, If you have a security system.... :D

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mics:
too embarassed to say

kit:
premier genista classic (silver sparkle)
8" & 14" toms
20"x18" kick
14"x5" premier classic brass snare
12"x7" premier effex snare (birch)

cymbals:
13" paiste dimensions thin/heavy hi hats
15" meinl byzance thin crash
18" bosphorus crash jazz ride
20" meinl byzance dry ride
a couple of meinl splashes but they are rarely used

syle:
erm...it really changes between what bands im in at the time. at the moment im playing alot of fast punky stuff so i suppose punk is where its at (i am aware of all the punk debates so please just leave it there - its just the best word i can find). lets just say i love rock drumming. i am (embarrassingly) classically trained, so i have played pretty much anything.
 
No mics yet

Pearl red set, 7 pc, gibraltar rack.
Sabian Cymbals- AA
Splash,
1 sm 1 lrg china,
1 sm 1 lrg crash,
ride.
HH.
And have a Zil ice bell.
Cowbells everywhere,
1 pair of timbalies.
One yamaha mini snare
HH stand- Axis (Yeah!)

Back side- pintech electronic drums and cymals
Roland TD-3 module

And the newly built rotating drum stage (that I will have pics of to post tommorrow) :cool:

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1966 Star (tama)
13 & 16 toms
22 bass drum
14 mahogany snare

22 a ride
17 & 18 a crashes
14 new beats


bass drum at 25pro (needs upgrading)
snare either 57, nt3, 990

and either
toms ecm 8000 (about 3" off toms in lieu of oh's) for heavier rock
or
a single sp b1 about 6' in front of kit 15" off the ground for lighter stuff

generally i play "stoner" rock, but i'm into capturing the sounds of the kit as a whole. I find it sounds better for my style of music to put one mic in the right spot rather than mixing five or six mics.
 
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1995 Pearl Session Series double kick set - fusion size toms - 10, 12, 14, 16
ecclectic combination of cymbals - Z new beat HHs, rude 12" crash, wuhan 12" china, Paiste 22" heavy ride, chad smith explosion 18" crash, Sabian AAX 16" crash, Sabian AA 8" splash.
upgraded to optimount freefloating tom mounts
Samson 5 kit for BD, toms, and snare close mics
2 MCA SP1 condensors for overheads
Nady 8 channel preamp
Delta 1010LT card
Cakewalk Home Studio 2004
 
Montage of bullshit really. :rolleyes:

Ludwig based kit (highly modded and upgraded)
22" Kick (Tama Powerglide Double pedal, upgrading to DW 5k soon)
12" & 13" Toms (Floating Suspension Kit)
16" Floor Tom
14" Tama Fibrestar Snare
14" Ludwig Acrylite Snare
14" Yamaha Stage Custom Snare w/OCDP type venting

16" and 17" Zil Z Custom Med. Crash
20" Zil Scimitar Ride (Awesome bell)
16" Zil ZXT China
14" Zil Scimitar hats

Hardware from Yamaha, Gibralter, Pearl, Ludwig, and Peace (it sure is a "Peace" of something or other...)

Semi transparent orange staining with clear coat for that "so fresh and so clean clean sheen ;) ......Black powder coated hoops for toms coming soon as well as wooden kick hoops.

Mics:
Kick: Akg D112
Snare: 57 or AKG D1000E
Toms: Whatever's clever (usually a Shack uniderectional for the 12", 57 for 13" and an MXL v67 OR an old as Shure vocal mic (think 50s radio thick metal grille era) for floor.
Overheads: Behringer B1s (don't laugh, listen to some of my recordings. lol)

I'll try and post some pics soon......maybe some before and after shots if i can stand the embarassment. lol
 
Recording/Live Mics:
2 Nady DM70s for toms
1 Nady DM80 for floor toms
1 recently bought MXL 990 for bass drum batter
1 Shure SM57 on snare
1 Homemade speaker mic trick I use for recording front of the bass drum

Kit:
Late 70's Maple Ludwig Classics in Silver Sparkle (woo hoo)

16x24 Bass drum
13" rack tom
14" rack tom
16" floor tom
18" floor tom

6x14" Pearl Export Steel snare
5(?)x14" Ludwig Supraphonic snare
5(?)x14" Ludwig Super Sensitive
Rack mounted on Gibraltar Road Series rack with RIMS mounting on toms
1990's era DW5000 double pedal

Cymbals:
Zildjian Z Customs
12" splash
16" medium crash
18" medium crash
18" Avedis china boy high
20" Scimitar Ride (I agree with producerkid-nice bell)
16" Rancan china
14" New Beat hi-hats
 
it's nice to see all these ludwigs! i always have and probably always will play Ludwigs. I'm on of the very few in this area! It's gone very DW/Yamaha round these parts... (Buffalo, NY)
 
well, my kit is:

DW collectors series

diaxdep
20x18 bass drum
15x13 floor tom
12x08 rack tom
14x05 DW maple snare
14x?? Ludwig black beauty
14x05 Slingerland radioking
14x03 Pearl brass piccolo
12x08 Pearl maple snare
10x05 Tama maple snare
10x04 Yamaha beech snare

cymbals:
all sabian

22" David Garibaldi sig ride
16" HH med thin crash
14" HH thin crash
10" HH splash
14" HH regular hats

i think that is it
all DW hardware too (very heavy man!)
 
Drums: Yamaha Stage Custom

Cymbals: AAX and AA crashes, 17 inch K custom dark china, 14inch ZBT china! Paiste Ride... absoloute cack hi hats - solar - old ones broken. Cowbells etc.

Iron Cobra double pedal.

play heavy rock, progressive? and post ( i hate that term but it gets the message accross) indie rock between bands
 
Drum Kit: 1999 Tama Rockstar in Misty Chrome with Starcast mounting system:
Toms: 8x8, 10x9, 12x10, 13x11, 14x12
Floor Toms: 16x16 (left side), 18x16 (right side)
Bass Drum: 22x16
Snare Drum: Slingerland Steel Shell 14x5

Cymbals (Zildjian unless otherwise noted):
Crashes: 19" A Medium, 17" A Medium, 18" A Medium, 16" A Medium Thin, 16" A Medium, 17" A Rock
Hi-Hats: 13" A Mastersound (primary), 14" A Custom Mastersound (remote), 14" A (unknown label, electronic kit)
Rides: 22" A Medium, 21" A Rock
Effects: 8" EFX #1, 10" A Splash, 12" A Splash, 8" A Custom Splash, 6" Zil-Bel, 20" A Pang, 20" A China Boy High
Wuhan Cymbals: 16" China, 18" China, 12" Splash/China stack

Percussion:
LP Ridge Rider Cowbell
LP TriBells
RhythmTech Tambourine

Electronics:
Roland SPD-20
Akai S2000 Sampler
Roland PM-16 Trigger-to-MIDI Converter
Philip Rees 2M MIDI Merge Unit
Pintech Single Zone Pad
Pintech Dual Zone Pad
Simmons SDS9 Series Pads (7 tom pads, 1 bass drum pad)
Pintech K3 Foot Trigger
FatKAT Foot Trigger

Hardware:
Tama Iron Cobra Double Bass Pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Hi-Hat Stand
Tama Hi-Hat Stand
Assorted Tama and Sound Percussion Cymbal Stands
Gibraltar 4-sided rack (2 front curved bars)
Gibraltar and Tama mounting equipment
Pork Pie Throne
Pearl Double Bass Pedal
Yamaha Bass Pedal
Pearl Tom Stands (for Simmons pads)


Mics: Superluxes (cheap and they work!) all around except AKG D112 on kick and SM57 on snare
 
KuzinRob said:
Snare Drum: Slingerland Steel Shell 14x5
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Its nice to see some slingerland out there. My instructor, Neil peart, has switched up labels a lot, but still uses the slingerland snare he has had from the beginning.

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3 kits :D and a bunch of snares for your pleasure

Yamaha Recording Customs
10x6 tom
14x14 floor
16x14 floor
22x18 bass
14x5.5 steel snare

Custom Built Kit (same shells as Orange County Drums and Percussion...and original DW drums called Keller Shells)
10x6 tom
12x12 tom
14x14 floor
16x16 floor
22x18 bass

And a Rogers kit from the 60s i think i dont know i bought it off my drum instructor.
22x14 bass
12x10 tom
14x12 floor
(and the snare listed below)

Snares:
Custom 14x6 stave snare
Yamaha Akira Jimbo 13x6.5
Custom 10x5 popcorn
Ludwig 14x5 black beauty
Slingerland 14x6.5 Super Radio king
DW 14x5 collecter series
then i have a Rogers that is 13x5 but i dont know what series or anything.

Cymbols I have lots of them....2 many to name...i have 60 some But mostly Sabian..AAs...AAX....HHX....hand Hammered....etc...um Some Zildjian K's...A's....etc lol.
anyways..im in 2 punk rock bands (i play guitar in one and drums in the other) but i love playing EVER style of music on drums.

LIVE MICS:
The Shure Beta Mic kit
and a sm57 for snare

Recording:
5 Shure Sm57 - snare and toms
2 Shure KSM109 Over heads
1 Beta 52 kick mic (from the kit)


i need to get some better mics though!!
 
Sorry, not a drummer, except a little Bhodran. I do mic up drums, though, incuding African Percussion. Mics:

overheads- Neuman KM184 (2), Studio Projects C-4 (2), Oktava MC012(2).

snare- AKG D320B, AKG C414B-ULS, Shure SM7-B AKG D770, AKG D690, Shure SM57, Sennheiser e835,(soon adding Sennheiser MD421)

toms-Sennheiser e609, AKG C2000B/C414B-ULS, Oktava MK319, (soon adding Sennheiser MD421)

kick-AKG D112, Audix D6

EV RE20- coming soon to a studio near you.

Djembe/Zarb- D112 on throat, C414 or C2000B on skin

Incedental percussion- wind chiimes, etc.- if it's soft, put the Neumanns on it. If it's loud, out the 414 on it.-Richie
 
Drums are Mapex Mars Pro Series- Burgandy - Snare (shown) is a 13" x 5" Pearl - But I also use a 14" Pearl Piccolo (natural Maple) cymbals are a variety of Zildjian - from the 70's and up - most are Custom "A"'s..... high hats are 14" C "A"'s and 12" C "A" Recording Special's - the one exception being the 14" crash located far right - which is a Paiste..

Mics are mostly 57's - Avlex AV S20 (bass) - Audio Technica MB4000C (overhead along with 57's) I prefer the 57's for all my drums - but the MB's pick up cymbals nicely.


Rod
 

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I have a Ludwig Accent 5 piece. I have a piccolo with an st dry head and the standard Accent snare with a regular coated head. The toms have hydraulic heads, and so does the bass drum. I like to use a double bass pedal with plastic or wood beaters. I have Zildjian ZBT hi-hat cymbals, a ZBT Plus Crash, a ZBT crash/ride, and a china cymbal. I have a sub-harmonic mic that I made for live shows, much like a Yamaha sub-kick. I have 2 overhead condensers, a bass drum mic internally and sometimes one also on the batter to get a clickier sound, and a mic on the snare and one on each tom. I also have tone control rings on the heads and don't use resonant heads. It sounds better that way with hydraulics (to me anyway).

I usually play metal/hardcore (killswitch engage/pantera/avenged sevenfold/metallica style), or punk (the unseen/anti-flag/the casualties/choking victim/misfits style).
 
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