Here is a highly detailed equipment list:

- DRUMS -


Home studio kit
Pearl Drums Reference Pure, natural maple finish
· 8x12 rack tom
· 16x16 floor tom
· 16x20 bass drum (augmented with 14x24 Decade maple bass drum)

In addition, I also utilize:

· 8x10 rack tom
· 10x13 rack tom

Gigging kit
Pearl Drums Crystal Beat, liquid smoke finish
· 13x14 floor tom
· 15x16 floor tom
· 15x20 bass drum

Snare drums
· 6.5x14 Pearl Drums Reference brass
· 4x14 Pearl Drums maple piccolo
· 8x14 Pearl Drums limited edition maple
· 6.5x14 Pearl Drums Sensitone Elite brass
· 5x14 Pearl Drums Sensitone Heritage Alloy Aluminum
· 3x13 Pearl Drums brass piccolo
· 6.5x13 Pearl Drums Reference One

Nearly all of my snares feature die cast hoops and Puresound snare wires.

Cymbals
Zildjian Cymbals (Darkest Hour setup):
· 21" A Mega Bell Ride
· 19" A Custom Crash
· 14" A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats
· 8" A Custom Splash
· 13" S Mastersound Hi-Hat top (top) / 13" A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hat bottom (bottom)
· 18" A Custom Crash
· 18" A Custom China

Extended setup for sessions/projects:

· 6" FX Zil-Bel
· 6" A Custom Splash
· 8" A Splash
· 9" FX "Trash" Splash
· 10" A Splash
· 11" FX "Trash" Splash
· Smallest 'Stack': 7" FX Stack / 8" FX Stack
· Small 'Stack': 8" FX Trashformer / 10" A Custom EFX
· Regular 'Stack': 14" A Custom EFX (or 14" S Dark Hi-Hat (top)) / 16" FX China "Trash"
· 12" FX China "Trash"
· 18" K Custom Special Dry Trash China
· 19" K China
· 17" A Custom Crash
· 17" K Custom Hybrid Crash
· 18" K Dark Crash Thin
· 19" K Dark Crash Thin
· 19" K Custom Hybrid Crash
· 19” K Custom Special Dry Crash
· 20” K Custom Dark Crash
· 12" A Special Recording Hi-Hats
· 13" A New Beat Hi-Hats
· Custom hi-hats: 14" K Constantinople bottom (top) / 14" K Custom High Definition bottom (bottom)
· 15" K Light Hi-Hats
· 18" A Uptown Ride
· 20" K Custom Flat Top Ride
· 20" K Heavy Ride
· 20" Pre-Aged Dry Light Ride (vintage)
· 21" K Heavy Ride
· 21" A Custom ReZo Ride
· 22" K Constantinople Renaissance Ride

Drumheads
I endorse Remo drumheads. Here are some of my favorites:

· tom-toms: clear or coated Vintage Emperor / clear Emperor
· snare drums: Controlled Sound X, Black X, Emperor X (live) / Ambassador snare-side
· bass drums: coated Powerstroke III (with a double mini Falam Slam) / logo head or Powerstroke III Ebony (resonant head is usually ported and there's a bit of 'stuffing' inside of the drum)

I tune my drums depending on the genre of music that I'm recording. I try to match the pitch of each lug, and -- generally -- the overall tuning of both the batter and resonant heads for maximum resonance. I control said resonance with Moon Gel, usually on both the batter and resonant sides of the heads. I also like using Avid's InTune to tune my snare drum to the key of the song(s).

Drumsticks
I play Vic Firth Ralph Hardimon SRH2 'Hammer' Corpsmaster drumsticks. I've also used Pro-Mark drumstick/mallet combos, Hot Rods, and Vic Firth Rutes and wire brushes for sessions. I also have a pair of hand-wrapped Adam Argullin mallets.

Bass Drum Pedals (specific settings, etc.)
I play the Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive P3002D double pedal, in the longboard configuration, with an ACD Unlimited Ultimate Drive Shaft. My spring tension is about 75% maxed out with the 'power' and 'heavy' settings engaged. I utilize Pearl QuadBeaters (felt side) with BW100 beater weights attached at the top of the shaft. Depending on the music, I may opt for my VicKick fleece beater instead of the QuadBeaters.

Hardware
· Pearl C1000 double-braced straight cymbal stands x4
· Pearl BC2000 boom cymbal stand with CLH1000 body manually wedged into top portion (for 'stack' cymbal)
· Pearl H2000 Eliminator hi-hat stand
· Gibraltar 9707NL-DP legless hi-hat stand (attached to bass drum with Pearl HA100 clamp)
· Pearl AX20 adapter clamp, TH2000S tom holder for rack tom
· Pearl S2000/C snare drum stand
· Pearl D2500 throne

Percussion
· Pearl low clave block
· Pearl 7"x13" Primero steel timbale
· Pearl Elite Series oak bongos, 7"/9"
· LP Mini bongos, 3.5"/4.5"
· LP fiber maracas
· LP Cuban style guiro
· multiple small LP egg shakers
· LP Soft Shake shaker
· LP grenadilla wood clave
· LP Cyclops jingle tambourine, brass
· LP Vibra-Slap II Deluxe
· LP Aspire 10" triangle
· LP Tri-tone Samba Whistle

Practice Gear
· E-Pad 12" practice pad
· Gibraltar GBDP bass drum practice pad
· Power Wrist Builders PWB28-795 solid brass practice sticks

Misc. Gear
· Boss DB90 Dr. Beat
· Vic Firth SIH1 headphones or Ultimate Ears 5 Pro with custom molds
· Mackie 402VLZ3 mixer
· Shure SM57 microphone x2
· Vratim Drum Shoes

Other Instruments
· Kawai 706 1985 Walnut Piano
· Mendini Brass Pocket Trumpet
· Vermona E-Piano
· Moog Rogue
· Moog Werkstatt-Ø1
· Emibas Bass Synth
· Yamaha CS1x
· Yamaha SK10
· Waldorf Blofeld
· Suzuki Omnichord OM-84
· Technics SX-K450
· Suiko ST-50
· Bontempi B4 Organ
· Casio SK-1
· Suzuki Omnichord OM-84
· Yamaha CS-80 V (Arturia)
· Synclavier V (Arturia)
· Roland Jup-8 V (Arturia)
· B-3 V (Arturia)
· Re-pro 1 & 5 (u-he)
· iPad loaded with synth apps
· Stylophone Gen-X 1
· Gakken SX-150 Mark II
· Otamatone
· Teenage Engineering PO-12
· Mattel Synsonics Drum Synth
· Akai Rhythm Wolf
· Korg DDD-5
· Korg SQ-1
· Tubbutec Wild Heart
· Hikari Instruments MONOS
· Gieskes ?man+ Cassette Manipulator w/ Onde Magnétique OM-1 sound tapes
· ESP LTD AP-5
· ESP LTD B-1004 Multi-scale (set up in F#)
· Fender Fretless Jazz Bass
· Warwick Thumb 5 NT
· Gibson 1979 Les Paul "The Paul"
· Sterling JP70
· Schecter Omen-8
· Ibanez Artcore AF55
· Alvarez ABT60 Baritone Acoustic Guitar
· Cavaquinho
· Santoor (Rezae)
· Korogi X37K Xylophone
· Yamaha SPK-275 Glockenspiel
· Ibanez M510 Mandolin
· Shehnai Flute
· Burns Great Sounding Theremin at a Great Price
· LeafAudio Microphonic Soundbox
· JMT Synth Noisy Mic
· Pyle Bullhorn
· ProCo Rat 2 Distortion Pedal
· Contact Microphone

Cameras
· GoPro HERO11 Black Mini x4



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- CURRENT HOME STUDIO RIG -


· DAW/Interface: Pro Tools HD 12
· Converters: Avid Pro Tools HD I/O
· Mac Tower 2.8 GHz Quad Core
· Amphion One18 monitors (powered by a Chord TToby power amp)
· Grado RS1e Reference Series Headphones

Microphones:
· DPA 4011A x2
· Shure SM81 x3
· AKG C414B ULS
· Stager SR-2N
· DPA 2011C
· DPA 4099 x4
· DPA 4055
· Neumann U47 FET
· Telefunken TF51
· Shure SM7B
· Dachman Audio DA 87i

Outboard:
· Brent Averill Enterprises 1073 channel strip x2
· Manley Pultec EQ
· Vintech Audio X81 preamp x2
· Coil Audio CA-70S preamp
· Trident 80B channel strip x2
· Brent Averill Enterprises 312 preamp (vintage) x2
· API 550 EQ (vintage) x2
· Purple Audio Biz Mk
· API 3124V
· Chandler Germanium Stereo Compressors








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