YAMAHA RECORDING CUSTOM
Studio Set-Up
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ABOUT MY STUDIO SET-UP
I have a fairly large collection of drums, snare drums & cymbals. When I'm in the studio I use different configurations of drum sizes, shell materials and cymbals depending on the needs of the music. I work together with the producer and the artist to get the sounds that the music calls for. This is my "go to" drum set for recording and video.
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CYMBALS:
Zildjian
1. 15” A New Beat Hi-Hats
2. 18” A Custom Crash
3. 6” A Splash
4. 18" K Custom Hybrid Crash
5. 8” K Splash
6. 10” K Splash
7. 22” A Ping, 22" A Medium or
22" K Custom Ride
8. 19" K Custom Hybrid Crash
9. 14' A New Beat remote Hi-Hats
10. 19" K Custom Dark China
11. 19” A Custom Crash
​DRUMS:
Yamaha​
1983 Recording Custom in
Hot Red Lacquer Finish
A. 14x7 Matching Snare (various -
may change for the song)
B. 8x8 Tom Tom
C. 10x8 Tom Tom
D. 12x8 Tom Tom
E. 14x14 Floor Tom w/Legs
F. 16x16 Floor Tom w/Legs
G. 18x16 Floor Tom w/Legs
H. 22x14 Bass Drum or 24x14
Absolute Hybrid Maple
HARDWARE:
Yamaha (model #)
7 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stands
(CS-755)
1 Hi-Hat Stand (HS-850)
1 Snare Stand w/ball tilter (SS-950)
2 Double Tom Stands (WS-865A)
3 Tom Ball Clamps w/YESS (CL-945B)
2 Cymbal Holders (CH-755) for
splashes
1 Cym Stand Attachment
(CSAT-924AW)
1 Stool (DS-950)
Yamaha (DFP-9C) or (DFP-9500C) Chain
Drive Double-Bass Drum Pedals
HEADS:
Remo
Snare: Coated Ambassador on top
Ambassador Snare on bottom
Toms: Ambassadors on tops
Ebony Ambassadors on bottoms
​ Bass Drum: Clear Ambassador on
batter side, logo head on front
with vent hole
(Bass drum padded with rolled up ​
towel​​ taped to batter head, a
technique made popular by Simon
Phillips, with a smaller one taped to
the front head)
OTHER:
Vic Firth Drumsticks - Extreme 5Bs,
my MV/Y&T logo model or Buddy
Rich signature model, Heritage
Brushes
Ultimate Ear In-Ear Monitors
Cympad Cymbal Washers
LP Rock Ridge Rider Cowbell
Pro Tools DAW
Presonus & Focusrite preamps
Zoom Q2n Video Recorders
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MICROPHONES
Bass Drum - Shure Beta 52
Snare - Shure SM57 top,
Shure SM58 bottom
Rack Toms - Yamaha MZ205be
Floor Toms - Yamaha MZ204
18" Floor Tom - AKG D112
Hi-Hat - Beyer Dynamic 420N(C)
Overheads & Ride AKG C430
Condensers
Room mics Studio Projects C1 (first
generation)