Darby Todd's Drum Rig Rundown for the Devin Townsend USA Lightwork tour.

[@iplaywithsticks6194]

I appreciate when a great drummer is a gear head too and can explain in detail like this what he's using and why. Thank you. And well done!

[@DarbyTodd]

Thanks! I think we are all secretly gear heads!

[@stevevorass]

So true! Nothing worse than a drummer who needs their tech to explain what they’re using… :) Maybe they never got the gear bug like so many of us have. Anyway great drummer/band that I’ve followed for many years! Wonderful rig rundown!

[@digibirder]

British Drum Company! Same as Ian Mosley of Marillion. Sounds like they are on to something! Thanks for the great tour Darby!

[@themikelewis94]

I’ve watched a lot of rig rundowns and this was one of the best. Fantastic level of detail but he goes quick. He’s a drummer and you can feel his enthusiasm!

[@noracharles4461]

This guy is a brilliant drummer. He knows his kits in and out. Saw him in Tucson with Martin Barre. Amazing!!!

[@MrAnimal1971]

That orange is nice. You can tell Darby feels the music. He's a perfect fit for Devin s style!!

[@peevee605]

Darby is one of the modern greats. Superb player.

[@AdamBryandrums]

Agreed! One of my new favorite drummers. Sounds fantastic with Devin.

[@ollipirttila]

I'm not even a drummer, but I find this video interesting and entertaining to watch. Always glad to see a professional musician who also can articulate the details of his instrument and work in such a pleasant manner :) Keep up the good work with the channel!

[@beckyscott5596]

Love seeing the crocheted octopus! It was great seeing it at all the shows following Cleveland 🖤

[@TylerHNothing]

so slick with the floor tom legs in the cowbell holder

[@octopusshrimp]

Love the simplicity. Drums Look amazing!

[@zcustomcarnesi]

Your new to me, I really appreciate taking the time to show and tell your kit 🤘

[@billbrown1503]

Love honest no nonsense description.

[@MattCDrummer]

Genius idea with the Cowbell clamps. I've been looking to turn a square power tom into a Hi hat side floor without drilling it. Game changer. Top tip. I'm off to Amazon now. Cheers.

[@cutitshaveit]

Thank you for sharing kits looks amazing. Love the cympad felts for the cymbals

[@ryandebeer4226]

Hey Darby I love it that you use old gear: your cowbell, couple of cymbals, analogue mixer..cheers my man❤

[@b.p.879]

Darby you're one of my favorite drummers! I love your kit and your style. technique and your awesome attitude! I would love to hear what Remo Pinstripes would sound like on your drums! They made my drums sound so good!

[@DarbyTodd]

Thanks man, I find for me that pinstripes kill the tone a little bit too much for the type of music I mostly play. I do have them on my vintage Vistalite kit and they sound great!

[@markwoodhouse4284]

Is this drum for show? Yes it is 🤣 No nonsense, absolutely brilliant 👍

[@killadrum75]

What an amazing kit and drummer of course. Thanks for sharing some tricks of the trade :)

[@shawnmcpherson6516]

Fun video!

[@rorytambores]

Darn, you were just in Cincinnati. I would have definitely come had I known you were playing. I gave you a ride home from the Baked Potato circa 2003. Nice to see ya!

[@DarbyTodd]

Man it’s been ages!! Hope all is well!!!

[@rorytambores]

Very happy you are doing well bro! I hope you tour through town again in the future. I'll be there. I don't play too much anymore, but I still dig my HipGig and lean towards Adam Deitch stylings these days.@@DarbyTodd

[@jamsteak2229]

Great walk through! That’s a bad ass set up!!

[@30isdead19]

Those protection racket AAA cases are the real deal. I have one for my snare and it’s amazing. All the strength of a hard case but the weight of a soft case.

[@JoshParkerDrums]

Gear heads unite! Love the rundown Darby

[@robertlambert1447]

Gorgeous kit and a fantastic drummer.

[@BurpleRX7]

Very interesting, thank you deadhead is probably one of my favourites live, And problems ? During a Devin set!!!!! They’re the best part watching Dev run around skitting….. I’m afraid to say it but….. I’m gonna need more cowbell

[@brianwills5707]

3:25 "without this in my arse-nal." No pun intended? Looks like a fun kit.

[@Ireneket]

Awesome !!!

[@The_Other_Ghost]

I might steal your three front bar rack idea.

[@DarbyTodd]

It works so well. It took me a while to find a way to make it work without having the upright bar in-between the bass drums. I never liked the look of that. It’s really stable. It’s 2 of the 8 inch extension bars either side and the little cymbal extensions holding it to the main rack.

[@The_Other_Ghost]

@@DarbyTodd I appreciate the response.

[@Drumming-Life]

The UK has really stepped up to the plate in the world of producing drums and drum products, recently. Code drumheads and British Drum Co. are amazing quality brands and I believe stand up to any American, Japanese, or German drum companies. Those two brands are absolutely top notch.

[@DarbyTodd]

I agree. I am a Remo guy. But the Code guys are doing great things. The BDC stuff is fantastic. I’m so happy with my decision to move to them.

[@db9692]

I saw you guys on this tour and it was incredible! I hope you come back around, and hopefully headline! What an amazing setup. The British drums are beautiful! I love Audix mics for drums as well, and the system that vibrates the throne, what a great idea. Question: when you said, "I couldn't play some of these songs without this in my arsenal", were you being cheeky?😂😂 Great video, thanks for showing this gorgeous kit!

[@PicardManeuver]

The orange Casio G-Shock is really the cherry on top

[@DarbyTodd]

Best part of my equipment!!

[@oldcmputer]

This man matching his Casio F91W to his drum kit. Legend mate! Best watch ever. Also love the disclaimer about using x2 bass drums. LOL I too prefer x2 pedal feel. Great video and fantastic Casio bud.

[@DarbyTodd]

Love the fact you dig the old Skool Casio!!! Dm your email. I’m gonna send you a download link to my album for being the first person to notice the watch action!!

[@mikecottondrums]

Such a killer drum set! I love that floor tom leg trick

[@DarbyTodd]

Such a simple hack!!

[@mikestern2drumz]

Definitely well descriptive...and he mentioned the*Amazing* 19 times.. I had to rewatch it.😊

[@DarbyTodd]

Yep. I should have run a competition as to how many times I said that. I’m def gonna have to learn some more descriptive words regarding how much I love stuff!!

[@mikestern2drumz]

@DarbyTodd Hey Darby it's all in good fun brother!!! You are a monster player btw.. I very much appreciate ya..🤟😎👌..And not to worry I can't stop saying the word excellent..🤣🤟

[@johannjohann6523]

Thanks for doing the video. Like alot of your choices. I'm hearing nothing but good stuff from British Drum Company regarding their drums. And currently. Birch drums and Zildjian A cymbals work well for metal. So good choices from my end. Only thing missing, and most drummers do it, they don't talk about their hardware and rack system, cymbal arms/stands etc. Nice kit their Mr. Octopuss :)

[@elehnez5732]

Seen a lot of drummers using double bass pedal while bringing a second kick for show. Would have been curious how the set sounds dry without mikes. Looks great.

[@davidsuprenant2782]

Love BDC,what a smoking kit,love the orange finish.Tjese cats build only the best.!!!!

[@eDrumsInANutshell]

Hi! Really cool setup and hacks. Thanks for sharing! I am hobby metal drummer and - oh dear, when I bought the Toontrack EZX I honestly did not know, that you were performing with Devin. The Toontrack guys put your interview at the very bottom of the product page. Awwww, I love these EZX and SDX! I used them for VST drumming, with rather cheap pads but ... this sounds so good. I mean, you made it. You have a perfect mix of your nice drums, with good mics. Me, I spent a lot of time in dark basements with huge spiders and humidity and strange smells and bunch of crazy guys to make some zombie metal AND I never got the sound of perfectly mixed drums. Ha! Then my wife came up with the idea, to buy an ekit for the kids. And as a metal drummer, you know, know way, I said. But you know: Happy wife - happy life! And I grabbed a cheap Millenium MPS-850 AND EZDrummer2 and ... that was is - with: "For the kids!" Amazing, these sample libraries! And I also got the cheap version of your stool. I just got an tactile transducer or ass shaker, butt kicker - you know - an old subwoofer amp and baaam! Together with your samples, the IEMs and the butt kicker ... Amazing experience. AND I switch between DeathMetal and UKPop, Jazz kits with 2 clicks. :-)

[@DarbyTodd]

Have you check out Ez drummer 3 yet? It’s a huge leap up.

[@eDrumsInANutshell]

@DarbyTodd Yeah, for sure! I primarily use Superior Drummer 3, but because of the library I grabbed EZD3. These Toontrack stuff is not good for my wallet. Ha. I got the Hugh Padgham library besides others and as a kid of the 80s... woooow. Amazing.

[@lawrencepatrick5760]

Nice set.

[@stevericardo_drummer]

love it!!!!!!!!

[@nathanaelcole8466]

How much of a freaking rock star you were live was my biggest takeaway from the show in Hebron, KY. It was my much anticipated first time seeing Devin after watching many many live concerts on KZbin so no surprises there, but man you killed it! Add to the fact that you laid down the drums on my top two albums of 2022, Tiktaalika and Lightwork and is Darby Todd my favorite drummer at the moment?

[@DarbyTodd]

Thanks man. That’s kind of you! Yeah. Charlie’s album came out great!

[@kashjaegermusic]

The i5 on top snare and D2 on bottom snare is so good. Totally blow 57's out of the water IMO. Awesome video

[@ikerzuazaga6218]

Play it man!

[@gadymarcus5297]

magnifico.💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@gadymarcus2362]

Magnifico.💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@thomasburkhard2784]

Cool.

[@jerryvanzant]

You could make use of the other 22-16 bass drum and use it as another gong drum. Just a suggestion.

[@oliviawallace3636]

Sick

[@alyn7d7]

❤❤❤

[@vambo08]

Glad to help get your hours up! I'll make sure to bring extra cigarettes next time you play in Norwich x

[@GeoffBosco]

I'm a hard-core Sonor guy, but I've been nothing less than impressed by everything thing I've heard from BDC.

[@jacktoy3688]

Matts kit in the background I think ❤

[@DarbyTodd]

Yes it is!

[@jacktoy3688]

@@DarbyTodd I just watched your drum cam footage of ‘By Your Command’ - I love that song , you played it immaculately man. Not an easy task! Brilliant to watch!

[@TheCoronaMortis]

Awesome video dude. Intrigued to know on the mix level ratio you use between the trigger and natural snare?

[@DarbyTodd]

Hey man. I’d say out front it’s about 10 to 15 percent trigger. Really for the reverb tail. The majority is natural.

[@ChrisEdrich]

@@DarbyTodd Correct, and I'd say closer to 10 than 15%, in most places I almost can't hear the difference when I mute the trigger. And I'm actually using it more for the attack/snap than for the tail, it kinda takes over in the rare instances of a slightly weaker hit, to make sure they all pierce through the wall of guitars and orchestral tracks.

[@Neil21407]

Ah Darby, I think that you may have skipped over an important aspect of your rig. The cymbal that you cracked and, was driiled out by you tech. do you prefer the sound before, or after?

[@DarbyTodd]

When the cymbal started to crack the cymbal completely loses its tone. Sounds more like a dull thud. Cutting it out def made it sound like a resonant cymbal. I’m sure it doesn’t sound quite as good as when it’s in working order but it’s crazy how much better it sounds when the crack is gone. I went to Zildjian and swapped the broken one for a 19 A thin crash. I’ve never tried the thins before. I’ve always been a medium thin person. The thins really sound good.

[@stinkfloyd1]

I looked into getting the Porter & Davies since I moved to in-ears. Playing bigger stages, ie Hellfest, Brutal Assault and others I noticed a lack of kick, which really is annoying. THEN, I saw the price and went into ontological shock.😮

[@DarbyTodd]

Save up man. It’s the most life changing purchase I’ve made for my set. And I did pay for mine!!

[@stinkfloyd1]

@@DarbyTodd Definitely making the investment. That snare sound is awesome.

[@PixelRock]

I want that vibrating stool!

[@Fieldyfan94]

Hey Darby I have a question. If you only use one bass drum why not just have one if your using a double pedal? Is it a looks thing? I prefer a double bass kit to a single bass kit I don’t like the way the slave pedal feels.

[@DarbyTodd]

We used a single kick on the previous tour but decided that having a larger looking kit would be the way to go. There was a small issue of channels on the desk. If we used two kicks I’d only be able to have kick in mics on both rather than kick in and out mics. I’ve spent my whole life using a double pedal. I’m comfortable with it and it allowed me to have the slave exactly where I wanted it rather than compromise. So yeah it’s purely for the more rock n roll look!

[@Fieldyfan94]

@@DarbyTodd thanks Darby. either way it looks badass! I have another question what is the no 1 devin song with the most double bass from his solo band?

[@DarbyTodd]

You probably wanna check his previous band Strapping Young Lad. There’s a couple of tunes on the Nightwork album that have crazy kicks. There’s a song called Juular which is pretty crazy too. Don’t know what album it’s on though.

[@Fieldyfan94]

@@DarbyTodd oh yah I’ve listened to strapping young lad before crazy sounding haha.

[@StuartJrBarrett]

What mic claws are you using???

[@DarbyTodd]

I’m not too sure. Will try and find out.

[@StuartJrBarrett]

@@DarbyTodd thank you

[@ChrisEdrich]

We use the LP Claw for Snare Top/HH/Ride, and K&M for all Toms + Gong Drum

[@iowadrummer79]

7:40 - @Darby Todd - What kind of mixer is that?

[@DarbyTodd]

Hey man. Sorry for the late reply. It’s a soundcraft mixer. I’m not too fussy on what I use. And it does change in fly gigs. I need enough channels to have stereo band, stereo backing tracks, stereo drums, click and then kick in a separate mono channel.

[@iowadrummer79]

@@DarbyTodd Amazing!! Also, I absolutely love the second bass drum. It's fun!!!!

[@DrumtechNick]

Hi Darby, what kind of sticks you are using??

[@DarbyTodd]

I’m currently using 5a’s. I’m in the process of switching stick companies hence why I didn’t mention them.

[@dennispapaleo5431]

What sticks are you using?

[@DarbyTodd]

I’m using 5a wood tips. I can say more about make soon. I’m in the middle of swapping companies.

[@cDisturbed.]

Why would you want the stool to vibrate?

[@DarbyTodd]

It’s that bone conductivity thing. Your mind is tricked into thinking you can hear more bass frequencies. It’s especially useful when using in ears.

[@robrobertson2661]

Has two bass drums and uses a double pedal? Pretty dumb. Does Devon use a bunch of unloaded Marshall cabs as well?

[@romaonetto]

\m/

[@claysmell]

Darby must be a giant; his kit looks like a toy

[@rorytambores]

Efficiency of motion.

[@bananabourbonaenima]

Sticks?

[@DarbyTodd]

I’m in the middle of switching stick companies. But my stick of choice is a 5a wood tip.

[@DarbyTodd]

Just an update. I now play Pro Mark Sticks and love them!

[@morejelloplease]

Hell yes brother! Hope all is well and can't wait to see you live again!

[@DoubleJ-o1989]

Least he's honest about the extra kick

[@toddcooper5781]

KellyShU brother and KickPort would make a difference…

[@DarbyTodd]

Yeah. Def need to check out the Kelkyshu. I think that would be really useful for the kit I have in my recording studio.

[@ChrisEdrich]

KellyShu are great products, but their kick in clamp isn't adapted for the microphone we use... and I'd still keep the kick out microphone... well, out! Also tried kickport several times and never had good results, and I would probably blame it on the way having a plastic tunnel around a microphone isn't the greatest idea if it's not the kind of result you're going for.

[@jcdrums2798]

bizarre use a double pedal, with 2 bass drums

[@DarbyTodd]

Lots of people do it.

[@jcdrums2798]

@@DarbyTodd beautiful gear

[@timothyweiss619]

I like the drums and all the extra gear to go with it. But you lost me when you started talking about backing tracks. I feel a band should play everything live, that's why it's called live music.

[@karriraisanen6145]

Timothy, have you listened to Devin's music? There is tons of background ambience, synths, samples etc. that go on in the backing tracks that are mentioned. All the people who are playing instruments up on stage play their own stuff 100%, this is nothing like Mötley 😊

[@DarbyTodd]

Hey. I completely get what you are saying. As someone else has just commented. The backing tracks aren’t really playing musical parts. We play the majority of everything you hear on stage. There’s just a ton of noises and FX etc on the playback. Also some orchestral parts. Unfortunately in this climate to make everything 100% percent live we would need several keys players, an orchestra, and a choir!! It’s not cost effective! The backing stuff isn’t parts that we could play. I agree that when bands use tracks to play things they could be playing live is pretty bad. This isn’t that. Hope this explains a bit. Thanks.

[@acshannon2527]

'promo sm' 😻

[@jedibena]

tiene un doble bombo pero usa doble pedal, que incoherente