How to Make Your Drum Kit Sound Like Danny Carey's of Tool

[@paisteuser06]

There's nothing wrong with wanting gear choices of an artist because you genuinely like the way they sound. There's something totally wrong with the illusion that just because you mirror someone's exact set up, that you're going to sound like said artist.

[@nihilisthetic]

Last step, don’t put your discography on music streaming services

[@AquariusC]

COMPACT DISC. Amazing new tech.

[@planej6315]

@@AquariusC ...that virtually nobody uses anymore.

[@AquariusC]

@@planej6315 Whose fault is that? Support the people you like and buy the CD.

[@planej6315]

@@AquariusC I'd rather buy vinyl records to be honest, CDs are great tho but have lost relevance with all the streaming platforms. Considering most artists make the majority of their income from concerts and merch and virtually none from records, giving out free albums is great promo. That's the signs of the times

[@TheSUPERPOTATO2000]

AHA YOU'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN TOOL'D

[@teunputker]

Love this series! Some suggestions: Chad Smith Ringo Starr Kevin Parker The Motown drum sound Dave Grohl Mitch Mitchell Thanks for the content! Ps. the drummer in the video is amazing :)

[@FanaticDrummer]

Doesn't hit the cymbals after all that work lol

[@RossLambert801]

I keep seeing people rag on this video series because the drummer does not sound just like (fill in the blank) drummer. Guys, no shit he doesn’t play just like Danny or Ringo or whoever. These videos are nailing the tone. Every video has been good to great in explaining how to achieve the tone of that specific drummer. Plus this guy is pretty damn good drummer. Thanks to the crew who makes these videos. Ignore the asshole haters. Any young person getting into drumming and recording would appreciate this series. I’m an old fart and I still appreciate the videos.

[@MassholeDrums]

Yea that's a dumb reason to complain because that was never meant to be the point of the video. It's very hard to fully imitate a drummer. I grew up playing tool and knew every song except triad (one of the polyrhythms was too hard for me) and the fear inoculum album but was still never able to fully imitate him. I do have his ride cymbal though (best ride of all time btw)

[@chrisprado4597]

How to sound like Danny Carey: BE Danny Carey.

[@jackoo666]

love how he says he tunes them to each song. so just tune it to D. 99% of tool songs are in D

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

lol can you imagine that in a live setting. "Everybody, please give me 15 minutes, this song's in another key!"

[@corv3tte695]

Yea basically every song is in D minor so I’m not sure why he said aim for an A minor triad

[@cymapsis]

Does that mean that each tom (and snare) should be tuned in D? or maybe a fifth or a third?

[@Nachtopus]

@@cymapsis a D minor triad is what I would assume. With an octave for the highest tom.

[@Nachtopus]

@@Howitchewstofeel5gum he actually did this back when they still did Triad live. You can see in one of the drum cam vids where he quickly tunes his Tom’s up a step to E during the ambient break following Reflection. I can only imagine how much practice it took to consistently pull that off

[@experimenteight4550]

Needs a gong

[@ledzeppelinfan4704]

Do neil peart

[@gabrielsworld4385]

Led Zeppelin fan asking for Neil Peart video with a slipknot back ground? My kind of guy

[@johnnygonzo4384]

Rip

[@danielmayfield4391]

Do one for Adam jones and his guitar tone

[@generalkenobi6869]

Daniel Mayfield les paul through diezel amps with a lot of mid range. Boss delay pedal, wah, digitech whammy

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Daniel Mayfield sound like tool by busting the bank, andertons music co.

[@nimaatoolexperience1409]

@@generalkenobi6869 Don't think Adam Uses a Digitech Whammy. That's Justin's trademark :)

[@shreyaspai3791]

@@nimaatoolexperience1409 Yeah. Doesn't he use a 535Q cry baby?

[@JohnL2112]

24.75 inch scale dual humbucker guitar tuned to drop D + a distortion channel that cleans up when you roll off the volume gets you really close with not much fiddling

[@Mixedbag456]

All tool never releasing music jokes are now officially outdated...

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

They'll be back in date in just a few years' time ;)

[@stanleycopper1167]

@@Howitchewstofeel5gum Now the focus is on SOAD.

[@dumbshuck]

And it happened.

[@PatFlanigan]

Please keep this series going! Super informative!

[@JCavLP]

Last step, don't release music

[@Finniganmydog]

Julian Cavaleri Aww cupcake, have some patience

[@peetsjunkie]

Toxic Potato 90% there .. five years to go lol

[@FanaticDrummer]

Julian Cavaleri LOL truth

[@Assimilator702]

Julian Cavaleri They've already said the album is %90 complete. Check their Twitter accounts for progress and just listen to some other bands in the meantime. Ive found being a Tool fan means learning patience.

[@MylesMarrero]

Got any bands to suggest? I've been looking for some new ones myself

[@dinkorojas805]

a video about vinnie paul's drum kit from pantera would be interesting

[@jpp2422]

basically play anything you want and load in his sounds via triggers. He's a trigger machine. love him though

[@dinkorojas805]

JP yeah I know but I thought that it would be cool watching you setting up a drum kit like vinnies. sizes, cymbals, etc.. your videos are very interesting and fun to watch. Keep it up. Cheers from chile

[@MFink-oq5hy]

rip

[@denisgrandemange6931]

Very impressive cover !! Congrats and thanks for your advices and work.

[@Marauder623]

Don't forget his shells have various thicknesses and he has them tuned in triads of D, the snare is sounding off as well, i think it is tuned higher than this.

[@thorstenjkeck]

that beat is so amazing! double bass!

[@brandonkindt1205]

Thanks for being concise. I love, no fluff tutorials.

[@selargoya64]

How to make a drum kit sound like Bill Brufford's of King Crimson/Yes?

[@MylesMarrero]

Ooh, I second that one! Wouldn't know which band to feature more though...

[@Cpayne30]

Myles Marrero - Well, Bill is difficult because his setup changed all the time.

[@QUACKr123]

PLEASE DO STEWART COPELAND

[@PuttinOnTheRiffs]

Monstrous ending. Well done dude

[@carloshdz.escamilla208]

Please do one of Steven Adler !!!😩😩😩👏

[@bobd9116]

Having a Sonor kit is a good first step!

[@MarkArness]

Not that I'm going to even attempt a Tool song right now, but I never considered trying 8/10 up and 12/16 down. Maybe for giggles sometime, but right now my 8 and 10 are benched and it's 12 up 16 down.

[@iloveconcrete1550]

I teally like these demonstrations. Keep it up!

[@xxdvallesxx]

I'm digging these videos.

[@kevinmagee8955]

I always thought a drum was a drum... I did often notice that Danny's snare drum did not sound like a snare drum, but to me it sounds more like Timbales

[@HIMcules2112]

i will try this with my 1965 Rogers kit

[@avramnovorra]

Great vid man! Now i know what to look for when the time comes for to buy my own kit ;)

[@davidponce9187]

Please do a Chad Smith one

[@searchanddestroy1417]

Can you please do John T. From Qween of the age or the mars volta?

[@BongHuffingCaravan]

This is sorta like how Bonzo would have his set tuned to even though his kit is more simplified still Carry is one killer fuckin drummer nice one Reverb

[@calebknott8021]

David Jillson I wanna say Jeff Ocheltree worked with Danny Carey at some point

[@BongHuffingCaravan]

Caleb knott yea I believe he worked with carey in the late 90s early 2000s something like that but still to have an influence like Ocheltree fuck man that had to been intense to have such a legend like him such an amazing talent

[@goncalodias6402]

no way, bonzo tuned his drums way higher than you think. and they were very big drums, that's how he got his bombastic sound

[@kevingislon2310]

Can you please do a tutorial on how to make your drumset sound like dave grohl please? Thank you.

[@parafizzle]

Great video. Love this serie. Keep it up!

[@bummerdrummer1902]

do one on Tre Cool!

[@Cloob6969]

@Mat The Ghost and he's still doing more with his life than you

[@silver1surfer69]

Great insight, thx for sharing! And wow, great drumming. Only thing that could be a little different compared to Danny Carey´s is, that his kit cost 100k or something. I once saw a vid where he intoduces his kit.

[@chrisdiel706]

Great video and the drums sound sick. I only disagree with what was mentioned about the cymbals: B8 or B12?? No man, its gotta be B20 all the way. I will agree that some of the Paistes that are made with B8 or 12 sound decent, I think that B20 is the only way to go. Unless you intentionally want your cymbals to sound harsh.

[@aakkoin]

Danny uses Paiste Signature cymbals like in the video, which are made with a patented Paiste Signature alloy, which is NOT B20 based, but B12 or something...

[@BuckAugust]

These videos are great!

[@fuskerbob5898]

Do Dave Lombardo next

[@lemmyfeuvray2473]

Do Mitch Mitchell

[@sebastienfilion2428]

He also uses two bass drums with different sizes. If you listen carefully to Aenima, you'll hear two different bass drum notes.

[@TC-lk2ev]

Yeah I found that really buzzy when I finally listened to it with good headphones

[@bobloew8930]

The details in the reverb article are wildly inaccurate. Danny does not use Beech shells. Danny does not play an SQ2 set. Danny does not usually use his Ocheltree bronze kit (anymore). Now days, he mostly uses roto-toms.

[@IRLguy777]

Danny uses brass/bronze for the entire set with roto toms instead of rack toms, along with edrum pads, and a dual kick. So I don't think this is all that accurate.

[@elvissorna8861]

Imagine if he tuned his drums to each specific key of a song at any given moment lol

[@mogmason6920]

*r o t o t o m s*

[@pablerry]

he does, not all, but in 3 or 4 songs in every gig he tunes the toms, and changes the snare.

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

I wanted to hear more

[@larkstonguesinaspic4814]

You guys forgot the stick. His signature sticks are really really heavy and big and make the drums sound louder and heavier.

[@erikbarrett85]

what are you saying to do with the cut away old reso head? use that as a muffling ring or are you seeing use it as the entire resonant head, just cut most of it away....?

[@James-wl5zv]

In my opinion, those toms sounds kind of stale and dead-- might have something to do with the batter heads being tighter than the resos. I think to emulate Danny's you would want each head to be as equal as possible with very little to no muffling on the toms. And depending on the era, Danny's high rack tom (the 8x8") was tuned incredibly high.

[@CorridorOfChameleons94]

why would I want to sound like him? hes one of my favorites for sure but there can only be one Danny.

[@franklindelanoroosevelt9177]

mAtt drmmer cause who wouldn’t want to sound like him

[@kaerbear]

Maybe it’s just interesting to know how he gets his sound. I don’t even play drums but I find it interesting to know how he does it. I mean, besides being part octopus and 100% beast.

[@ThomasMetal75]

This is just a good rock tone!!!!

[@robertnettleship5467]

What is the song called at around 1:33?

[@jacknicholson5794]

Robert Nettleship Ticks & Leeches

[@NathanPhillipz52]

More like: Ticks and Leeches drum cover

[@tortillafilms5075]

The carpet makes the video awsome !

[@cobibraiant7420]

sizes of the splash & bell you used?

[@user-xv3tj3ql1o]

serious question how do you tune your batter head 1/3 or 1/4 higher than your reso head

[@jonathancant2031]

Can you do Stewart Copeland next?

[@sinnizster5038]

and u will need a Rolland Hand sonic HPV 15, a Korg wave drum and a bunch of Simmons or Madella electronic pads with a module

[@firstlt2]

Where's the gong that gets used once?

[@mickerzsnickerz]

Can you do The Mars Volta? Specifically the drums off Deloused?

[@Palestina.non.grata86]

A Paiste Visions Novo China? Sickeningly rare!

[@ViciousDeliciousIV]

Yo what was that black cymbal? Looked gorgeous

[@serban-costinsmaranda8049]

That was a Paiste Visions 20" China. Pretty rare these days, as the Visions series was made during the '90's.

[@ViciousDeliciousIV]

@@serban-costinsmaranda8049 thanks for the info mate!

[@michaelflores2040]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!

[@No_Transitory]

Killer sonor kit which im sure has a pricetag to match lol

[@dougforbes5840]

Can you please do a how to make your drum kit sound like Vinny Paul's

[@davidguerra5237]

Amazing thanks.

[@GlitchComputer]

Might help to put the sizes in the description. Is that a 8, 10, 12, 16? or 14,16?

[@tannert2354]

what’s the name of that shell pack?

[@ddrum1090]

I'm fairly sure he tunes his bottom heads higher... since Ocheltree is his tech (by Danny's choice), I would imagine that the tuning techniques are reminiscent of Bonhams. Plus he aims for the most tone he can and that's the way to get it at least from my experience. Could be wrong though. Where did you guys find that info??

[@kenb9828]

Jack Heet thank you! that's what I was saying lol. tuned too low.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Not bad, thanks. Good player too.

[@westbrad6808]

If you can afford an SQ2 or Designer series, you’re kinda already there. Of course tuning and head choice. But try this w any Ludwig or mid level Pearl for ex. You’ll never get that sound

[@mattiaswahlstrom3686]

Is this a part from a tool track?

[@FHDTV]

Please do Phil Collins!!

[@jessfreeman3272]

0:31 That can’t be what I think it is.

[@micah_drums]

24 inch 2002 china on left and 22 inch signature thin china on right.

[@roolee2k]

can you make a video how to sound like Lars in St. Anger?

[@the6ig6adwolf]

roolee2k buy a metal trash can and then use it as a snare. voila instant Lars.

[@rodneywatkins4731]

Are those 8, 10, 12, 16 toms?

[@ChurroWaffles]

Do I really have to buy a Sonor kit and Paiste cymbals to sound like him? I just bought a kit not too long ago. And I'm not a fan of Paiste.

[@jimboblewis2929]

Thats a 13 inch floor tom btw... DC plays a 14 inch floor tom.

[@privacyIsKing]

Might as well just play it all! Teaser!

[@DaveSP196]

Hit hard too.

[@mdrumt]

What kit is this!? Phonic lugs and hardware with SQ2 badges!?!? Someone!?

[@seakay5705]

What song is that at the very beginning?

[@matt-tp1ww]

ticks and leeches

[@tru816indo]

God Sonor makes killer drums. Its always bothered me he used two 19s up front and uses Rotos so much

[@headkickko609]

can you do Portnoy next?

[@leevi4493]

Do same about Nick Mason pls!!

[@matthewpaluch777]

Dw or Ludwig?

[@loganrandall780]

As soon as I saw this in my sub box, I immediately thought, Ticks and Leeches

[@Blech319]

Tunes to D Minor triad? Otherwise sounds good.

[@Reverb]

This is true for live shows (and most Tool songs are in D minor). In the studio, however, he tries to tune to the key of the song.

[@layneinchains3373]

Also I think Sonor made his kit out of Copper Alloy recycled cymbals

[@camdenss19]

Sonar didn't make it Jeff Ocheletree did

[@matthewpaluch777]

Jeff Ocheltree was commissioned by Paiste to make 3 drumsets. The shells were made from melted/recycled Paiste cymbals. 1 for Danny, 1 for Carl Palmer & 1set that's @Paiste's factory in Nottwill, Switzerland.

[@watchdog304]

Now if I could just get my drumming skills to match his.

[@roccopagliari8828]

the kit is made for tool it would sound different if anyone else played that. its his style.

[@tatoo190]

Ray Luzier or Morgan Rose

[@hydesdad4536]

Bud Gaugh of Sublime Or, Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains

[@erikgaia4552]

Next "How to Make Your Drum Kit Sound Like" Charlie Watts of Rolling Stones please!

[@kyleatkins5154]

So is all you can play Ticks and Leeches?, I would've liked to hear more...

[@crimsun7186]

Of course Danny can change the tuning for each song. He uses two roto-toms as rack toms.

[@jdeditravicha]

gavin harrison, please

[@edsalisch4322]

He uses roto toms not regular toms mostly.

[@HyperspaceShaman]

I thought Danny tunes rather high not low. I was also under the impression he likes his reso tuned higher the the batter, not the other way around...huh.

[@blakephillips5164]

Do Keith moon

[@perpetualgrimace]

As much as I love Danny Carey's playing, never really loved the harshness of his cymbals. Drums always sound massive though.

[@mikedunn9313]

His sounds hits so hard live. It literally pulsates in and through your whole body. And he is sometimes a little harsh on the cymbals but I think it adds more of a real feel to it. He playing for a long time, and hard complex songs so if he hits to hard from time to time I will still enjoy it either way. Not to mention how hard and fitting his drumming was on the witness track for Adams custom guitar. For only being in the last few min it makes the song for me and he pushing 60. Danny will always be a legendary drummer.

[@perpetualgrimace]

@@mikedunn9313 Danny's definitely a legend, I was referring to his choice of cymbals more than how he plays them