the best for me, the othet double kits are stupid and not musical.....
@manifestgtr4 жыл бұрын
For sure...this was my favorite dream theater kit
@MrDrums7612 жыл бұрын
lol! i still have this sabian hear the difference video on vhs!
@SushiCat66617 жыл бұрын
yeah seriously. I love how his kit and cymbals sound, everything sounds perfect.
@Keplaffintech16 жыл бұрын
i just realised how much accuracy his drumming takes, as in to be able to hit the correct cymbal on the other side of the kit in a split second and also to remember which one to hit is crazy as well.
@DonCYHaute15 жыл бұрын
i agree with you completely. i think the thing that make sabian better is the warm, more human tone thats hard to find in a cymbal.
@shanebieda17 жыл бұрын
i totally agree when he says "try to go for different sounds" because sometimes when you have a whole bunch of different sounds you can come up with so many different types of styles and fealings for whatever song your playing
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
yea i will probly go to a store this week and see what splash cymbal i want for chrismas
@vincecu114 жыл бұрын
Please someone can tell me the name of the song at 2:00 . OMG 0:40 the hi hat its so brilliant sounds great WITH MIKE !! PLEASE TELL THE NAME :)
@windexfighter7715 жыл бұрын
You're exactly right. I'm in a prog rock/metal band and I've got the same cymbal set up as him except for the two stacks he's got and the chime set.
@brettenator15 жыл бұрын
could someone please tell me what ride mike used on scenes from a memory?.. cheers.
@indiadrummer17 жыл бұрын
at 37 seconds, what is that little tiny cymbal that kinda looks like a splash? I have no idea what they are, but I really want one. Is it just a type of splash>???
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
@MulletMan3108 would sabian still be a good brand to get some cymbals from?
@paisteuser0614 жыл бұрын
this is an old video, over 10 years old. If you notice, he's playing on the purple monster, which he used in the late 90s.
@outremer7916 жыл бұрын
you're talking about my line being middle school material and at the same time you mention larry the cable guy? whoa. ok. i just wasted my time.. have your word dude.. have it. you just made things a whole lot clear to me. cheers
@theshoe12415 жыл бұрын
Does Mike Portnoy have a jazz background? I can hear it in his playing.
@SyntheticFuture17 жыл бұрын
That is true indeed. Sabian wanted to manufacture cymbals with an automated process, but Zildjian preferred to stick to handmade. So the company split, and the brothers went seperate ways. The cymbal lines are mostly made of the same materials but they don't sound the same at all.
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
would you recommend the AAX and HHX cymbals to a metal drummer?
@MikePorNToy16 жыл бұрын
someone knows the name of the song played at the end of the video?
@Hexagesta15 жыл бұрын
How i love that time when Mike tried and was one of the most creative drummers in the progressive genre
@ZeroFoxGiven017 жыл бұрын
Deadnightboy, personally I would choose the Sabian B8 Pro crash, but if you take my advice, the Medium crash sounds better than the Rock crash. That is kinda stiff and it breaks easily. I have a B8 Pro 18" Medium crash and I think it's awesome!
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
@critacclaimband arent meinls expensive? or is that the other company
@StufftMusic15 жыл бұрын
More pieces = more timbres. It adds to the musicality, and prog rock is ALL about maximum musicality.
@The15rocker14 жыл бұрын
hey does anyone know what's the model of his sabian hi hat?
@substrate00115 жыл бұрын
It's "Lines In The Sand" from the Falling Into Infinity album.
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
if i where to get meinls what line of cymbals can play metal?
@robzildjian17 жыл бұрын
yo guys...wats d title of the song that mike last played in this video?
@austin7899313 жыл бұрын
i dont like metal or prog or whatever you would consider dream theater, but mike portnoy i feel is great because his drumming isn't stereotypical for metal. i think he could adapt and play a lot of different types of music if he wanted to.
@olliemedsy15 жыл бұрын
what is the song he is playing at the end?
@Cr1msonKing15 жыл бұрын
What song is he playing at the end?
@Mitchzizzle16 жыл бұрын
I accidentally ended up basically owning all Sabian. I bought all my cymabals seperately, and over time and after trying tons of cymbals numerous times, I bought XS hats, a ride and an 18 crash, a paragon crash. I'm not thinking about getting a sabian splash, as I seem to break everything that I have from Zildjian (My splash is dead :(
@joshdecent14 жыл бұрын
@MattM2011 The point I'm trying to make is to use your -ears- and not your eyes when picking cymbals. You are right that Sabians will likely blend other Sabians, they're also more than capable of blending with other brand cymbals if you take the time to match them. Why dig through one brand trying to find a cymbal that might not be there just to match logos when it could be right in front of you with another brand name on it?I use Vault, HH, HHX, AA, K Customs, Paiste Sigs and it blends perfect.
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
im interersted in the HHX and the AAX lines from sabian. Im also interested in the A customs and K custom hybrids from zildjian. naturally i would use both sabian and zildjian but i cant afford that.
@ryanyunck15 жыл бұрын
Lines In The sand, from the album Falling Into Infinity.
@robzildjian17 жыл бұрын
hey,wats the title of this song (1:56)?
@SyntheticFuture17 жыл бұрын
I can't stand how perfect Mike's kit sounds, it just too awesome. Funny enought I went to the drum shop to buy Zildjan cymbals, but I came walking out with Sabian's. They just sound the way I want them to sound. Zildjan's are great too though
@metaldrummer4713 жыл бұрын
@MulletMan3108 Deff. I think that Sabian is the most inventive and almost always new cymbals. They have sounds for everything and just fit into any1's music.
@hbasd10 жыл бұрын
I just watched a Zildjian Commercial! What?
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
=D i think ive finally been able to decide what cymbals im getting. 16" AA Thin Crash 21" AAX Stage Ride 18" HHX Chinese 10" HHX Splash What do you think?
@silencethescreams14 жыл бұрын
@RhyzBell That's because Paiste 101 are the very lowest end cymbals available on the market. Alphas or even PST 5's will knock the socks off of cymbals that are double the price of them.
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
im trying to decide between zildjian or sabian. can anybody help?
@KBH2711 жыл бұрын
me too! : ) wish it was on dvd
@DonCYHaute15 жыл бұрын
on the site and in the ad it shows aax being aimed at "modern bright" players and is endorsed more famously (other than ray maygora) by people like daniel adair. apx shows a much more metal style themed with pore metal drummers. besides the point the idea for the explosive sound was most probably thought out with metal in mind more so than modern bright
@SprightlyGnome17 жыл бұрын
im a fan of sabian as well. once i was decent enough with my old pearl kit i went about buying myself some nice new bits n pieces and i went with sabian and ziljian. i like the real bright crisp sound the sabians have, tho ziljians not without its charm...
@camiraun17 жыл бұрын
well sabian and zildjian usse similar formulas apparently as it was a zildjian that started but sabian have the upper hand as they have more of a range with ozones etc
@MupNaz16 жыл бұрын
he wrote on some drum forum, sorry don't remember. I can maybe find it for you later.
@mtxrules16 жыл бұрын
I use all AA series accept my hihats which are AAX. and my chinese is a B8 PRO which I realy like the sound of. but I wouldnt mind having all mike's symbals, lol. cool vid
@matyfigure0916 жыл бұрын
Mike it's the only person in this world that can make Sabian cymbals to sound that way...
@CrawfordDrummer15 жыл бұрын
@theshoe124 Yeah he played in jazz band for four years in high school and studied some of it in berklee
@Tfizzlerocker17 жыл бұрын
dude. i love sabian sooo much.
@serazac2516 жыл бұрын
is that a dream theater song or just some improv, maybe LTE?
@brycebutlerdrums16 жыл бұрын
If you somehow contacted Sabian and Tama to get a kit and cymbals exactly like this, it would be worth some where between $20,000 to $30,000.
@jaydendrums11114 жыл бұрын
arghhh i have that song, but i forgot the name. anyone?
@jsadorra17 жыл бұрын
the most essential part of his kit is the electric fan
@C-Stanz12 жыл бұрын
yeah i remember getting this tape for free with some cymbals in like 1998. what's ironic is i had bought Zildjians, lolol.
@CrawfordDrummer14 жыл бұрын
@vincecu1 Lines in the Sand from Falling Into Infiniti and AAX Stage hats 14"
@thesilentcircus78916 жыл бұрын
I was thinkin that too, thanks :)
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
oh cuz i was going to get zildjian bercuz of their Z customs, A customs, and K customs
@onikinhas17 жыл бұрын
that's a matter of taste, for example, I think it's one of the best parts of that song
@DrumMasterT16 жыл бұрын
I love sabian as I know that when you get up to the AA rnage even XS20 range you know that you are going to get a good cymbal! Also I find that with Zildjian they are all kinda thick for me. Sabian are the ultimate cymbals makers in my eyes!
@DonCYHaute15 жыл бұрын
well chris adler (lamb of god) uses the meinl (he helped develop it in fact) so it'll be for more metal type stuff. but so will the sabian seeing as the apx series is designed for metal. and paiste alpha is edorsed by joey jordison... its a tough coice but i'd go with the sabian cause IMO sabians have a sort of warmish feel that i love in cymbals. thats just me though.
@eliasfrangoulis16 жыл бұрын
ahahaha i have the video you got this off of!!! hahaha ") nice job!
@rushbum17 жыл бұрын
i also play sabian but if i could afford them i would have all paiste signatures they truely sound the best
@SyntheticFuture17 жыл бұрын
Left hand one? That would be a Sabian HHX 18" china if I'm not mistaking ^_^
@chaneppchannel_3656 жыл бұрын
mother stax and baby stax 🤣🤣
@alkatraz1716 жыл бұрын
sabian cymbals got a great sound
@GearHeadz10116 жыл бұрын
I agree on that B8! But they're designed for beginners so go figure. HH is definately Sabians pride! The crash on Mikes far left is a 17" HH and the two at the front are AA's and u can tell the difference in quality! I had those exact AA's(18" medium and medium thin) before (for the simple reason of Mike having them) but I wasnt pleased with them so I got a full set of HH's and it was like eating pizza after chewing car tires your entire life!!
@anash25815 жыл бұрын
I want sabian cymbal so badly :D
@robzildjian16 жыл бұрын
Lines in the Sand - Dream Theater that's the title dude
@MegadetH17915 жыл бұрын
now that you say that i guess thats it its just not even something that i can like name what i like better about them just like after playing sabians, it feels wrong sitting down to a set and playing anything else but that makes sense now that you say that but i just love sabians soo much more than anythin else
@mattliebl619915 жыл бұрын
@critacclaimband i will look atr those as well. im trying to get 1 crash, 1 ride, 1 splash, and 1 china
@ColtMcInnis15 жыл бұрын
the purple monster is my favorite kit!!!!
@LHondrums16 жыл бұрын
got the same ^^ it's great!! to all the guys in here who don't own a sabian HHXtreme crash: HAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@martinbertschu402016 жыл бұрын
very nice
@monocubas14 жыл бұрын
@taylorgretsch I'm a big SABIAN fan but whta you just said completely makes sense...
@chaneppchannel_3655 жыл бұрын
quiet sound
@zillizox16 жыл бұрын
Portnoy is the best drummer in the world!!!!!!!!!
@ElianaLamas18 жыл бұрын
Sabian= Cymbals Portnoy= DrumGod that's it
@camiraun17 жыл бұрын
You have a point there man
@MegadetH17915 жыл бұрын
yeah paiste is way underrated i really love paistes but for some reason its just not like the same as with a sabian for me at least ive tried lots of different paistes and lots of sabians and i can't even say what is is about the sabians that i like better but just something about them i like a little bit more but im not dumb i wouldnt mind a paiste cymbal sponsorship damn those are really great cymbals
@daniebsanches9 жыл бұрын
best kit ever
@Zackathor17 жыл бұрын
its funny because Sabian symbols come from my home town, maductic, New Brunswick Canada :)
@CrawfordDrummer14 жыл бұрын
@The15rocker 14" AAX Stage hats
@dudedude10517 жыл бұрын
lol. the fact that people took this seriously is great.
@geoblackwell195314 жыл бұрын
im a zildjian guy to, personally i dont like sabian, i dont how to explain what i dont like about them, i guess they just sound too dark or something, i not saying they suck, just dont fit my style, but yes i agree zildjian is overpriced, my zht set i got were almost 400, btw those thunder rods he had at the begining are awsome for any beginer or intermediate player, they help me build my speed and power so quick, i love them, but they do take getting use too, i still highly recomend them
@josieomgz16 жыл бұрын
uhhh yes he does listen to friggin dream theater and watch him play he uses all the dam cymbals
@vankabel14 жыл бұрын
Amazing..what he can do with his hands
@MupNaz16 жыл бұрын
Well actually there was some discussion on the better drummer subject not long ago and portnoy himself said that there are many better drummers then him, he named alot of them and he said that he think he's overrated.
@deathdrummer19616 жыл бұрын
at least someone is firm in the drummer he likes most of the drummers I know suitch their favorite drummers like every month or so...but I dont have a favorite...I have favorites like ...Mike, Peart, Jordison...Svenson...and so on... THATS JUST ME :)
@cohenmkarnell16 жыл бұрын
really? sorry if i seem uneducated on the subject, i don't claim to be an expert. i just always see these drummers (portnoy, peart, barker) that are considered the best in the world, and it goes pretty much unjustified. i'm glad he's modest about the whole thing though, i know if i were this famous i'd take credit for everything
@hagemkj92916 жыл бұрын
make a vid of honor thy father
@ronnoc35715 жыл бұрын
i think meinl mb20's are the best metal cymbals
@drum78917 жыл бұрын
i wonder how the zildjian family reunion must be like?
@kevbo6717 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Numerous friends have difficulty with Paiste. Sabian sound awesome and the only one I've had problems with was my Paragon. The only reason I got that was because of my love affair with Peart. They do have a lot of good signature cymbals though. Virgil Donati ;)
@spurious15 жыл бұрын
APX is the loudest and easiest to record of those three.
@MaIcOl0115 жыл бұрын
VicenteKidd, cause he can pay big kits...
@IXDakkonXI17 жыл бұрын
OMG its mic foley!!
@ameliorate269515 жыл бұрын
7 isnt small dude. 3 or 4 is small
@musicman99999999916 жыл бұрын
To join the big cymbals debate, I have dodgy peavey high hats that sound shit and a dodgy peavey crash/ride which is even worse. All the rest of my cymbals are stagg and they've not broken yet. If I could afford them I would have proper decent Sabian cymbals, but I can't! I'm only 14 after all. Don't get me wrong! I'm not just some kid with all the gear and no idea, I like a bit of Mike Portnoy or Neil Peart! But to enter the debate, I think Sabian kick ass. Thank you.
@taylorgretsch15 жыл бұрын
i am a zildjian guy i just love the sound. but everyone has their own choice in cymbals. sizes, styles, lathing. you just have to find the sounds you like. there is no better cymbal company. all are made of the same thing and can be played in numerous musical settings. it is all about preference. so stop with the Paiste is better, Meinl is better. there is no one cymbal company that sounds better then another. if it sounds good to you use it, and if it doesnt dont use it find something else.
@PragueMeddler16 жыл бұрын
I'm an avid Sabian lover, and I've been drumming for about six and a half years now. And you know what's REALLY sad? I've never even TOUCHED a Paiste. Ridiculous. I guess that's what you get for living in Bum*%$# Egypt your whole life...