Take A Tour Of Tool Drummer Danny Carey’s Sonor Kit

In addition to his implausible enjoying, Danny Carey has an equivalent knack for the use of attention-grabbing and sundry equipment. A protracted-time Sonor and Paiste artist, Danny’s kits are all the time large, however he has long past via some adjustments through the years, incorporating Remo RotoToms into his setup, in addition to appearing his love for forged bronze drums by the use of his customized Paiste Bronze Customized Forged equipment, plus his newer snare drum collaboration VK Drums.

On the other hand, for Device’s most up-to-date excursions, Danny has been again to enjoying picket Sonor shells, entire with a complete area of Paiste cymbals, interspersed along with his leading edge and unique Mandala digital drum pads and extra.

Danny’s drum tech, Joe Slaby has been documenting Danny’s rig on Instagram over more than one movies, giving us an in depth perception into the setup. Let’s get began!

Sonor SQ2 drums

“Danny’s a long-time Sonor endorser, and he’s enjoying in this equipment, some Sonor SQ2 shells. Sonor was once great sufficient to indulge Danny and put those cool antique teardrop lugs [on them]. The shell thicknesses are distinctive for Danny. His jam is that he likes the smallest drum to have the thickest shell, after which the shells get thinner.

“He is were given a 14” RotoTom in there, and the snares in this leg are Sonor Bronze snares. He’s were given this one that is 10-lugs, and every other one that is 12-lugs. We even have a 10 lug picket snare which is manufactured from beech. It’s 14”x8”, and [his bronze snares] also are 14”x8”.

“The paint activity on those drums was once performed through the artist Alex Gray who works with Device so much. All these drums are wrapped, one of the vital drums have been customized painted through Alex, together with Danny’s portrait at the gong drum.”

Following the primary a part of the equipment excursion, Danny Carey himself chimed-in to discuss why his drum shells turn out to be steadily thinner because the drums build up in dimension, his bass drum sizes and pedal settings.

“I’ve them graduated thicker, then getting thicker because the shells get smaller. I’ve discovered that the thinner shells appear to reverberate low finish higher, so the thinner shells at the flooring toms and kick drums make the resonating frequency decrease.

“After I began the use of smaller toms, I discovered that the thinner shells may just get overpowered. They didn’t have the reduce that I had to recover from Adam and Justin’s amplifiers. So through making the shell thicker, it kind of feels find it irresistible has a extra piercing basic, and it cuts during the prime frequencies in their guitars higher.”

Cymbals: Paiste Signature, 2002, Twenty and Darkish Power Collection

“Danny endorses Paiste cymbals, stunning tools crafted in Switzerland. I simply need to upload that [the configuration] adjustments always.

“We’ll get started along with his customized trip cymbal which we name the “Monad”. It’s a 22” Paiste Dry Heavy Experience with a pleasing blank bell sound, and it’s pink! For crashes [left-to-right] there’s an 18” Signature Complete Crash, 18″ Signature Energy Crash and a 20” Energy Crash.

“Degree-left facet he’s were given a 24 2002, and over [to the right of the kit] is a 22” Signature Skinny . During the equipment he’s were given numerous bells and cup chimes.

“Proper right here [above the 8” rack tom] he’s were given a ten” Twenty Collection Splash, then on most sensible he’s were given an 8” Darkish Power Splash. This [stack] is a noise pair, a trashy stack. It’s an 18” at the backside and an 11” on most sensible.

“The hi-hats [positioned in the centre of the kit] he’s been the use of just lately are the Paiste Stewart Copeland 12” Signature pair, they’re in point of fact crisp. 

“[Behind the kit] now we have a in point of fact pretty Paiste 38” symphonic Gong, additionally at the level however now not set-up but is an enormous 60” Earth Gong that Danny makes use of as a part of his solo. 

“Jumbled together with the entire Paiste cymbals are some little accessory cymbals just like the bell, there’s an Enochian chime. That was once made through Van Kleef who’s a drum maker. So jumbled together with the whole thing else are little bits of cool sounds.”

Electronics: Mandala Pads, Korg Wavedrum, Roland HandSonic, Marimba Lumina Gold and extra

“The guts of the electronics are those nice pads from Mandala. Those are made through Danny’s pal Vince DeFranco who’s a clothier. Danny triggers sounds from those, both one sound or you’ll be able to cause other sounds in several zones, or you’ll be able to tweak a legitimate from the centre to the threshold. 

“The ones run via a Common Audio Apollo X6 audio interface, and so they run off a pc triggering sounds from Local Tools Battery. He’s additionally triggering sounds from two FAT Pedals from Drum Tech.

“Device enthusiasts will recognise the unique Korg Wavedrum from the early 90s. It has numerous sounds on it that you just’ll recognise from Device’s catalogue, and he additionally performs every now and then with the Roland HandSonic and Octapad.

“Fixed above the gong is a gorgeous Marimba Lumina Gold [designed by Don Buchla] that Danny makes use of as a controller to play some sounds via an Get admission to Virus Indigo synth.

“Again right here now we have Danny’s modular synth, which we name the Device Field, was once constructed through Peter Grenader. All  the ones elements are working via a Neve mixer in a rack which Danny controls, it’s a 16-channel summing mixer.”

In the meantime, Device introduced a 2024 Ecu excursion final week, starting in Would possibly and proceeding during June. For a complete listing of dates, and to get your tickets, click on right here.