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Drums...

In my new studio...

For most projects, I use a Pearl MMX (4-ply maple) drum kit with the following sizes:

8x10, 9x12, 12x14, 14x16, 16x22

I have several snares to choose from:
 

Pearl MMX 5.5 x 14 (diecast)	Pearl MMX 5.5 x 14 (superhoop)
Pearl Sensitone Steel 5.5 x 14	Pearl 3.5 x 14 Free Floating Brass
Vintage Ludwig Acrolite 5 x 14	Pearl MRX 6.5 x 14
Pork Pie Big Black 6.5 x 14	Brazilian Rosewood Rope Drum
GMS "Vintage" 5 x 14	Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic 5x14
Ludwig Epic 6.5 x 14 Birch/Maple

I'm currently using Attack and Evans drum heads.

Cymbals...

I use mostly Zildjian (A Custom & K Custom Dark) cymbals, but also have a classic Paiste 602 ride, a couple nice Wuhan china's, some Sabian splashes, some Dream rides and crashes, and more.

Recording Gear...

For recording, I use a Digidesign 002R and
Pro Tools LE 8.0 connected to a Dell Precision 380 (3GHz Pentium D) .  I have mic pres by API, A-Designs, OSA (Old School Audio), FiveFish, Universal Audio, AML (Audio Maintenance Limited - Neve 1073 clone) and more.  I also have some vintage Yamaha PM-1000 mic preamps (aka, "The Japanese Neve") that I racked.  

I have microphones by AKG, Audix, Audio-Technica, Shure, Studio Projects, MXL, Sennheiser, Beyer Dynamic, and others.   An example of the mic/pre setup I might use is:

Kick: Audix D6 --> OSA MP1-L
SubKick:  8" woofer (wired as mic) --> Digi 002
Snare Top:   Audix i5 or Shure SM57 --> FiveFish
Snare bottom:  Audix D3 --> OSA MP1-C
Toms:  Audix D2 & D4 --> OSA MP1C or MP1A
Ride:   MXL 603 --> Digi 002
HiHat:   AKG SE300B w/CK91 --> Digi 002
Overheads:  AKG C414's --> A-Designs P1
Room - NSonic NS1 or SP C3 --> PM1K/LA-610/AML

I own the Waves SSL 4000 Collection plugins as well as Drumagog and Massey's DTM (Drums to MIDI) plug-ins and several sample libraries, so if you decide you want to change or augment the drum sounds, I can easily do that too.

Last updated 12/19/2009