How Danny Carey Uses Electronic Drums

Danny Carey has used electronic elements in his drumset for decades now. In this video I breakdown all the elements he currently uses.

That Neil Peart Breakdown I mentioned:

Danny Carey Edrum Equipment:
Mandala drum pads (7 of them): electronic sounds, synth, eastern drums sounds
Roland mc505
Korg wave drum X
Vintage Simmons SDX Mandala pads
Roland Handsonic HPD-15

He uses a program called Battery, from Native Instruments, on an Apple Mac G5 to manage the samples

Links to more info on his drumset :)

Playing on a td9kx2

Interview of him talking about mandala

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[benjibanks]

One of the best drummers of our generation.

[massimomaxmajorana]

I sold my Korg Wave Drum, the one that we see in your pictures in 2005… maple color to replace the cherry one that was damaged on the road.

[Piplodocus]

To clarify: the D-beam light controller on the Roland handsonic is more for midi CC type stuff, so pitch bends, filter sweep, other FX, etc, of the current sound, rather than to trigger a note. Same thing was on some of their 'grooveboxes'. Kinda works like a 'light theremin' effect controller. When Danny mentions the "program called battery" in that quote it's Native Instruments Battery, the VST Drum Sampler plugin. So he goes up and down Battery patches between songs to change all the mandala pads. :)

[StraitsDireOrSomething]

I love your videos, especially your intros. Instead of a 5 minute long intro, you just "Today im talking about how danny carey uses electric drum sounds, that's coming up"

[matthewv]

I don't know that he was using it at the time, but for the last album (for Invincible I believe) he added a vintage Buchla Mandala Lumina Gold (suspended behind the kit).

[joshferry]

Great video man! I love how some of the best drummers in the world are using electronic drums mixed in. Kinda shows that the acoustic elitist people are so behind the eight ball.

[minisurfbanana]

Amazing When watch him Live...I saw him Do a clinic in Long Island NY we were 3 rows back got to meet him after...amazing!!! Go watch a tool show!

In 2001 Got backstage pass at Radio City Music Hall show cause I work there. I took the night off. After the show I was looking at his set being broken down and tried to pick up one of the Toms and it was like 50 pounds. His set was melted Cymbals. U can see in 3:08 if u pause it!!!

[AirGuitar]

So I'm guessing the Mandala drum pads are like the bongos in Eulogy and Jambi and also the main drum part for Reflection?

[justplaydrums]

Didn't know you liked Tool. Cool, awesome video as usual!

[TheMeandrummer]

He also uses a Roland TD30 as well. He said that he uses it between songs while the band is preparing for the next song to play. You can see it on live videos .

[dillonbuckingham]

Thank you so much for this video. Ive been trying to find this info.

[beatsdddx]

Gr8 video! your showing how useful E drums are in the pro world and beyond!

[nickx]

Interesting and definitely informative.

[Ancipital_]

Danny has a new kit now. You can see it on Vic Firth's Pneuma video. Mind covering the new kit too? Cheers

[Elayaass]

man danny's kit is SICK all the way around, did you know his acoustics are made out of brass??? he say it in an interview and he says they are heavy as fuck xd

[js_drums]

you need to make a video of akira jimbo describing his approach of electronic drums. he is one of the pioneers who mix acoustic and electric drums.

[renatoloureiro]

They actually made the Mandala Drum's Virtual Brain sample library available for free download, but apparently it isn't available anymore =(

[scowlsmcjowls]

What about the roto toms danny loves his roto toms and the old roland mc505 groovebox is worth mentioning

[andreya]

Hey man, great channel, I have been following you for some weeks now. I do not own any electronic drum gear as of now, but I think I will buy the Roland SPDSX for those awesome features and multiple output options. Do you have any thoughts or impressions on this one? Would love to see a video on it, as it's quite popular. Keep rocking and cheers all the way from Bulgaria!

[FrankBittom]

Good infa man, but what about the MC505 he use from long time ?