EQUIPMENT
At the moment I have two main kits that I use equally, alternating between them depending on the scenario: a DW Performance Series kit (Sapphire Blue), and a PDP Concept Maple kit (Pearlescent White). I also have two backup kits: another Concept Series in Canada, and a PDP X7 (Pearlescent Black) in South Africa.
DRUMS
(All drums by DW)
All my drum sets have exactly the same set-up and size configuration:
18×22" Bass Drum
5.5×14" Snare Drum
7×8″ Rack Tom
8×10″ Rack Tom
9×12″ Rack Tom
12×14″ Floor Tom
DRUM HEADS
(All heads by Evans)
I like to switch between coated and clear heads, but for the most part I use the following configuration:
G2 Clear on all toms (top/batter side)
G1 Clear on all toms (bottom/resonant side)
Genera HD on snare batter
Hazy 300 on snare resonant
EQ3 on kick batter
Standard DW head on kick resonant
HARDWARE
(All hardware by DW)
DW 9000 Series Custom-cut Rack
DW 9000 Series Double Bass pedal
DW 9500 2-leg hihat stand
DW 9300 Snare Stand
DW 9100AL Air Lift throne
CYMBALS
(All cymbals by Sabian)
I have a collection of Sabian cymbals that I configure for different scenarios, but at the moment this is my favorite set-up, as seen in The Quadrum Series:
A - 20" HHX Legacy Ride
B - 12" HHX Splash & 10" HH China Kang
C - 14" Artisan Hi-Hats
D - 18" AAX X-Plosion Crash
E - 6" AA Splash & 8" Chopper
F - 8" HH Splash
G - 19" HHX X-Treme Crash
H - 22" AAX Omni
I - 19" Paragon China
Sticks
(by Pro-Mark)
Cobus Potgieter Signature Sticks
In-Ear Monitors
(by Logitech Ultimate Ears)
Main: 1 x pair of LUE PRM's
Backup: 1 x pair of LUE 11's
Recording Interfaces
(by Presonus)
1 x AudioBox 1818VSL
1 x DigiMax D8
Microphones
(by Samson)
1 x Samson 8KIT, supplemented with two Q8's for snare top and bottom, as well as a few C02's for hats and softer effect cymbals.)
Laptop
(by Mythlogic)
Clevo P170EM chassis with backlit keyboard
17.3" 1920×1080 Glossy 90% NTSC Color Gamut LED Backlit LCD
Intel Core i7-3920XM 2.90GHz CPU (8M L3 Cache, 22nm, DDR3-1600MHz)
16GB (4x4GB) RAM (PC3-14900, 1866MHz SODIMM)
NVIDIA 680M 4096MB GDDR5 DX11 Compliant Video Card
6X BD-ROM/5X DVD-RAM Blu-Ray Combo Drive
Crucial m4 256GB mSATA Solid State Drive
2 x 750GB SATA Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drives
Backlit Chiclet Keyboard
Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
KILLER WirelessN 1202 with Integrated Bluetooth 4.0
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Cameras
(by GoPro)
10 x GoPro Hero 3+ Cameras
10 x Jaws: Flex Clamps
10 x 64GB Lexar® MicroSDXC Memory Cards
Software
Audio recording & mixing: Cubase 7
Video editing & compositing: Sony Vegas Pro 12