I recently learned how much I love Mapex drums. To me, Mapex seems to be the pinnacle of mass manufactured modern drum design. They just seem to have figured it out, while incorporating everything that works the best. One thing that I’d like to understand is how the Black Panther kits compare to the Saturn & Orion kits.
Mapex Saturn is mostly the only drum kit you'll see in Nashville period. That's what we use in most recording including the top hits. On Broadway this is in every club, not some but, all of them.
Other than the floor toms I love it. Im getting two bass drums the same size as yours. But I think your Floor toms would sound better with more depth. But non the less, great kit bro. love the color. and love the cymbals too
May I ask how you're tuning your toms? (Like tighter on the bottom, or same pitch) They sound amazing! I know it's a really expensive kit but still, any advice helps!
Hey man your kit sounds class, I just got me a saturn. How have you managed to eliminate all the snare buzz when you hit the toms and kick ?? If you could help me out that'd be ace. Cheers mate, yours vids are awsome !
@Jackondrums18 Its still there, i think you can't hear it as much because i only mic'ed the snare on the top, so the sound of the snare wires isn't so prominent
NICE BONHAM GROOVE!!! i get so frustrated with these wannabes on youtube with there camra phones but this is great, better sound quality than the Official Mapex vid with greg bissonette! keep Rockin Man!
euroracks kick ass! haha. But do you think the 24x20 bass would hold up for double bass. I know I get plenty punch with a 24x18 using an Audix (D6?) kick mic
i recon they should do a version of this kit with die cast hoops. What do u recon? I mean i like it and everything, but i thoght something a bit more focused would be better
Nice kit and sound. No one mentioned the snare. It sounds like brass but not clear in the video. What brand is the snare and can you post a drum dial setting on the tension for both batter and reso? Thanks
cheers:) its a pearl brass piccolo. I don't have adrum dial i'm afraid, but i cant tell you its very tight on the top, and medium tight on the bottom. i tend to crank my snares all the way up for the tightest sound i can get.
Wow sick, you have the set up i'm trying to get, Paiste Cymbals, Signature series, except i'm most likely going to get the Dark Metal Ride in time. But the saturn kit is so sick!
Got a mapex saturn fusion set up including new hardware (non-mapex, but good quality) for about 2000 euro's total, black hardware rootbeer burst, it's a BLAST
they are the stock heads (emporer top, ambasoder bottom), and they came tuned that way, straight from the box, i had to alter them slightly to get rid of the dopller effect, but the are just tuned the higher on botton than the top.
Hi guys, i have the SAME kit too. Mine sound nothing like this. It sounds so bad i wanna sell it. The heads are also what came with the kit, havent changed them. How do you make it sounds so good? Do you tune the toms with low tension on the top and tighter on the bottom?
how long have you had the heads on, if its longer than 4-5 months, change them, and just tune both heads to the same tension and see how that sounds, if you aren't happy, tune the bottom head up, you should then have a pretty good sound
Hey champ, lovin' the sound of your Saturn. What heads are you using for all your drums? I think they are different to what is in your youtube profile description. Thanks in advance =)
yeah that description is for my old kit, they are the stock remo emporers tops, ambasadors on bottoms for toms, evans g2 on snare, powerstroke 3 on kick, cheers
I love your set-up man, a few months back i ordered a saturn, except it was the green apple burst and it's a 7 piece, and it's supposed to come today :D Can't wait. It sounds and looks beautiful. Also, what make of ride is that??
bass drum is at minimum resonance tension, with the crinkles just gone, front head quite tight, on the toms the bottom heads are tuned quite high, with the bottom heads quite low, hope this helps
How does the 24 in. bass drum feel to you? Is it resilient or kind of hard to get bounce out of it? It seems like it has a good tone in the video, would you recommend it for a band situation? I'm very interested in purchasing a 24 in., and I am eager to hear everything you have to say about it. Thanks in advance :)
To be honest it fells exactly the same as my old 22", but the sound is , once controlled, more explosive, and deathly loud, and looks better to play with for me because i'm 6'3" lol, the tone is great, not sure if thats because of the saturn or my tuning, but yeah i love it and would recommend it for gigging with a rock band, not anything lighter than that, i also would not recommend it for metal, as it would be a little slow for double bass, it would become more of a constant noise. cheers now
that is not exactly the sound that i want but i really did like the sound anyhow, i really like how you got a really musical tone out of the toms and the crash sounds nice with it, i can't see anyone going wrong with a saturn, i really like the one colored pearl for $2800
What´s your fathers job?....
Kairiri1 2 weeks ago
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Kairiri1 2 weeks ago
I recently learned how much I love Mapex drums. To me, Mapex seems to be the pinnacle of mass manufactured modern drum design. They just seem to have figured it out, while incorporating everything that works the best. One thing that I’d like to understand is how the Black Panther kits compare to the Saturn & Orion kits.
FrequencyExchange 3 weeks ago
nice
glendaleskater1 3 months ago
i want your set
tokinbruh 4 months ago
I WANT DAT RIDEEEEE!
wendepic 4 months ago
WOW! Another One Armed Drummer!!!! haha.
Zerox5489 5 months ago
Mapex Saturn is mostly the only drum kit you'll see in Nashville period. That's what we use in most recording including the top hits. On Broadway this is in every club, not some but, all of them.
joeymcnew37209 6 months ago
beautiful kit, matching cymbal too, cool
170adamb 6 months ago
Every drum sounds great
mythkid1208 6 months ago
Im in love with the kick mapex saturn sound.
estacadugan 6 months ago
0:17 he riped ass
HUdrummer 6 months ago
i want that ride -___- makes my meridian maple kit look shit
percypiggle6 6 months ago 2
Beautiful kit.
DrummingNonStop 7 months ago
i want this kit so bad in this finish!! so hot!
AlexPrinzo 7 months ago
Out of everything you played, you didn't hit that damn Stewart Copeland Signature Ride Cymbal once...
xxxPinkyGSterxxx 8 months ago
Sounds brilliant
Snarehead00 8 months ago
I just got excited because I'm ordering these drums and the bass drum has such an amazing tone, and the toms are so rich and full sounding!
ThomasMetal75 9 months ago
well tuned !
onthedrums3 9 months ago
fuckin sexy kit
bnana433 9 months ago 6
Awesome drumset man! And nice groovy drum skills! Keep going!
ThePorreye 10 months ago
Do you have two heads on your toms?
Zeppelinm16 11 months ago
dude this kit sounds super awesome ! man would i like get a set like that !
BateristadeTucson17 1 year ago
orgasm
TheMASDrummer 1 year ago
Other than the floor toms I love it. Im getting two bass drums the same size as yours. But I think your Floor toms would sound better with more depth. But non the less, great kit bro. love the color. and love the cymbals too
xBadOmen 1 year ago
That tuning is perfect!!
marvi182 1 year ago 5
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turretzband1 1 year ago
aww man! you got the tuning just right
yoyotony28 1 year ago
that ride looks pretty good with your kit
stagecustomfan 1 year ago 3
What batter heads are you using on the toms?
MercilessIgnorance 1 year ago
Goddamn, your kit sounds REALLY good!
Hallintakeino 1 year ago
Sharp looking and sounding kit! Do you find the bass hard to control?
funkytomtom 1 year ago
how is it to tune? do the tuning remains for a long time?
woderso 1 year ago
May I ask how you're tuning your toms? (Like tighter on the bottom, or same pitch) They sound amazing! I know it's a really expensive kit but still, any advice helps!
(So thanks in advance if you do answer)
Musefan6732 1 year ago
sounds realy good man, looks nice to
middle2k6 1 year ago
what did you use to record this video
5575310 1 year ago
@5575310 i think i already listed the mics in a comment earlier, and the camera is a samsung s800 or something
brinleyhall 1 year ago
i want ur kit
Deathmest 1 year ago
Man,how do you tune it!I have saturn also,but it soesnt sound that good!
NikeDrums 1 year ago
ohh stewart copeland fan eh??? btw...no im not candian ...im german xD
c0d3x001 1 year ago
Hey man your kit sounds class, I just got me a saturn. How have you managed to eliminate all the snare buzz when you hit the toms and kick ?? If you could help me out that'd be ace. Cheers mate, yours vids are awsome !
Jackondrums18 1 year ago
@Jackondrums18 Its still there, i think you can't hear it as much because i only mic'ed the snare on the top, so the sound of the snare wires isn't so prominent
brinleyhall 1 year ago
@Jackondrums18
there are some special snares for snare drum that can eliminate most of the buzz u get when u hit bass drum or toms
iBaraban 1 year ago
@Jackondrums18 its not something you need to worry about really unless its really bad in which case you can try:
putting a small piece of paper between the snares folded a couple of times
losen the snares a bit
change the tuning on the bottom snare head slightly
or just ignore it because when I play with my band I cant hear it
LaveaFirmis 10 months ago
how much was that ride?!?!?! o.0
spudsmagicvideos 1 year ago
@spudsmagicvideos £250 $300
brinleyhall 1 year ago
@brinleyhall 250 pounds is not equivalent to $300. It's $397.
RadioJack 1 year ago
@brinleyhall Hey man, did you have to special order the 12 by 6 tom? it sounds sexy as hell.
axedstoninst 1 month ago
@axedstoninst Yeah, the whole kit was a special order, they don't sell a set kit like this one x
brinleyhall 1 month ago
@brinleyhall how much do you think it would cost to order the 12 by 6 tom, a 16 by 14 and a 22 x 20?
axedstoninst 1 month ago
NICE BONHAM GROOVE!!! i get so frustrated with these wannabes on youtube with there camra phones but this is great, better sound quality than the Official Mapex vid with greg bissonette! keep Rockin Man!
askacrackhead 1 year ago
awesome quality
Falcor097 1 year ago
beautiful. love the way its set up. kit and cymbals sound great.
and good beat for only having one hand!
hockey3428 1 year ago
Sounds amazing man. That is one shallow tom, but it sounds so full.
inimicalODDITY 1 year ago
euroracks kick ass! haha. But do you think the 24x20 bass would hold up for double bass. I know I get plenty punch with a 24x18 using an Audix (D6?) kick mic
danthman44444 1 year ago
@danthman44444, it does, i play double kick, it lacks a bit of rebound, but thats probs because i have it really slack.
brinleyhall 1 year ago
is that (I know its stock heads) Remo Ambassador over Remo Ambassador
kk6downing 1 year ago
omg i love that sound what heads?
cruzdrum 1 year ago
wow!!!!! love that sound man, kick-ass kid man.
pearlreferencelover 1 year ago
That is a sick drum kit i like it the blue bell mapexrocks such as paiste my favite cymbals suck as evans
Ryanpeacedrums 1 year ago
love the Paiste cymbals dude
zoinkpanooley 1 year ago
Likey the Blue Finish :D
Go Mapex!
Kippokc 1 year ago
how do you like the kick?
ChrisRocks25 1 year ago
yeah dude that sounds really good, not only that it looks really cool too!
rjthegolfer93 1 year ago
i recon they should do a version of this kit with die cast hoops. What do u recon? I mean i like it and everything, but i thoght something a bit more focused would be better
anarcy7777u 1 year ago
What type of Mapex's pedal are this?
The P980A?
ARQUIANDRES777 1 year ago
really cool!!!
and well tuned!!!
joegritschacher 1 year ago
Nice kit and sound. No one mentioned the snare. It sounds like brass but not clear in the video. What brand is the snare and can you post a drum dial setting on the tension for both batter and reso? Thanks
ajdkdd3649 1 year ago
cheers:) its a pearl brass piccolo. I don't have adrum dial i'm afraid, but i cant tell you its very tight on the top, and medium tight on the bottom. i tend to crank my snares all the way up for the tightest sound i can get.
brinleyhall 1 year ago
if my set sounded like that i'd play all fucking day
BlooBeluga 1 year ago
Sick toms man!!! Great kit!
evildrummerdude035 1 year ago
those drums sound amazing! especially the kick!!
metaldrummer4444 1 year ago
ur toms sound great bro .. my toms dont sound like that unless i put some tape on them =[ lol
javier20893 1 year ago
Wow sick, you have the set up i'm trying to get, Paiste Cymbals, Signature series, except i'm most likely going to get the Dark Metal Ride in time. But the saturn kit is so sick!
NUProductions4Music 1 year ago
no maches compa xD
tu pila suena a CIELO
H E R M O Z O
yheeeeaaaa men :DD
TheGabo009 1 year ago
I'm buying new Saturn Arctic White. This one is also beautiful.
DUGISBLOG 2 years ago
i listened immigrant song at the beggining lol
am i wrong?
Kudan26 2 years ago
stewart copeland ride?
tisBenG 2 years ago
yup
brinleyhall 2 years ago
hahaha funny as fuck when started playing them with the video camera in ya hand it was sick they sound awsome man
saosinissik 2 years ago
dude you have my dream kit right there! Haha Love those cymbals and woah saturns mmm
Foxmeister94 2 years ago
sweet
pt17al43 2 years ago
nice drumset.
jbuck594 2 years ago
What'd you do to your bass drum? It sounds great!
JimNifter13 2 years ago
what do you hook ur mics up to?
duffboy24 2 years ago
at this point, when i got the kit, i was hooking them up to a terrible 8 track behringer eurorack, with 2 band eq!!!
i was so pleased the sound i got!!
i've got a multichannel desk now, which is so cool!!
brinleyhall 2 years ago
could you describe how much louder/deeper you 24x20 kick is compared to a 22x18. I want to get me one of those..
quackbeef 2 years ago
I just got one, It's a whole world of difference, mostly for recording and live. Its a lot lot deeper and slightly louder.
RespectTheDrums 1 year ago
i want the stewart copeland ride
GazHasJazzHands 2 years ago
Your kit sounds amazing !!
GD717 2 years ago
i envy your set, haha.
Mine is 6 piece in Laser Canary Yellow
the blue looks amazing(:
ClintWRea 2 years ago
yo dude how the heck do you tune your toms? they sounds GODLY!!!
parkoanime 2 years ago
higher on the bottom than on the top, then tweek them from there
brinleyhall 2 years ago
hey how do you tune yours
dawnuld 2 years ago
Got a mapex saturn fusion set up including new hardware (non-mapex, but good quality) for about 2000 euro's total, black hardware rootbeer burst, it's a BLAST
Recommending this kit to anyone, very versatile
BartAlbers 2 years ago
Hey :) Which skins on the toms ?
Love4Drums1 2 years ago
congratulations that finish was a limited edition, man the saturn is on the top.
erikimba 2 years ago
whats up?
What is the price of those drums man?
aleTronn 2 years ago
single kick?
cashmerestaten 2 years ago
yeah, got a double pedal now
brinleyhall 2 years ago
cool. i love the drumset buy the way. and you play exelent :)
cashmerestaten 2 years ago
You lucky son of a bitch! I'm totally in hater mode right now! Congrats!
dizzytoledo 2 years ago 17
i envy your ride cymbal
dawnuld 2 years ago
Yes indeed.... I also have this kit, and I thought mine looked sweet in the galaxy burst black/silver/black...... but the finish on this is unreal.
And the best thing is - its not even a wrap finish...... each shell is custom sprayed and laquered from what i can gather!
Your Toms are singing!! Sweet!
jonnyweston 2 years ago
hey brin, how much did you play for this kit?
(color is beyond killer, i wanna get this finish when i get the money)
savagethedrummer 2 years ago
hey man can u tell me how u made ur toms sound so awsome? and what u used as remo heads?
tamaplayer100 2 years ago
they are the stock heads (emporer top, ambasoder bottom), and they came tuned that way, straight from the box, i had to alter them slightly to get rid of the dopller effect, but the are just tuned the higher on botton than the top.
brinleyhall 2 years ago
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tamaplayer100 2 years ago
would you like to give me your drumkit?? :P, nice setup man..
chrislikesmenify 2 years ago
try the doppler effect drop the bottom head tuning way down esp on the floor toms. its sounds unreal on my saturn.
Mahavishnu80 2 years ago
have done, i prefer them clean tho
brinleyhall 2 years ago
Hi guys, i have the SAME kit too. Mine sound nothing like this. It sounds so bad i wanna sell it. The heads are also what came with the kit, havent changed them. How do you make it sounds so good? Do you tune the toms with low tension on the top and tighter on the bottom?
irideastabprimo 2 years ago
how long have you had the heads on, if its longer than 4-5 months, change them, and just tune both heads to the same tension and see how that sounds, if you aren't happy, tune the bottom head up, you should then have a pretty good sound
Cheers
brinleyhall 2 years ago
About a year but havent played much, i will try the tension again and see...cheers dude
irideastabprimo 2 years ago
Why in Gods name do you have a Saturn if you can't tune???
wiirluvenit 2 years ago
Hey champ, lovin' the sound of your Saturn. What heads are you using for all your drums? I think they are different to what is in your youtube profile description. Thanks in advance =)
maskettafall 2 years ago
yeah that description is for my old kit, they are the stock remo emporers tops, ambasadors on bottoms for toms, evans g2 on snare, powerstroke 3 on kick, cheers
brinleyhall 2 years ago
beautifull..no words
FreitaSjonaS1000 2 years ago
pure sex
remurdereht 2 years ago 11
Dude.. What a sound!
SimonBak90 2 years ago
I love your set-up man, a few months back i ordered a saturn, except it was the green apple burst and it's a 7 piece, and it's supposed to come today :D Can't wait. It sounds and looks beautiful. Also, what make of ride is that??
ToxicOrangeJuice 2 years ago
Is that how your toms sound miced?
They sound pretty damn rad! =P
sequeirax 2 years ago
how do you tune your bass and toms? whats the relationship between the top and bottom head in this video?
sexyzacdrummer 2 years ago
bass drum is at minimum resonance tension, with the crinkles just gone, front head quite tight, on the toms the bottom heads are tuned quite high, with the bottom heads quite low, hope this helps
brinleyhall 2 years ago
ok, but how do you tune your top heads? :P
maggotvenger94 2 years ago
wow, the kit and the ride look incredible
THEPANTSWEREDEAD 2 years ago
Those sound AMAZING!!
masterofmetal15 2 years ago 2
this is a great sound i thinck i buy me such a kit because it sounds very great
MrPaiste 2 years ago
How does the 24 in. bass drum feel to you? Is it resilient or kind of hard to get bounce out of it? It seems like it has a good tone in the video, would you recommend it for a band situation? I'm very interested in purchasing a 24 in., and I am eager to hear everything you have to say about it. Thanks in advance :)
Xplodype 2 years ago
To be honest it fells exactly the same as my old 22", but the sound is , once controlled, more explosive, and deathly loud, and looks better to play with for me because i'm 6'3" lol, the tone is great, not sure if thats because of the saturn or my tuning, but yeah i love it and would recommend it for gigging with a rock band, not anything lighter than that, i also would not recommend it for metal, as it would be a little slow for double bass, it would become more of a constant noise. cheers now
brinleyhall 2 years ago
nice finish
and the ride is suitable to the blue drums :D
paister88 2 years ago
You have a paiste signature blue ride?
shakybloodyhands 2 years ago
yeah, what of it?
brinleyhall 2 years ago
ohhhh my god due they sound so damn good!!! : )
chiliman09 2 years ago
i love it :) although im not keen on 24x20 i prefer 22x20 or 20x20 :L
massive0random 2 years ago
your kit is a beast
BR177 2 years ago
what kinda mics are you using?
Dazcam 2 years ago
Bass + Toms, T.bone 1500 set
Snare: Sm57
Overhead: Rode NT1a
Hhats: condeser from t.bone set
brinleyhall 2 years ago
i wanted to hear the ride you willy
hourglasslambofgod 2 years ago
This is my dream set
a1gold174 2 years ago
the ride goes perfect with the kit
theused4lifebaby 2 years ago
Exactly what I was thinking! I really want that ride, 22" Blue Bell designed with Stewart Copeland, but it's costs about $500 USD!!
SuperChuck3 2 years ago
That bass is killer
usethepain 2 years ago
paiste are the best!!!!!
MiniMint2 2 years ago 4
That is so cool! Love the idea of a 13x3! The 24x20 is mean as well!
DanishDrummingManiac 2 years ago
It looks a bit deeper than 3" though...
DanishDrummingManiac 2 years ago
wow man, love the sounds of that kit, especially the snare!
DrUmmer278 2 years ago
Tits.
xawno113 2 years ago
hahaha wtf in the beginning? lol i hear someone say sumthing lol
anyways.... loving the set and it sounds beautiful
NewDarkAges13 2 years ago
beautiful kit
epiphone97 2 years ago
that is not exactly the sound that i want but i really did like the sound anyhow, i really like how you got a really musical tone out of the toms and the crash sounds nice with it, i can't see anyone going wrong with a saturn, i really like the one colored pearl for $2800
drummerliger678 2 years ago
Freakin nice :D
Cool Stewart Copeland ride. sounds great.
BigOBrien 2 years ago 2
Looks like its worth the money.
TheDirectorofFoo 2 years ago
awesome man!, is that just any old saturn kit?, if not could you please tell me were you got it from?x
GHETO123 2 years ago
Fuck that kit is beautiful and sounds incredible
TimmyJockDW 3 years ago
great sounding kit man!
twindrummers64 3 years ago
Sweet, those toms are beauties, punchy man! and that bass sounds sick, good purchase
SlackBackLazy 3 years ago