Make Your Drums Sound Great with Nick D'Virgilio at Sweetwater's Gearfest 2015

What about pinstripe pants? You haven’t talked about them I have a oil in the middle between 210 layers of trim hedge.

Even old cheap drums sound better w edges done. I did my own w a file and sander....sound improved a lot....used a level also.

Took 2 days for each tom.
Take time/ research videos articles....DETAILS CONSISTENCY .....

Save some money and get your own Router and router bit and do it yourself.

and in Thud with Kevin Gilbert

Awww nick was sooo shy

Dryer sheets work great too...

858. I wish the stores would do this

The question is: Do you guys know some website that shows by simple recording audio, the difference between each drumhead?

Nick seems like the nicest guy ever.

I want this kit so bad But me working a pretty basic job and still being in highschool isn't looking too good for me 😭

Great info as always but "mils" (1000th of an inch) shouldn't be confused with "millimeters" (1000th of a meter).
For example, a 10mil head is only 0.010" (approximately 0.25mm) thick - about the same as the thinnest string on an electric guitar.
A 10mm head would be 3/8" (plus two 10mil heads) thick!

The whole tightening the bottom head is the stupidest type of tuning. All your heads sound dead. No tone. tighten the top head idiot! LMFAO

I use evans heads. On my floor toms i use a few cotton balls in them to take out just enough ring out of the drum

Nick is a fantastic teacher and described in detail bravo!

I met him at Sweetwater this summer!!!! He was awesome!!!!! I remember watching him in the studio, playing. When he was done, he came out and I introduced myself, saying really fast, “Mr, D’Virgilio, my name is David McAninch and I’m a huge fan of yours!!!” And I shook his hand!!! And he gave me a signed vinyl record copy of Invisible!!!!! It’s clearly one of my favorite records... no, seriously. The vinyl itself is clear!!!! Must have something to do with the theme, I think. Who knows?

This shows again that the wood of the drum doesnt matter ,maybe 5% and the rest is the head.

Nick is one of the most humble musicians I have ever had the privilege of watching.
He doesn't need 900 drums, 50 or so cymbals of all different sizes, this trigger, that computer program, this mic, that stand and why doesn't everybody bow down to me attitude.....
He's good and he is comfortable in his own skin. That is a quality that is rare in our day and age.....

The best heads, which has tone before it even gets put on any drum, is an Aquarian.

Wow, I just read that Nick played with Fates Warning, that's awesome

SWEETWATER. What microphones is Nick using for overheads. Thanks

Nick could make my Tupperware containers sound awesome.

GREAT presentation!

Great tips! Thanks.

Hey Nick just a thought would it be wise to Mix acoustic drum kit with my TD50K Snare for live playing? Then I can get any sound that I won’t from my snare been thinking about buying me an acoustic set but don’t know which options would be better to mix the two.

The snares are tunes differently when he does the comparison. I bet if he cranked the snare on teh left (his right) up they would sound about the same.

You should use a cheap poplar drum kit

Mil isn’t millimetres in drum terms, my friend who owns a drum shop told me

Spent 20 min on moongel and dampening items 🙄

How to make your drum sound great:
Have Nick D'Virgilio play on it.

The problem with the DW note/Tambor/pitch matching: those massive, heavy and huge turret lugs. POUNDS of metal damping the shell.

Buy an $8000 drum set. Fill it 7 cents of cotton.

Omg just noticed, you kind of sound like tony stark

I wanted to comment, then realized I commented a year ago. Lol. I like Nick. Seems nervous at first.

those DW's sound nice, LIVE, IMHO, usually DW's sound far better in the studio. Maybe it's Nick or the set up or both? Bottom line; those DW's have a great sound.

Just FYI... a "mil" is 1/1000 of an inch, not a "millimeter". 7 millimeters would be about 1/4 inch, way too thick for a drum head.

Emperor Vintage is actually 7.5-mil.

I've got to get a deeper kick. Those deep kicks like his just sound so fat. They cut right through and you can easily separate them from the other drum sounds. Punchy. Yes, yes, I know it's all technique and that's right. But there is a reason a Stradivarius sounds like a Stradivarius. I have spent weeks and months getting my drums to sound just right. It's always a moving target especially if you club date. Every club, every venue has a different sound character.

Wish this came out when I was still a rookie drummer. It would have made a lot of things easier as I learned the tricks and technicalities of the trade.

I always watch his videos when I'm in the middle of picking drum kits to see which one sounds the best. The only problem is this guy makes every damn kit sound great.. rather it's high end or not. Lol

Coffee can look better sounds good

That old standby vinyl LP size... 14"

I didn't know people from Indiana say "How ya doin'?" That's a NY thing...

Hey, Mr. Nick what you think about the Tru Tuner? I heard that's a great product to tune your drums faster and better.

He forgot Aquarian

Mils is NOT millimeters Nick.