Jay Weinberg (Slipknot) and Roland V-Drums Acoustic Design VAD506

Being a drummer in one of the biggest metal bands on the planet, with a relentless touring schedule, comes with its challenges.

Jay Weinberg, drummer with band Slipknot, has to keep his drumming and physical fitness in top shape. Touring with Slipknot is the drumming equivalent of being asked to run a marathon, night after night. Playing a show this demanding without a warmup can lead to injuries, which could be game over for the tour. That’s why Jay chooses to take his V-Drums on tour (specifically, a TD-50KV) - so that he can maintain tour-readiness and warm-up before every live show. Having a V-Drums kit on-hand is also useful for helping Jay and the band pen new songs and easily capture demo tracks on tour.

In this video, Jay checks out the V-Drums Acoustic Design VAD506 for the very first time, backstage at a Slipknot show. Already being very familiar with his TD-50KV V-Drums, Jay compares his current V-Drums setup with the VAD506 and talks about the differences he can see between them.

Jay’s custom setup uses two VAD506 kits, combined together, to exactly model his acoustic kit setup as played on stage with Slipknot. Two TD-27 modules are tethered together to provide inputs for all pads within the kit. Drum audio is recorded directly from the TD-27 modules into a DAW. Mixing and panning completed in post-production, maintaining the authenticity of the TD-27 module sound. Video and audio recorded backstage at a Slipknot concert on January 24th 2020, Birmingham, UK.

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➤ NERO FORTE PLAYTHROUGH:    • Jay Weinberg (Slipknot) "Nero Forte" Playt...  
➤ SOLWAY FIRTH PLAYTHROUGH:    • Jay Weinberg (Slipknot) "Solway Firth" Pla...  

For more details on Roland V-Drums TD-27KV kit, visit roland.com:
➤ VAD506: https://www.roland.com/global/product...
➤ TD-27 MODULE: https://www.roland.com/global/product...

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