Matt Halpern

In this post Matt announces that he has become a pearl artist. He states that he is using a music city custom reference kit. He has a 13 rack, 16 and 18 floor, and a 22 kick. He used this kit to record periphery 4. Matt switched to pearl after being a long time mapex artist. He did so because he felt change was needed after people he worked closely with at mapex either passed away, or left mapex.

Halpern says he uses this drum kit in the video's description.

The description of the video states that Matt uses Evans Heavyweight Snare Drum Heads.

IN this post Matt shows off the vk drums custom snare he had made. this snare is etched with a periphery logo in the side

In the descrition, Matt states that he uses Josephson E22S' on his toms.

In the video description, Matt Halpern lists that he uses Shure SM81s as his room mics.

In this video for Musicians Friend, Matt talks about his prefered Evans drum head modles. Matt prefers to use the Emad Heavyweight Head on his bass drum. The Emad Heavyweight is the bassdrum equivilent of the snare heavyweight head. Matt claims The Emad Heavyweight is the right durability for his style of playing

In his Instagram post, Matt Halpern showcases his drum kit, featuring a Meinl Byzance Traditional China cymbal as part of his setup.

In an Instagram post, Matt Halpern showcases his setup at a drum clinic in Towson, MD, which includes the Meinl Byzance Extra Dry Dual Crash cymbal.

In the description of the video, Matt has listed that he uses a Shure SM57 on the bottom of the snare.

In this video for Meinl, Matt Talks about and demos is Meinl Artist Concept stack. This stack is modled after the stack that he had been using for years, well before joing Periphery. This stack is the combination of a 18 inch china, and a 17 inch crash. on both the china and the crash one side is Lathed while the other side is hammered. The cymbals are finished this way to get different tones out of the cymbals depending on they way the stack is configured on a cymbal stand

In a studio update on Instagram, Matt Halpern reveals that he used the Pearl Reference Brass Snare while recording the Periphery album.

In an Instagram post, Matt Halpern announces his new partnership with Pearl Drums and is pictured using the Pearl Eliminator Redline Double Bass Drum Pedal - Chain Drive.

In the video description, we can see that the overheads used for the drums are AKG C414s.

First fully mixed live drumming by Matt Halpern to introduce his signature snare drum.

Halpern lists these as the hi-hats he uses in the video's description.

Halpern lists this as the splash cymbal he uses in the video's description.

In this video for Promark, Matt talks about his signature sticks. Matt explains the orange design on his sticks. The color is because of his home town of Baltimore, and his love of the Baltimore Orioles. Matt also explains that, he wanted the sticks to be weighted in a way that it helps the drums respond to his playing style.

In this post on the Meinl website, Meinl looks at Matt's cymbal setup. in his setup he uses a byzance dark ride. This crash is used to compliment the other cymbals that he uses in his cymbal setup

In this post on the Meinl website, Meinl looks at Matt's cymbal setup. in his setup he uses a 10 inch gen x china. This gen x china is used underneath a meinl dark splash. this cymbal combination is used to make a mini stack

In this video for Musicians Friend, Matt Talks about his preferred modles of evans drum heads. Matt states that he loves to use the evans g2 on the batter side of his toms. He claims the duribility of these heads work well for his style of playing

at 00:48 matt halpern say " i've used the mapex falcon pedals for years now"

in this post matt can be seen using a classic custom crash in his cymbal setup

In this post it is shown that matt uses a byzance brilliant crash

In this post Matt shows his setup. IN his setup a classic custom trash china can be seen

In this Instagram post, Matt Halpern highlights his setup, featuring the Meinl 13" Byzance Brilliant Fast Hats, as part of a bronze kit he sampled for GetGood Drums.

This is the Signature pack Matt Has with Getgood Drums. This pack is based on the drum sounds Matt recorded for Periphery's album P4: Hale Stan

He uses these hats in the playthrough

In the video description, Halpern lists the microphones used on the kit. For the kick drum, he used a Shure Beta 91A on the inside of the drum.

Halpern lists this mic as the one used for the outside kick drum in the video's description.