Patrick Carney's Studio Equipment

In this user-uploaded photo, Patrick Carney is shown with a TASCAM 388 Recording Console in his basement studio, highlighting its use in his recording setup.

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In the YouTube video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview," engineer Marc Whitmore explains the operation of the API 1604 Mixing Console at the 2:36 mark, confirming its use by Patrick Carney.

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In a video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview," Patrick Carney's engineer, Marc Whitmore, explicitly mentions at 2:39 the use of the API 560 500 Series graphic equalizer within the API 1604 mixing console.

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In a Reverb interview video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," Patrick Carney is shown using the API 550A 500 Series 3-Band Equalizer Module. At 2:45 in the video, text appears at the bottom left of the screen confirming the usage of this equipment, which is integrated into his API 1604 mixing console.

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In a video interview by Reverb titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," Patrick Carney’s engineer, Marc Whitmore, is shown at the 3:00 mark demonstrating the use of a Valley People TR804 Modular Rack System in Carney's mixing room.

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In the video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview" by Reverb on YouTube, Patrick Carney is shown using the Valley People Gain Brain II limiter/compressor modules. At the 3:00 mark, these modules are visible within the Valley People TR804 modular rack system located in Carney's mixing room.

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In the YouTube video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview," at the 3:00 mark, Patrick Carney's mixing room is shown containing a pair of Valley People / Allison Research Kepex II gate expanders, clearly visible within the Valley People TR804 modular rack system.

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In a video interview titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound" by Reverb on YouTube, Patrick Carney is shown to use dbx 165A compressor/limiters. At the 3:22 mark, these units are visible in the rack within Carney's mixing room, confirming their use in his setup.

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In the video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview," at 3:22, the Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier is clearly visible in a rack in Patrick Carney's mixing room. This detail is part of an interview conducted by Reverb, where Carney discusses various aspects of his sound setup.

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In a video interview titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound" by Reverb on YouTube, an API 500 Series rack can be seen at the 3:54 mark in Patrick Carney’s mixing room, containing a set of EQ modules.

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In the Reverb interview video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," at the timestamp 3:54, a pair of Inward Connections The Brute 500-Series limiters can be clearly seen in the API 500 Series rack within Patrick Carney's mixing room.

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In a Reverb interview titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," at the 3:54 mark, the API 525A 500 Series Compressor/Limiter can be seen in the API 500 Series rack within Patrick Carney's mixing room.

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In the Reverb interview titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," the Standard Audio Level-Or 500 Series Limiter is clearly visible at the 3:54 mark within the API 500 Series rack in Patrick Carney's mixing room, confirming its use by the artist.

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In a Reverb interview video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," at the 3:54 mark, four Trident Audio Developments 80B 500 Series four-band EQs are clearly visible within the API 500 Series rack in Patrick Carney’s mixing room, providing tangible evidence of their use.

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In a video interview conducted by Reverb titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," at the 3:59 mark, Patrick Carney's engineer, Marc Whitmore, is observed showing an Overstayer Stereo Voltage Control Model 3722, a Peak Limiter/Compressor, situated in a rack within Patrick Carney's mixing room.

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In the video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound | Reverb Interview" by Reverb on YouTube, at the timestamp 3:59, the Overstayer Saturator NT-02A is clearly visible, positioned above the Overstayer Stereo Voltage Peak Limiter/Compressor in a rack within Patrick Carney’s mixing room.

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In the video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound" by Reverb on YouTube, the Universal Audio 1176LN Classic Limiting Amplifier is clearly visible at 3:59, positioned above the Overstayer Saturator NT-02A in a rack within Patrick Carney’s mixing room. This confirms Carney's use of the 1176LN in his studio setup.

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In the Reverb interview titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound," Patrick Carney's engineer, Marc Whitmore, confirms at 4:52 that an EMT 140 Plate Reverb is set up next to the drums and is used essentially as a microphone.

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At 2:25 in the video titled "How Patrick Carney Gets His Drum Sound" by Reverb on YouTube, the Kensington Expert Trackball Mouse can be clearly seen on the work desk to the right of the screen in Patrick Carney’s mixing room.

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