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What drums does Larnell Lewis play?

Larnell Lewis uses Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple and Live Custom Hybrid Oak kits with Yamaha Recording Custom snares, Zildjian K Constantinople and K Custom cymbals, Evans UV1 and UV2 heads, and his ProMark Larnell Lewis Signature sticks. He has said he records in Ableton Live through an RME Fireface UFX.

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What drums does Larnell Lewis play?

Larnell Lewis uses a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit at his own shows and a Yamaha Live Custom Hybrid Oak kit on Snarky Puppy tours, with Yamaha Recording Custom brass, aluminum, steel and birch snares.

What cymbals does Larnell Lewis use?

Larnell Lewis uses Zildjian cymbals, including a 22 inch K Constantinople Renaissance Ride, 15 inch K Custom Special Dry hi-hats, 18 inch K Paper Thin and K Cluster crashes, K Custom Special Dry Trash Crashes, Trashformers and an FX Stack.

What drumsticks does Larnell Lewis use?

Larnell Lewis uses his ProMark Larnell Lewis Signature FireGrain sticks. His D'Addario artist page also lists ProMark Rebound 5A FireGrain sticks and Broomsticks.

What drumheads does Larnell Lewis use?

Larnell Lewis uses Evans heads: UV2 on toms, G1 Clear on the bottom of the toms, UV1 on his main snare, a black Coated Hydraulic on his deep snare and Hazy 300 snare-side heads.

What DAW does Larnell Lewis use?

Larnell Lewis has said he recorded a home drum solo in Ableton Live 10 using an RME Fireface UFX and a MOTU 8pre with a MacBook Pro.

What audio interface does Larnell Lewis use?

Larnell Lewis has said his home recording rig uses an RME Fireface UFX alongside a MOTU 8pre, the same MOTU unit he used to record trio gigs back in 2009.

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Larnell Lewis is a Grammy-winning drummer, composer and producer from Toronto who plays with Snarky Puppy. This guide covers his Yamaha kits and snares, Zildjian cymbals, Evans heads, ProMark sticks and home recording setup.

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