Genelde sonor tercih eden bir tanrıdır. Setup'ı aşağıdaki gibidir;
Carey’s Setup
Drums: Sonor (except where noted)
8×14 snare*
8×8 tom
14″ Remo Rototom
14×14 floor tom
16×16 floor tom
18×24 bass drum
18×22 bass drum
Mandala custom zone dynamic trigger pads
Korg Wavedrum (original 1994 version)
Roland HandSonic
*Alternate snares: 8×14 Paiste Spirit of 2002 bronze, 8×14 VK bronze, 8×14 Dunnett titanium eight-lug in purple
Hardware: Sonor heavy-duty cymbal, tom, gong, and snare stands; Roc-N-Soc throne; Pearl Redline Eliminator remote hi-hat and bass drum pedals
Sticks: Vic Firth Danny Carey signature model (wood tip), T1 General timpani mallets
Heads: Evans Coated Power Center reverse snare batter and Hazy 300 snare side, G2 Clear tom batters and G1 Clear resonants, EQ3 Clear bass drum batter side and EQ3 “Inked by Evans” with custom art and 3″ air vent front, G1 Coated on Rototom
Cymbals: Paiste (except where noted)
14″ Sound Edge hi-hats
7.5″ 2002 cup chime #2
8″ Signature bell
6″ 2002 Accent
8″ 3000 bell
8″ Signature Dark Energy splash (inverted) top/10″ Signature Dark Energy splash bottom
22″ 2002 Novo China
18″ Signature Full crash
18″ Signature Power crash
20″ Signature Power crash
22″ Danny Carey Signature “Monad” Purple Dry Heavy ride
22″ Signature Thin China
18″ Noiseworks Dark Buzz China bottom/15″ trash top
38″ and 60″ Symphonic gongs
8″ Hammerax square accent
6″ Hammerax bell
Electronics: Custom Mandala brain, Native instruments Battery software running sampling and triggering on Apple computer, Electro-Acoustic Research (E.A.R.) custom Eurorack modular synth, Drum Tech F.A.T. KAT trigger pedals
Accessories: Heil mics, PureSound by D’Addario snare wires
