# That Tame Impala drum sound

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**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/that-tame-impala-drum-sound/1199 "2023-11-03T13:31:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArtsTheBeatdoctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@ArtsTheBeatdoctor](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/ArtsTheBeatdoctor)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/that-tame-impala-drum-sound/1199/1 "2023-11-03T13:31:10Z")

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I’ve been interested in getting this (and similar) sounds, have looked at some “real-world” mic setup tutorials for it, then forgot about it again.

Just found this video on YouTube, they seemed to really nail this sound, using Addictive Drums 2 and a few FX plugins. I’m going to dive deeper into this later (see which kits they use… looks like Black Oyster with Indie toms), and see what results I yield by following these steps.

Sharing for the common good here 🙂 would be nice to see what you guys can gather from this video as well.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/questforgroove/original/1X/4eb506bc3b06b57c4043bed94c27f20cf72cca7b.jpeg "Sound Like Tame Impala With Plugins - Currents (Vol.1)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcAGOG_rCo)

(Addictive Drums 2 screenshot at 10min 43 sec, FX plugins after)

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Mathijs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/robert_mathijs/32/335_2.png) [@Robert\_Mathijs](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Robert_Mathijs)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/that-tame-impala-drum-sound/1199/2 "2023-11-04T05:17:01Z")

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Lovely! My first thought was indeed something like the “Indie” kit. The screenshot shows the Black Oyster hi hat… could be, but it sounds a little different. Maybe it’s just the Indie hi hat, or the Funk hi hat.

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**Author:** ![Sunrisenowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sunrisenowhere](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Sunrisenowhere)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/that-tame-impala-drum-sound/1199/3 "2023-11-05T13:53:31Z")

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Compress and saturate the bejesus out of them for the Tame Impala sound!

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**Author:** ![beshinemusician](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@beshinemusician](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/beshinemusician)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/that-tame-impala-drum-sound/1199/4 "2023-12-17T03:38:02Z")

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Interesting. That Black Oyster kit has a definite Bonham sound…!!!