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bob st john · 27th April 2008

recording basic tracks for extreme V, Kevin Figueiredo on drums...i'll upload pictures once the server allows it again...

NRG Studio A, North Hollywood; october/november 2007. neve 8068 (simply the best IMHO), studer 827 and protools HD (drum tracks and some bass tracks used from the analog) and lastly good old 499@+9 (had some new old stock 456 but didn't want to chance it)

nothing terribly exotic here...amazing sounding room (albeit a little splashy if you're not careful) on the kick (which is double headed with no hole) a 421 on the beater side (note that there is no pad on the head...k figg is a monster hitter and we were lucky to get 3 takes out of each kick head) and a 47 fet on the front (for some reason, the 47 is not positioned in this picture...it typically was on the upper right hand side of the kick). 67 on the rack tom (up high...about 10 inches), 87 on floor tom (-10 pads on both). 414's for overhead (not my favorite but they worked well in this room). beta 57 on the snare, km 84 on hat and ride. the room mics were probably the more exotic of the setup. in the foreground, you can see a royer stereo ribbon mic; on the sides of the kit about 5 feet up and 15 feet from the kit are coles 4038 ( i just LOVE those mics!). a good amount of the drum ambience/drum sound comes from the overheads and the royer...the coles fill in the space between the three, sonically. yes, the 414's are in a curious position...MS setups didn't work well with the room and i wanted to be able to have a somewhat controlled ambience on the tracks...with 4 other room mics we had plenty to work with...

precious little processing was used...dbx 160's on the coles and a little bit of filtering down low (that double-headed kick is a real PIA at times with all assortment of SLF energy...not to mention it had to have tuning checked CONSTANTLY between takes)

no bottom snare mic was used...a goodly amount of that rattle came through the 421 although the beater without a pad had a good SMACK to it...

kit sounded great on analog...but kfigg is without a doubt one of the top 5 drummers i've worked with in 25 years of recording...great technique and natural balance which few drummers seem to have some days...

27th April 2008	#1157
bob st john Gear nut Joined: Jun 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 103	Extreme V drum tracking recording basic tracks for extreme V, Kevin Figueiredo on drums...i'll upload pictures once the server allows it again... NRG Studio A, North Hollywood; october/november 2007. neve 8068 (simply the best IMHO), studer 827 and protools HD (drum tracks and some bass tracks used from the analog) and lastly good old 499@+9 (had some new old stock 456 but didn't want to chance it) nothing terribly exotic here...amazing sounding room (albeit a little splashy if you're not careful) on the kick (which is double headed with no hole) a 421 on the beater side (note that there is no pad on the head...k figg is a monster hitter and we were lucky to get 3 takes out of each kick head) and a 47 fet on the front (for some reason, the 47 is not positioned in this picture...it typically was on the upper right hand side of the kick). 67 on the rack tom (up high...about 10 inches), 87 on floor tom (-10 pads on both). 414's for overhead (not my favorite but they worked well in this room). beta 57 on the snare, km 84 on hat and ride. the room mics were probably the more exotic of the setup. in the foreground, you can see a royer stereo ribbon mic; on the sides of the kit about 5 feet up and 15 feet from the kit are coles 4038 ( i just LOVE those mics!). a good amount of the drum ambience/drum sound comes from the overheads and the royer...the coles fill in the space between the three, sonically. yes, the 414's are in a curious position...MS setups didn't work well with the room and i wanted to be able to have a somewhat controlled ambience on the tracks...with 4 other room mics we had plenty to work with... precious little processing was used...dbx 160's on the coles and a little bit of filtering down low (that double-headed kick is a real PIA at times with all assortment of SLF energy...not to mention it had to have tuning checked CONSTANTLY between takes) no bottom snare mic was used...a goodly amount of that rattle came through the 421 although the beater without a pad had a good SMACK to it... kit sounded great on analog...but kfigg is without a doubt one of the top 5 drummers i've worked with in 25 years of recording...great technique and natural balance which few drummers seem to have some days...