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brendondp · 29th January 2005

Wakena2003,

My recommendation is to get the "Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica" DVD, which is a documentary (rockumentary/mockumentary) of the recording and subsequent touring of the "Black" album.

It (mostly) shows a lot of the guitars, drums, basses, etc used for songs, and you can occasionally get a glimpse of mics and outboard gear used both in tracking and mixdown. For instance, you can quite easily see Lars' snare miked with a 57 and a Neumann KM-86, and his hi-hat miked with a SM7.

Not only that, you may end up pissing your pants with laughter about every six minutes or so. I did.

Or, if you really are keen, check out the Metallica encyclopedia here.

Cheers,

bdp

PS: Sorry, seb37000, you beat me to it. I was busy doing other stuff before I finished my post.

29th January 2005	#10
brendondp Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 616	Wakena2003, My recommendation is to get the "Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica" DVD, which is a documentary (rockumentary/mockumentary) of the recording and subsequent touring of the "Black" album. It (mostly) shows a lot of the guitars, drums, basses, etc used for songs, and you can occasionally get a glimpse of mics and outboard gear used both in tracking and mixdown. For instance, you can quite easily see Lars' snare miked with a 57 and a Neumann KM-86, and his hi-hat miked with a SM7. Not only that, you may end up pissing your pants with laughter about every six minutes or so. I did. Or, if you really are keen, check out the Metallica encyclopedia here. Cheers, bdp PS: Sorry, seb37000, you beat me to it. I was busy doing other stuff before I finished my post.