We had the pleasure of tracking Kenny Aronoff yesterday on 4 songs for one of our artists.
What an incredible player and great guy.
I'll post some audio as soon as we make progress on overdubs.
I thought some of you might enjoy these pics and slutty stuff...
He played his Tama Starclassic kit, with 12" and 16" toms.
We used his signature series snare (Tama) 5x14 and were pretty thrilled with the vibe.
Tuned up, tuned down, we had lots of room to play around tonally.
Coated Ambassadors on everything, except one song where we changed the snare to a Coated Emperor.
Cymbals were Zildjian 18" Med Thin, one K, one A. 21" rock ride. Bright hats, I forget which.
We used our Spider pres, as well as API 512s, Vintech X73s, 1272s, and Sytek.
We just got some new limiters and toys from Vintage King (thanks, Mike!), so on various elements we were slamming
Pye Limiters, Inward Connections TSL-3, and the Thermionic Phoenix... trying a few things out.
Maybe another thread on those items someday.
Mics:
Kick - SM91, Beta 52
Snare - Beta 57, C414 under
Toms - SM98s
Overheads - AT 4051s
Behind Kenny's Head - Korby (67 capsule used)
FOK - R121
Near Rooms - Lawson 47s
Hat - AT Pro37R
I'm going to try and post more on this project as we go through it...
we're pretty excited about the artist (Owen Sartori) and his songs.
More soon!
