What is missing?

[bleen]

Nothing. Someone's gonna play air drumz.

[XHipHop]

whoa...i want tube traps.

[e-cue]

The cable on the Beta91.

[insert dancing banana emoticon here]

I gotta give you Nashville guys credit. That's an interesting way to mic a guitar amp.

[minister]

a good song idea?

[Toad]

Hey Michael, I think you should put a Lava Lamp in there!!

[2leod]

3 lava lamps... I only count seven.

Oh, and a pair of c1000's for the room.

[zimv20]

Originally Posted by mwagener

What is missing in this picture?

a funny caption.

[valver]

Jimi Hoffa

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by e-cue

The cable on the Beta91.

[insert dancing banana emoticon here]

I gotta give you Nashville guys credit. That's an interesting way to mic a guitar amp.

took me forever to figure out that mic setup for a guitar amp

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by 2leod

3 lava lamps... I only count seven.

Oh, and a pair of c1000's for the room.

there are actually 12 lava lamps, like in every good studio, gotta get me that wide angle lens...

[u b k]

a path to the back of the room. iow, good feng shui.


gregoire
del ubik

[cletus]

What ribbons are those Michael? Oh and is that an NS10 speaker in front the bass drum? How does that work exactly making a speaker into a mic? I've only heard of people doing this never seen it though! Silly questions but someone stole my lava lamp reply

[Jamz]

They look like Nady NSM-2 ribbon mics and I believe that's a Yamaha sub kick.

[84K]

What's missing?

... Drum kit for the mic set up, a guitar amp for those cabinets, and people to play them... I am interested in where you are going with this?

[opentune]

What´s missing?

The batteries for the remote which can deactivate the drumkits´ stealth mode.

[Einstein]

I GOT IT!!! You programmed all the drums and set the mics up so you could still bill the client for the session guy!!!! haha, well, I tried..........you runnin that warwick direct?

[mwagener]

Oh well...the drummer had to take his kit down and I was busy doing other things, so that is what it looked like after the kit was gone. Here is what it looked like with the kit in place

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by cletus

What ribbons are those Michael? Oh and is that an NS10 speaker in front the bass drum? How does that work exactly making a speaker into a mic? I've only heard of people doing this never seen it though! Silly questions but someone stole my lava lamp reply

The ribbons are NADY RSM-2 used for OH during this session. Not a bad mic especially for the price.

The NS10 speaker is a Yamaha "SubKick". The speaker works in reverse as a microphone. It picks up mostly lowend and works well with the Shure SM91 placed inside the kick. If you look close, you can see my own speaker-mic contraption on the white shelf in the upper roght corner. There have been numerous threads about this on GS.

[C/G]

How does that Oktava 219 sound on snare? I want to get me one of those.

[Lindell]

...

[heyman]

Michael, great stuff....

I noticed your recording room is quite dead.. Do you plan on having a more open (live room) with hardwoods and high ceilings... as well.?

What are your feelings on that..?

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by Lindell

...

the left question mark is an AKG 451 with a CK1 capsule and a "knee", my go-to mic for Hat. The right question mark is a GrooveTubes AM62 (now called AM67) in omni in the middle of the kit with super heavy compression via the Boiler compressor. That's the track the drummer liked the most.

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by Colin Gaucher

How does that Oktava 219 sound on snare? I want to get me one of those.

sounds great. I run it togehter with a Beyer M201 through an overdriven Summit Tube mic pre for body.

[Almost Human]

Originally Posted by mwagener

The ribbons are NADY NSM-2 used for OH during this session. Not a bad mic especially for the price.

Do you guys mean the Nady RSM-2, or is there a NSM-2 I don't know about?

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by heyman

Michael, great stuff....

I noticed your recording room is quite dead.. Do you plan on having a more open (live room) with hardwoods and high ceilings... as well.?

What are your feelings on that..?

Actually the room is very live and loud (no pun) when I take all those tubes and the wall treatment out. With the ASC tubes you can "tune" the room nicely. Take one of the tubes in both hands with your fingers spread wide and walk slowly around the drum kit while the drummer is playing at least kick and snare. Wherever the tube vibrates the most in your hand, put it down, that's the spot where it absorbs the most energy. You can add about another octave down to the sound with those things.

The Sonex on the wall is to control the hight end (cymbals) a bit more. After 10 dry years I fell off the wagon and started putting reverb back on drums (sooo much more fun), so during recording I keep it a little dryer. Also I have been recording drums in this room for over 9 years now, so I try to deliberately change things around from session to session.

Yes, I would love to have a bigger room to record in and I have the plans for it already sitting here. It will become more real after King's X goes double Platinum

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by Almost Human

Do you guys mean the Nady RSM-2, or is there a NSM-2 I don't know about?

Yes, thank you for catching that, RSM-2 is the right model number.

[Bat Head Sound]

Originally Posted by mwagener

What is missing in this picture?

The grill on the front of the top Marshall cab

[mwagener]

Originally Posted by Bat Head Sound

The grill on the front of the top Marshall cab

Yeah I finally cut that thing off, it is too thick and muffles the sound. It's hanging on the wall left of the cab (can't see it in the picture)

[Bat Head Sound]

Nice thumbsup