Pictures Of Mic'ed Up Drum Kits In The Studio

[lpkyer]

Originally Posted by cjogo

Yeah >> wonderful place to engineer ANd great players ~!! I will back for next month for another project ...

holy sh*t!!! BEAUTIFUL place... where is it?

[cjogo]

Originally Posted by lpkyer

holy sh*t!!! BEAUTIFUL place... where is it?

Unfortunately a private studio --- The Hidden Barn Recording Studio,
Along the West Coast -- over looking the Big Sur Coast

[MJGreene Audio]

Fun day tracking drums, bass, and guitar. Beautiful custom DW kit, great drummer. It makes life easy!!

Kick- Sub Kick, Beta 52,
Snare- Sm-57
Hat- Beta 57
Toms- AT-25
OH's- AT 4060
Rooms- Soundelux 250's 10 feet high and about 10 feet in front of kit.
Mono Room- U-47 in front of kit about 2.5 feet high about 4 feet in front of kit.

[superama]

Here's our little house kit mic'ed up
OH: Sontronics Delta (2)
HH: Royer R121
Toms: Neumann U87ai (2), Nordic Audio Labs SWE#1
Snare: Telefunken SC5C
Kick: Sennheiser MD421, Yamaha SubKick

[Mad John]

Originally Posted by superama

Here's our little house kit mic'ed up
OH: Sontronics Delta (2)
HH: Royer R121
Toms: Neumann U87ai (2), Nordic Audio Labs SWE#1
Snare: Telefunken SC5C
Kick: Sennheiser MD421, Yamaha SubKick

LOL I like the "John Densmore" wallet on the snare trick!

What is that for...to mute the ring on the snare?

[TimeBandit]

Originally Posted by superama

Here's our little house kit mic'ed up
OH: Sontronics Delta (2)
HH: Royer R121
Toms: Neumann U87ai (2), Nordic Audio Labs SWE#1
Snare: Telefunken SC5C
Kick: Sennheiser MD421, Yamaha SubKick

Either this guy just bought some new DW cymbal stands or he never takes the tags off things he buys.There are 2 DW tags visible hanging on a couple of the stands.

[bigbone]

Originally Posted by Mad John

LOL I like the "John Densmore" wallet on the snare trick!

What is that for...to mute the ring on the snare?

I do that all the time, so that the producer will know were to put my check......:

[fossaree]

Originally Posted by MJGreene Audio

Fun day tracking drums, bass, and guitar. Beautiful custom DW kit, great drummer. It makes life easy!!

Kick- Sub Kick, Beta 52,
Snare- Sm-57
Hat- Beta 57
Toms- AT-25
OH's- AT 4060
Rooms- Soundelux 250's 10 feet high and about 10 feet in front of kit.
Mono Room- U-47 in front of kit about 2.5 feet high about 4 feet in front of kit.

How does soundelux sound as room mic ?

tnx

[superama]

Originally Posted by Mad John

LOL I like the "John Densmore" wallet on the snare trick!

What is that for...to mute the ring on the snare?

Yes, to remove the ring. But I learned it from Bruce Swedien. Sounds great!

Originally Posted by TimeBandit

Either this guy just bought some new DW cymbal stands or he never takes the tags off things he buys.There are 2 DW tags visible hanging on a couple of the stands.

2 new über-buff 9000 series cymbal stands and I never bother to take tags off. There are tags on the heavy bags too and I've had them for years.

[MJGreene Audio]

Originally Posted by fossaree

How does soundelux sound as room mic ?

tnx

Actually not to bad. A little brighter than I expected. I will probably go back to ribbon mics next time though.

[fossaree]

Originally Posted by MJGreene Audio

Actually not to bad. A little brighter than I expected. I will probably go back to ribbon mics next time though.

;-)

[drmmrboy]

Originally Posted by Mad John

LOL I like the "John Densmore" wallet on the snare trick!
What is that for...to mute the ring on the snare?

Originally Posted by superama

Yes, to remove the ring. But I learned it from Bruce Swedien. Sounds great!

OK. I have to post a wallet shot.
This was a session w/ our own Sigma.
When he wants some form of dampening, he'll ask for a "wallet" as a generic term.
But this time he says, "take your wallet out and lay it on the snare".

Lottsa mics on this kit. We would change snares/sticks/playing style, & he would open up different mics.

GMS kit, 70's Gretsch snare
OH - akg 451 pair - single U87 - single Altec 633a
kick - D112 in - U87 out
snare - beta 56 - 414 uls
snare bttm - 57
toms - 421 - re20
rooms - SP - TB1 pair
hats - 451

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[bigbone]

Originally Posted by drmmrboy

OK. I have to post a wallet shot.
This was a session w/ our own Sigma.
When he wants some form of dampening, he'll ask for a "wallet" as a generic term.
But this time he says, "take your wallet out and lay it on the snare".

Lottsa mics on this kit. We would change snares/sticks/playing style, & he would open up different mics.

You might thinking of changing drums heads also.........

[drmmrboy]

Originally Posted by bigbone

You might thinking of changing drums heads also.........

Some I change, some I leave alone. That snare sounds great & the head has been on there for ages. Ever change a head & the drum doesn't sound quite right no matter what you do or how ya tune it..??

We have a 64 Slingerland snare that I love that has the same head from 2003. I'm going to ride that one till it gives out! thumbsup

[bigbone]

Originally Posted by drmmrboy

Some I change, some I leave alone. That snare sounds great & the head has been on there for ages. Ever change a head & the drum doesn't sound quite right no matter what you do or how ya tune it..??

We have a 64 Slingerland snare that I love that has the same head from 2003. I'm going to ride that one till it gives out! thumbsup

In some occasion, i find that old and worn head will work fine to get a certain tone.
but in general , new head will work better for me.

And to answer you question, no i never change a drum head and the drum doesn't sound good...

[drmmrboy]

Originally Posted by bigbone

but in general , new head will work better for me.

Whatever works for you.
I have some I change regularly, & some that I don't. That's what works for me.

[bigbone]

Originally Posted by drmmrboy

Whatever works for you.
I have some I change regularly, & some that I don't. That's what works for me.

As you said, whatever works for you.....

[Flamiel]

Here's a session I did for the Canadian artist Thornley. We recorded at Phase One studios in Toronto with producer Nick Raskulinitz. Nick had just finished recording Rush and had some great stories! This is the DW kit that Neil gave him so we had to use it! It actually helped me make up my mind to switch to DW.

[Flamiel]

Here's a session I did at Brian Adam's studio, the Warehouse, in Vancouver. It was for a Canadian Idol winner named Chad Doucette. Danny Craig from Default was producing. What a great sounding room!! I thought 57s on top of the toms and 421s on the bottom was weird, but it ended up sounding great.

[Flamiel]

Here's a session I did at Henson Studios in LA, Room B. What a fantastic facility. Worked with an artist named James Hart, which later called the project Burn Halo. Zac Maloy (The Nixons) was songwriting and producing. I was very very happy with the recording. Sounded pretty organic compared to some of the over-processed things I play on. I like the two snare mic set up!

[Flamiel]

This is the big room at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville. I recorded the drums for the 3 Doors Down album 17 Days here with Johnny K producing. We started with Pearls but switched to Gretsch. Good choice! I was being razzed for being a Canadian among southerners as you can tell by my snare head!

[Flamiel]

Here's some shots from Vogville Studios in Coquitlam BC. Recorded for the band Jet Black Stare. Gordini Sran Engineering/Producing along with Jeff Johnson. Couple of different shots of different snares. we started with a pearl kit, and it turned into almost a DW kit. Another session which made me switch drum companies!

[Flamiel]

Recorded the tune Santa Monica with Theory of a Deadman with Howard Benson at his studio. Engineer/Mastermind was Mike Plotnikoff. Those guys can get some sounds!! Used their in house 70s Gretsch Kit.

[Flamiel]

Here's a session I did at the Armourey Studios in Vancouver. This studio kicks ASS. Worked there many times. Still belongs to the Fairburn family. I think this session was some songs for a Canadian band called Faber Drive.

[Flamiel]

This is a Promo Studio appearance I did with 3 Doors Down at Hilversum Studios in the Netherlands. Great great studio. We ended up staying for a week and working on new material. These are the only shots I have. This is back in 2004.

[Flamiel]

Here's a session I did in 2004 at the Armoury again with Theory of a Deadman. Some B Side stuff. Wasn't crazy about that ride but that's all that was on hand. That house Ayotte kit is dope. 24x18 kick. A beauty.

[Flamiel]

Back at the Armoury again just recently. Can't say who the artist is because they want to have a proper press release but the tunes were awesome and had a great time with producer Brian Sperber.

[fossaree]

Man, i've never seen that much of pictures uploaded at once !

Anyways , thanks for sharing !

Awesome pics !!!

[Flamiel]

Holy crap are you guys bored yet? I didn't realize I had so many pics! Okay, here's my "Day Job". This is recording our latest album Dark Horse with legend Mutt Lange. Brought some extra snares. This is a small room, and really doesn't sound that special. So, LIVING PROOF that you can get a good drum sound from a small room! And sell a schwack of records!

[Flamiel]

This was the set up for almost the entire All The Right Reasons album. Joey Moi and the band producing. For "Far Away" and "Photograph" we used Chad's Ayotte kit which was 10, 12, 16, and a whopping 26x18 kick! It was cool, but after I brought in my 22" they definitely liked the punch alot better. That's my drum tech and I having a beyotch of a time tuning on a particular hung over day!