Circa Survive Kick Drum Sound???

[Lonnie5]

Heres what I was thinking so far for the drum setup-
Kick Beater - SM91 -1176 - API 550b
Kick In - MD421 - Distressor - Tube Tech EQ
Kick Out - Beta 52 - API 550b
Snare Top - SM57 Distressor - Tube Tech EQ
Snare Bottom - MD441
HiHat- AT4031
Rack Tom- SM57
Floor Tom Top - MD421
Floor Tom Bottom - RE20
OH's - KM184's
Knee High's - U87's DBX160xts
Room - U87's - LA4's
Mono Room - KM64 DBX160 xt

[Noize919]

I believe Mcternan used a Transient Designer to get those drum sounds as well.

Your mic setup looks pretty good, i like the distressors on the kick and snare...but you may want to think about slimming the amount of mics down a bit. Watch that phase.

[heisleyamor]

circa survive drummer's bass drum and brian mcternan's room might get you the sound. Just try to work on the best sound you can get in your room.

There is a lot of 50 hz punch in circa's bass drum with a lot of 3 khz attack. try to blend the kick sound with the room sound. API and distressor will get you decently close if you have a big room.

[darkautumnsound]

I know the setup was (after a good tuning of the kick and all other drums):

Kick (just inside the kick's hole) - AKG D112 > Trident Series 80B > Transient Designer
Snare (about 4 inches from the top, pointed toward the middle) - Shure SM57 > Trident Series 80B > Transient Designer
Toms (about 2-4 inches from top/edge, pointed toward the middle) - Shure SM57's > Tridents Series 80B > Transient Designers
Cymbals/Overheads - (not sure here) either KM84's or C451's about 12-16 inches over the bell of left and right crash cymbals

A lot of the sound is also the room.

[Ozzy]

Originally Posted by darkautumnsound

I know the setup was (after a good tuning of the kick and all other drums):

Kick (just inside the kick's hole) - AKG D112 > Trident Series 80B > Transient Designer
Snare (about 4 inches from the top, pointed toward the middle) - Shure SM57 > Trident Series 80B > Transient Designer
Toms (about 2-4 inches from top/edge, pointed toward the middle) - Shure SM57's > Tridents Series 80B > Transient Designers
Cymbals/Overheads - (not sure here) either KM84's or C451's about 12-16 inches over the bell of left and right crash cymbals

A lot of the sound is also the room.

Thats unbelievable! Pretty "basic" setup, and such a great sound.

I can hear samples o the snare and kick. Anyone agree?

Also, the ambience on the snare in, imo, PERFECT.

Oz