andrea:::shank said:
friggin great! don't you have a website for your studio? and the obvious question: what gear was used (especially for guitars)?
keep up with the great job! i wish the last hulud album sounded this good!
andrea
thnx man,
at the moment i'm working on setting up my own studio. i don't have my own space yet but i got most of the equipment i need. most of the time i work on differnt locations with bands in studio's and rehearsal rooms.
the only site i have right now is my myspace website
www.myspace.com/xpzsound and working on my own official site too wich will be launched soon hopefully.
as for the gear questions:
drums was recorded at studio lobbes in the north of holland (
www.studiolobbes.nl)
kit was a VERY old pearl export kit with pinstipes on tom and floor, powerstroke 3 on kick and evans G2 coated on snare.
cymbals were mostly zildjan A customs, a sabian trash ride, a stagg china and some paiste splashes i believe
mics used were:
kick inside: shure beta 91
kick outside: sennheiser e602
snare top: SM57
snare bottom: SM 57
HH: neumann KM184
tom: 421
floor: 421
ride: KM184
china: KM184
OH's: 414's
ambient high (7 feet above the kit) neumann M149
ambient low (7 feet in front of the kit aimed away) neumann M149
pre's were universal audio 2-610 for ambient mics, tubetech MP1A's for snare and toms, focusrite red for cymbals and OH's and avelon 2022 for kicks
bass was an ernie ball stingray 4 string 3eq tuned in B with poweslinkies 135, recorded direct from a tech21 sansamp.
some bass tracks from the studio sessions were used, most were punched in later in the rehearsal room sessions.
guitars were all played on an ESP LTD deluxe with seymour duncan JB 59 pickups
2 guitars recorded through tubescreamer -> peavey 5150 crunch channel -> marshall 1960 TV cab with greenbacks -> SM57 -> STAudio preamp
these guitars were panned 100L / 100R @ 0 db in the mix
2 guitars were recorded through tubescreamer -> marshall JCM800 2204 -> same cab, same mic, same pre
these were panned 70L / 70 R @ -5 db in the mix
vocals i explained before...