soilwork drum rec

[Vuts]

ok can anyone expain whats going on here
its weird

http://www.areyouinaband.com/soilwork/pictures/gallery/studiostd/2004-dirk.jpg

 

[fabz]

They build a tunnel for "a bigger bang" of the Kick...
never tried it myself though...

 

[~BURNY~]

Oh the stuff in front of the kick drum? That's dirk's house actually.

 

[Skaldir]

Yeah, you put one mic into the bassdrum, and one at the end of the tunnel, there you get a lot of subbass.
Also it's good against crosstalk in general.

 

[_RiseInside_]

ah two triggers on snare ? one top and the other bottom ? now that is new

 

[~BURNY~]

Putting the drumkit in a corner of the room is kind of wierd too...

 

[Vuts]

Putting the drumkit in a corner of the room is kind of wierd too...

yes i think so too...
i would really like to see the rest of the room

 

[Jackal_Strain]

but the end-result speaks for itself

 

[KeithRT99]

those overheads seem really low

 

[chuck1703]

but the end-result speaks for itself

Yeah the drums on there last album sound awesome, one of fav actually.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

those overheads seem really low

If you look on the right, there's one mic over the hi-hat, then two long booms going in towards the top of the snare - it's hard to see but my guess is one is actually under the splash at the front. And if you look on the left, there's one below the china, a pencil over the closed hats, and then another that looks like it's pointing at the ride. There's also a mic under the tiny splash in the centre. The two 'overheads' are exactly over the centre of the crashes, and like you say really close for overheads - so I think maybe each cymbal is individually mic'ed.

Also, if you were taking a photo of a big ass kit like that, you'd want to get the whole thing - but the bottom is cut off and the picture doesn't look cropped, which suggests to me it's just a small room. Putting it in the corner might just be to help get the ambient mics further away and make the room sound bigger.

Steve

 

[TheStoryteller]

It looks very livingroom-ish. And I like that.

 

[Asmus_Thomsen]

but the end-result speaks for itself

Yup, it sounds like crap....

To be fair, the soilwork drums are some of the better drums done by bergstrand with this technique. I don't like the sound too much, but at least it's way better than what he's doing with In Flames....

 

[Duskfall]

Yup, it sounds like crap....

To be fair, the soilwork drums are some of the better drums done by bergstrand with this technique. I don't like the sound too much, but at least it's way better than what he's doing with In Flames....

Maybe the sound is bad because in flames has a bad drummer?

 

[Where She Wept]

Darkane did a tunnel like that on their last album.

And why does In Flames last few albums sound like shit? everthing sounds so over eq'd and lifeless.

 

[Andy Sneap]

do you think he actually stays there until hes done all his takes, or is he lowered in on ropes?

 

[JeffTD]

Maybe the sound is bad because in flames has a bad drummer?

Wow - what a great way to make your first post... bringing up an old thread with a dumbass comment? LOL

 

[Familia><Publica]

do you think he actually stays there until hes done all his takes, or is he lowered in on ropes?

He's lowered in on ropes, duh. Afterall, he's a puppet for a greater cause, sales revenue.

 

[Metal Overload]

The lamp is so cool too

 

[Gnash]

Bottom trigger too. Wow that's interesting. I like this setup. This was a great sounding album, I thought.