martyfireball said:
Top job James. I love the snare - what's the signal route and processing you used on it.
i didn't record The Hinderers track.. just mixed it, but i did record Ovum and another track on the CD, Doghouse, because they were both played by a guest drummer: Kevin Talley of Chimaira. i was asked to bring my mobile rig to cleveland to record his tracks (a pic showing overhead positions was posted in a previous thread). on the two drum tracks i recorded, one of which is the track Ovum (still available for download here:
http://homepage.mac.com/jamesfmurphy/FileSharing2.html ) the snare chain was SM57 > Presonus Eureka > Motu 828mk2. i used the compressor in the Eureka but the EQ was bypassed. during the mix i blended in a sample that i've had for a while which is named simply, "snare 3", and compressed with 1176 and EQ'd a bit. one thing that can't be stressed enough though is that Kevin hit his drums like a man... very important.
the first rack tom was not used so i just put a peice of foam on it, both for keeping it from resonating and as a visual que to keep Kevin from forgetting we weren't using it. used another piece of the auralex foam on the snare mic to keep some hat out of it.... worked quite well. the rack toms are mic'd with e609's and the floor tom with a 421.. not optimal placement under that ride there but i had limited space to set up mics, not many stands, and limited time to get the recording done, so i was stuck with it.
my little mobile rig.. the octapre (owned by one of Daath's masterminds, Eyal) was used for all other drums and cymbals except for snare and was banged into the 828 via lightpipe.
Daath lead guitarist Emil is the man responsible for the blistering solo in The Hinderers.
once again, to listen to the tracks you need iTunes or a recent Winamp version. iTunes for PC is free at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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