Snippets
Gear Audio Snippets
Warm Audio WA-19 mics on Snare top/bottom and WA-47F on outside kick.
Through Focusrite ISA mic pres. Raw audio no post processing just a hint of reverb to keep it from sounding too dry.
Snare drum was a Sawtooth Hickory Snare (same one used by Vinny Appice)
EV635a Omni Dynamic mic as a Trash (or crotch) mic on Drums
A vintage mono EV635a pointing at the drummer (Vinny Appice).
Positioned just over the kick drum with the mic head just poking over the beater side rim.
Recorded into an Apollo X8p with a UA610B Unison UAD plugin crushed by a UA175 comp UAD plugin in UAD console.
Sony ECM-50PS Lav Mic on Hi Hat
A vintage mono Sony Lavalier Mic pointing down far left of the hat. (drummer Vinny Appice).
Recorded into an Apollo X8p with a UA610A Unison UAD plugin in UAD console.
Warm Audio WA-CX12 mics on Drum Overheads
Raw audio of a pair of WA-CX12 on Drum Overheads into Universal Audio LA-610s, no compression added or post processing.
Recorded at Native South Studios in Los Angeles with Jonathan Smith (also playing drums).
Bass Tracking Samples
P-Bass into UA Apollo via Console. Some DI, some external Mic Pre. Each clip has a picked and fingered sample.
See image for comments on each track and what was used. Clip starts at 0:30 in image.
Clips 1-3 recorded using the Hi-Z input on the Apollo. Unison plugin and comp in Console.
Clips 3-4 recorded using a DI into the Apollo. Unison plugin and comp in Console.
Clip 7 recorded using a custom one-off tube mic pre from Red Iron Amps, that acts similar to an A-Designs REDDI. Comp in Console.
Clip 8 recorded with an A-Designs Pacifica Hi-Z input. Comp in Console.