This week my group was doing the drumtracking for the track we are recording which is Aeroplanes by B.O.B and Hayley Williams. we used a standard Mic Setup using mics on the kick, snare, high hat, rack tom, tom and 2 overheads.
On the kick drum we used an AKGD112 dynamic mic.
On the snare top and rack tom we used Audix D2’s.
On the other tom we used an Audix D4.
On the snare bottom we used a SM57, this allowed us to capture the sound of both snare heads for a more accurate sound.
we used dynamic mics on these because they have a large diaphragm and can tolerate high SPL’s.
For the High Hat and both of the Overheads we used ADX51 Condenser mics. we used these particular mics as we did not have enough room to use AKGC414 mics, nor did we have the time to set them up to their best. The use of condenser mics was ue to the fact they are broadspectrum. this allows us to capture a flat and more condensed sound, hence the term ‘condenser’.
during the recording process we had 3 people playing a ‘Guide track’. The group in the studio used foldbacks in order to allow us o hear the drummer (Warren) and ourselves through our headphones and to allow Warren to hear us and himself through his headphones. Foldback A fed through to the Drum booth and the live room and Foldback B fed throught to the Dead room.
Overall the weeks session was a complete success and we have everything we need in order to allow a hopefully smooth process throught the rest of the recording.