Muscle Worship Recording April 09

Muscle Worship Recording- Mid April 09- JCCC's Carlsen Center- it was a rough draft/demo recording done of some of my boyz (the drummer nathan wilder, of paper airplanes fame, is a sick, fast handed fuck)

2x 8 Channel I/O Echo Layla Sound cards
Toft Mixer

-----Mic setup----
Drum Overheads- AT 4050 in xy- runing through 2 urei LA-4's
kick- ev re-20- running through a Distressor
toms- 421
snare- 57 on top, Sennhieser e609 on bottom
MS- 2x U87- 6ft in front of drum kit
hh- Neuman 184
guitar cabs-SM 57
Bass Cabs- 421's- running through a Distressor


Recommended Distressor Settings from Empirical Labs Website:

Bass
4:1, 6:1 turn attack on 5, release 4. The distortion audio modes sound great on bass, but caution should be observed if you are going to tape. You cannot un-distort. If you have a very "clacky" bass player, sometimes the band emphasis in the detector just flattens that stuff out. Use fast attack and release times to keep "clacks" from pumping. Also, try "Opto" mode.

Snares/Kicks/Toms - Try [3:1 6,5,5,6].
Shorten decay if you need to bring up "after ring". If a tom has too much attack , turn attack down between 0 - 4. If crackling from L.F., modulation occurs, play with longer attack or release times, or Det HP. Since you can load compression on without sounding funny, watch "mic leakage" which can become a problem. Kick drums sound great using Opto mode (10:1, attack on 10, release 0) and Det HP on.

All pics from recording

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