Sennheiser e602

I got this mic cause I needed another mic to capture low end sounds (I already have an AKG D112).  I did some research and figured this was the best bang for my buck (I still want about 18 421's . . . ) as I still needed (and got) a Radial ProDI Passive box (it is the hotness).  I like the e602.  It does the trick on kick and bass.  Placement really changes the tone on this mic, but the sweet spots are pretty wide and easy to find.  Below are some links-

-GearSlutz Board post with the e602 placement tests- This is the post that made me buy this mic.  The samples here will show you the capabilities of German Engineering.  This is a very detailed and in depth page.

-Sennheiser's Spec Sheet-  cause I like frequency response graphs

AKG D200 Microphone

I picked this AKG D200 up as a free be a long time ago, before I new what AKG was or did. It was another mic that got thrown around the WinDixie bag full of Optimus and Realistic mics.

Two Mic Drum Recording

This post is a brainstorm collection of ideas from a conversation I had with the Owl People drummer about some of recording sessions. He mentioned a session done with 2 mics and then in mix down they duplicated tracks and and EQed them into bass, toms, snare, ect. Other than that, Jim Beam got in the way, but it was not a way I had ever thought about doing drums.

http://mixonline.com/recording/applications/audio_mixing_drums/index.html- mix mag's drums tips

http://www.mojopie.com/2008/12/shure-sm57-and-shure-sm58.html- A killer SM-57 and SM-58 article

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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