A great drum sound

Posted 1 September 2008, 11:36 by The Kennel

We continue to be impressed by how easy it is to get a great drum sound in our live room.

Mark Kovacik (below) was in with James on Friday night, capturing some drum parts by Dan Gottesman (Chris Muir also laid down some bass guitar).

We used a matched pair of AKG 414As for the overheads: Sennheiser 441s on the toms; a Shure SM7 and an SM57 above and below the snare, respectively; an AKG D112 and an EV RE20 on the kick; and an Earthworks Omni 30 feet away at the opposite end of the room.

In less than 30 minutes, we had a kick-ass sound. Gotta love that!