We had a recording session at my college the other day recording the band "Even More Than You", and thought I might share some of the equipment we used, signal paths etc. Links and pictures of equipment will be listed below!
Ok lets start with the drums....
Kick - Sennheiser Evo 602 (Check out my Bass Drum Recording blog from last month!)
Snare - Top and Bottom Both Shure SM57's (Bottom one Phase Inverted)
3 Toms - Each had a Shure SM57
Overheads - 2 C414's using a figure 8 pattern
Overall we got a really nice natural sounding kit, and although I havent had a chance to mix yet, I know just from the tracking that it will be a nice sound!
Using inserts on the ghost soundcraft desk we did the following:
Kick Drum - Compressed using the SSL XLogic G series compressor
Bass -DI into the desk - Into the Joemeek One Q
Vocals - Recorded seperatley using the technique in my previous two posts.
Synth - Run into the IVORY 5021 Dual Valve compressor using the stero link then to the MOTU
Everything was then taken from the desk, and using two MOTU 8Pre's into Logic Pro 9 using the aggregate device so everything had its own channel.
I was especially impressed with the Joemeek One Q. It gave such a warm, yet bright feel to the bass and it really does look good in your rack too!
Again with the IVORY and the SSL LOGIC, they are such nice peices of equipment and well worth a purchase if you can afford it.
Personally, this is the first time I really went all out and used outboard equipment rather than doing it in the software (apart from using cheaper stuff) and... people say it... and I just brush it off, but with the SSL and the Joemeek especially, I noticed a HUGE difference in sound quality and clarity. The sounds coming from these peices of equipment were simply amazing! And I definatley will be using them again!
Below are some pictures of the patch bay, taken because I didnt think i would ever fill it up so much! we even had to go get some extra patch cables!
Ok, so here are the links to the rack equipment and the prices in GBP, if you want to translate it to your currency, use THIS CONVERTER
IVORY 5021 Dual Compressor
Around £570
Around £600
SSL XLOGIC COMPRESSOR
Around £2,300
MOTU 8Pre
Around £400
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