Band Name: Cancer Bat
Drummer Name: Mike Peters
Album Name: Hail Destroyer
Release Date: April 22 2008
Studio Name: Vespa Studios
Engineer Name: Eric Ratz
Cymbals: Sabian
Hi Hats 14 Regular hats
Right side crash 17 Vault
Left side crash HHX 19 Studio crash
Ride 20 Stage Ride
Drums:
Kick 70s Ludwig Vistalite 24 x 18
Rack Tom 60s Ludwig 13 x 10
Floor Tom, Tama Starclassic Performer 16 x 16
Snare – Truth Custom Snare Maple 14 x 8
Hardware:
Tama Iron Cobra hi hat stand
3 tama cymbal stands
Iron Cobra single kick pedal
Mics:
Kick drum front-Yamaha Sub Kick speaker mic.
Kick in + rack and floor toms- Sennheiser 421’s,
Snare-shure sm57,
Overhead mics-Neumann M149’s(tube mic’s),
Close room mono-Telefunken u47(tube mic),
Far room AKG C12 (tube mics),
Hi Hat/ride Neumann KM 84’s.
Studio Tips:
I did the cymbals separate from the drums. Took a bit of getting used to,. We set up pads so it seemed like I had cymbals. Takes a little bit longer to do the actual recording, because you spend a whole extra day doing cymbals, but the sounds you can get out of the drums is amazing. You dont have to compress them as much and you dont need many samples, if you spend the time getting really good sounds.
Drummer Comments:
You gotta have fun in the studio, relax and come well prepared. Working on the same song for a few hours can be really frustrating and discouraging.
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