2 days in and we've done the drums for half the album. it's sounding tighter than something that would get you arrested for looking at a photo of on the internet.



for all the nerds:







peace paragon custom maple 6 ply toms 8 ply kick.

10x7 mic'd with an sm57

12x8 mic'd with an sm57

16x14 floor mic'd with an d112

20 x 20 kick with aquarian superkick 2 mic'd with a beta 91 for the punch-factor and some
random one i don't know what is for the boom. no trigger.



14 x 6.5 cast seamless brass yamaha snare drum with an emperor x on top and a evans snare side hazy on the bottom. mic'd with a sm57 top and bottom



remo coated emperors on all toms



also some condenser mics i dont know what they are and 2 ambient mics dotted around




cymbals:

13" hhx evolution hats

21" zildjian mega bell ride


16" aax stage crash

18" hhx studio crash

20" aaxplosion crash


8" stagg splash (yeah boooi)

10" aax splash


18" aax china
19"aaxtreme china






as far as sounds we're going for an opeth-y natural sounding kick and snare sound so it sounds massive, whilst keeping a compressed punchy sound for the rack toms to make sure all the fast fills come through nicely.



there are no triggers on this album, no programmed drums, and minimal editing - mostly doing whole retakes. as a result i don't think i will be able to have children - but regardless i'm so proud with what we've acheived so far.



so uhhh yeah videos should be up next week or something. jokes


love you baai

rey rey