On the first week of recording, the drums kit was recorded with a number microphones with different frequency bandwith tolerance. These are the following microphones that were used:
Room Mic- Audix AD X 51
The kick drum – AKG D112
The snares – Shure SM57
Overheads- AKG C414B
Toms (Rack and floor) – Audix D2
I was meant to work with the engineering crew but I was not present on that day. But according Ethan , Declan ,Sean and himself were involved in the setup of all the microphone and making sure they were connected correctly . Joe and Paris were working on the desk , also setting up the tracks on pro tools and making the gains were trimmed down or up to the right level.
A guide vocal and a guide guitar track were also recored to guide the drummer, the guitar was recorded with a shire SM 57 and the vocals was recorded with a SE-x1.