First week of recording ( Drums and Guide tracks )

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

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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.

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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.

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