Drums Mon.

Tonight is a huge drum session.

Neil Symonette is booked to come and do 3 more drum tracks for Peter Peters AND if we have time I have 2 new songs ready to go.

I spent a couple hours last night setting up the session mics. As usual I am trying something different. I am using an A-B stereo technique for overheads using my TnC AMC1200's. I read an article that said Omni was the best pattern for this. I usually used Cardioid, so tonight Omni it is. Also I did not put the mics up as high as I usually do. They are about 3' above the highest cymbals. For the snare I used the SM57, for these songs I want something a little brighter than the usual PR40. On the Bass Drum the RE20 remains ,no complaints. for the ride/tom duties I used a Rode NT-5. This time I actually set the mic stand behind the drummer and on his left. This way I will get more of the ride and tom and less of the rest of the kit.
For the room I am using the wonderful Lucas CS-1. I put this mic at the other end of the room facing away from the kit in Cardioid.
All of the mics are running through the API mic pre's. I did a few sound check tracks and they sound awesome! L&R O/H are panned hard Left and right, the ride/tom is hard right and the rest is center.

In other news, SpookiFish's first ever EP will be shipped to Florida on Friday (9/10/09) so hopefully by the end of next week I will have them.
AND I should have my new Fender Telecaster by tomorrow afternoon.

Life is good.