FXpansion BFD2 8BK - Manual (Page 4)

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8 BIT KIT HIGHLIGHTS
A different acoustic space and microphone setup
8 Bit Kit was recorded at LA’s Sound Factory studios. The drum room that was
used for the recordings is quite small, with a tight, up-front sound.
The selection of microphones rounded up for the session is rather unusual.
Highlights include Calrec Soundfields, parabolic ‘Spy Mics’, and Grundig
dictaphone mics, as well as old favourites like SM57s, RE-0s and Neumann U-
87s. A more comprehensive list is provided in the Recording Notes section.
Custom API/Sound Factory console preamps were used throughout.
Creative processing and recording techniques
Certain 8 Bit Kit sounds feature creative processing such as overdrive and filtering
in certain mic channels. These decisions were made purely to end up with the
funkiest, most unique sound possible.
In addition, selected kit-pieces are provided in ‘Amped’ versions, which are more
heavily post-processed with various techniques such as filtering and overdrive, toy
echo mics, vintage compressors, plate reverb and ADC subharmonic synths.
For further details of the processing used, refer to the notes later in this manual.
This information is also shown within BFD’s choosers and info displays.
Several unorthodox recording techniques were used during the 8 Bit Kit sessions.
For example, some kicks were heavily detuned, had chains attached, or struck
with a paint roller instead of a kick beater! Again, full details are provided later in
this manual or in BFD’s info displays.