FXpansion BFD2 8BK User Manual

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RECORDING NOTES

The following microphones were used during the 8 Bit Kit recording sessions:

Directs:

Kick in (processed):

Misc. 8 Bit Audio processing

Kick out (dry):

ElectroVoice RE-0

Snare top (dry):

Shure SM57

Snare bot (processed):

Processed using Grundig dictaphone mic

Snare top2 (dry):

Direct unprocessed Clap channel for selected Snares that
feature Clap articulation (Claps also provided as individual
percussion kit-pieces)

Hihat:

Shure SM57

Toms:

Coles ribbon mics

Cymbals:

Calrec Soundfield (half of)

Percussion:

Sennheiser 41

Overheads:

Calrec Soundfield, with an original blackface Alan Smart (SSL copy) stereo
compressor in the path, followed by an Avalon Stereo EQ

Room:

Neumann U-87, via Alan Smart silverface stereo compressor

Amb3:

Parabolic Spy Mics, with an Electrix Filter Factory in the chain to varying
degrees. Where indicated in the listing, a Vocalmaster P.A. and Edison
Grammophone horns were used for some Kit-Pieces.

The preamps used were custom Sound Factory/API console mic pres: the in-house
API console is heavily modified by the staff at Sound Factory.