Vintage Drums Recording @ Birdland Studio !

 

 

Drummer: Pablo De Biasi
Engineered and recorded by Francesco Marzona
Mixed and mastered by Francesco Marzona & Pablo De Biasi @ Birdlandstudio
Video editing by Pablo De Biasi

In this video we show the results of a day in the studio in which we had fun trying to replicate some famous drum sounds of the ’60s and ’70s. The drums were carefully tuned and tweaked and we used vintage drums, microphones and preamps and applied the same miking techniques used back in the day to get as close as possible to the original sounds. Enjoy!

In questo video vi mostriamo i risultati di una giornata in studio in cui ci siamo divertiti a tentare di replicare i suoni di batteria di brani famosi degli anni sessanta e settanta. Le batterie sono state accordate e preparate con cura ed abbiamo utilizzato strumenti, microfoni e preamplificatori vintage e tecniche di ripresa microfonica utilizzati in quegli anni per arrivare più vicino possibile al suono degli originali. Buon ascolto!

“Come together”

Geoff Emerick mics positioning

BD – vintage AKG D20b into Chandler Germanium preamp
Snare bottom – vintage Shure SM545 Unidyne into Chandler Tg1 Abbey Road Limited Edition preamp
OH – Coles 4038 into Chandler Tg1 Abbey Road Limited Edition preamp
HH – vintage Beyer M69 into Chandler Germanium preamp
Toms – vintage Beyer M69 into Neve 1073 preamp
Floor Tom – vintage Beyer M69 Neve 1073 preamp

1970 Rogers Powertone Drums: 22″x14″ bassdrum, 12″x8″ and 13″x9″ tomtoms, 16″x16″ floor tom, 14″x5″ 1965 Ludwig Jazz Festival snare. Zildjian 15″ K Light hats and 19″ K Dark crash Thin. Thin cloth on drums, single headed bassdrum with hard felt beater, Remo Coated Ambassadors all-around.

“Purple Haze”

Glyn Johns microphone technique

BD – ElectroVoice RE-20 into Chandler Germanium preamp
Snare – vintage Shure SM545 Unidyne into Chandler Germanium preamp
OH – 2 vintage AKG C12a in “Glyn Johns configuration” into 2 Chandler Tg1 Abbey Road Limited Edition preamps “Motown position” – vintage RCA 74B into Neve 1073 preamp
Room – 2 Audio Technica AT4050 into Millennia preamp

1970 Rogers Powertone Drums: 22″x14″ bassdrum, 12″x8″ and 13″x9″ tomtoms, 16″x16″ floor tom, 14″x5″ Rogers Powertone COB snare. Zildjian 15″ K Light hats, 22″ Constantinople Medium Thin Low ride and 19″ K Dark crash Thin. Double headed bassdrum with felt strips and hard felt beater, Remo Coated Ambassadors all-around.

“Superstition”

BD – vintage AKG D20b into Chandler Germanium preamp
“Motown position” – vintage ribbon Beyer M320 into Chandler Tg1 Abbey Road Limited Edition preamp
OH – tube Neumann M147 into Chandler Tg1 Abbey Road Limited Edition preamp

1970 Rogers Powertone Drums: 22″x14″ bassdrum, 12″x8″ tomtom and 16″x16″ floor tom, 14″x5″ 1965 Ludwig Jazz Festival snare. Zildjian 15″ K Light hats and 22″ Constantinople Medium Thin Low ride. Single headed bassdrum with soft felt beater, Remo Coated Ambassadors all-around.

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