Week 6 - Posted on 2015-03-16 by Wes Hawkins

This week Josh and I worked on microphone placement techniques.  As a guitarist with a mentor who is a drummer, I requested that he critique my setup of a drum kit pieced together from the warehouse, followed by acquiring and setting up all of the microphones.  Josh explained to me which mics were industry-standard per track and which were his personal favorites and why.  I was responsible for transporting all of the equipment, maintaining a proper input list sheet, proper signal flow (we went from Studio A's main tracking room to the Studio A SSL preamps), gain structure and DAW operation.  We then tracked piece-by-piece and as a whole kit four different mic placement styles, comparing and discussing each respective sound.  Invaluable knowledge.