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  • The mic map for the kit.
  • Great overhead shot!
  • Vic Rivera and Nick Madeo - my talented production team!
  • Internally-mounted Shure Beta 91A kick drum mics.
Audio Production

An awesome video production is nothing without great audio to accompany it. So I
turned to Vic Rivera at Red V Studios in Bronx, NY for a quality recording of the
soundtrack.

One of the challenges Vic had - well, besides various mic'ing challenges the huge
drum kit presented - was mixing the final drum mix in with the music that still had the
original drum tracks in place. Vic adeptly mixed in my drums to just cover the
original drums, while still blending well with the rest of the instrumentation. Short of
getting hold of the original multi-track master to work with, there weren't any other
options. Vic knocked it out of the park! Don't you agree?

Bonus: Vic is himself an accomplished drummer and kept me honest during the
seven, 14-plus-minutes-long takes we wound up capturing. That's always welcome
support in the studio.

In addition to the Shure Beta 91As internally-mounted in the kick drums, Vic utilized
the following mics:

- 7 Sennheiser E604s
- Shure SM57s
- 2 Shure SM81s
Audio Production

An awesome video production is
nothing without great audio to
accompany it. So I turned to Vic Rivera
at Red V Studios in Bronx, NY for a
quality recording of the soundtrack.

One of the challenges Vic had - well,
besides various mic'ing challenges the
huge drum kit presented - was mixing
the final drum mix in with the music that
still had the original drum tracks in
place. Vic adeptly mixed in my drums to
just cover the original drums, while still
blending well with the rest of the
instrumentation. Short of getting hold
of the original multi-track master to
work with, there weren't any other
options. Vic knocked it out of the park!
Don't you agree?

Bonus: Vic is himself an accomplished
drummer and kept me honest during
the seven, 14-plus-minutes-long takes
we wound up capturing. That's always
welcome support in the studio.

In addition to the Shure Beta 91As
internally-mounted in the kick drums,
Vic utilized the following mics:

- 7 Sennheiser E604s
- Shure SM57s
- 2 Shure SM81s
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