They stressed to our drummer and myself how important it was for the drums to be tuned properly to the song, which they would do at the start of each new song. Oh and they used a different snare on each song with us. I'll have to search for those pictures later tonight and maybe post some.
The far room mics were two U87's, the closer ones were some sort of tube Neumann mics that were unfamiliar to me (I'm on the very low end of things :p) I think the hi-hats and ride were miked with KM 184's. Off the top of my head, I don't remember them using 414's on the toms like they did with MP, but 421's instead. (they actually have our record hanging up on the wall in Tree Sound now!) If I find those pictures, they'll help refresh my memory in regards to all the mics that were used. I have a tonnnnn of pictures from our venture down there. It looks like a 414 on top of the toms, 421 on the bottom, 57 on the snare, a beta52? inside the kick and a d12 outside? or maybe the sennheiser kick mic? His snare is nearly as big as his rack tom!! But i ask you, the gearslutz, to help me atleast understand how they got this drum sound as i personally have never heard anything like it, parallell compression? massive eq? The only hints i have are this picture located here and the fact it was recorded at tree sound studios with zack odom and kenneth mount. To me, this drum sound is amazing, its huge, its fat, its punchy, its amazing! Now i realise this is completely my opinion. Actually anything on the album is the same i guess purevolume which is definately better quality than youtube. Or samples on amazon or itunes are there too i think.
I was listening to Mayday Parade's song "Walk on water or drown" from their album "A lesson in romantics". Before i start getting flamed with Good drums, good pres, good mics, good positioning, good room.
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