Sunset Sound 'Lucky Number'

In Episode Five, Greg Wells sits at the drum kit in the live room of Sunset Sound's legendary Studio A to lay down a powerful drum track for Bryce Drew's song "Lucky Number"

Watch as Sunset Sound Engineer, Zach Zajdel:

• Chooses microphones
• Goes over microphone placement and setup
• Dials in the initial drum sounds
• Checks phase relationships between microphones
• Positions stereo sets of microphones to reflect the stereo image of the kit

Then, watch as Greg:

• Reviews and adjusts the drum sounds to taste
• Compresses and EQs the mono kit microphone
• Performs the drum track
• Uses beat detective to edit the drum performance
• Uses parallel compression and EQ to make the side stick and snare drum sound larger than life
• Times a specific snare reverb for the bridge

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