Jacquire King: UA Modeling Microphones Masterclass (Rock)

Learn how Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, James Bay) records punchy rock drums and electric guitar with UA Modeling Microphones, using Sphere and Hemisphere plug-ins to craft solid sounds for the heavy tune “Drive Thru” by The K Club & Mustard with session drummer Logan Todd.
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www.uaudio.com/microphones.html
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Credits:
The K Club & Mustard - Drive Thru
Produced by: Jacquire King, Samuel Horn
Performed by: Samuel Horn, Jacquire King, Dawson March, Dawson Gnewikow, Logan Todd
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Glyn Johns Mic Technique
01:33 Glyn Johns Modifications
02:05 Drum Mic Placements
03:23 Drum Setup
04:44 Adjusting Levels
05:16 Auditioning Mic Models
07:49 Moving an Overhead Mic
08:42 Trash Mic Distortion
09:48 Playing to the Track
10:47 Processing Room & Trash Mics
12:03 Checking Mic Polarity
12:25 Moving the Room Mic
13:54 Room Mic Changes
15:27 Moving the Snare Mic
16:14 Team Discussion
17:14 Snare Sound
19:08 Changing Snare Tuning & Damping
19:40 Full Take - Drums
21:49 Electric Guitar Overdub with Projector Amp
23:15 Amp Mic Choices
24:37 Recording a Guitar Pass

[@RobbJolleymusic]

Love seeing engineers using Luna. It’s been the best recording system/DAW I’ve used!

[@Metr01d3]

Why are they all so uptight and serious

[@davidvelasquez2211]

Dejá vu? I could swear they posted this already last week or so?

[@gafarbello107]

Same! Wonder if they meant to do the Lofi one

[@Theflipstoner]

Do A rnb or hip hop series like this

[@thesneakysloth8481]

They just did it’s called Lo-fi but the Dums sound funky and very hip-hop

[@Theflipstoner]

@@thesneakysloth8481 I’m looking for vocals

[@genericuser7319]

I'm sure their amazing studio monitors had the mix sounding amazing... but thru YT on my Yamahas, this sounded muffled and dull. The other demos of UAs in this King series sounded great! This sounded awful though. I can only imagine how they sounded on iPhone or laptop speakers.

[@Tryggvasson]

i like these minimalist mofos. i don't need a crash, i'll use the ride. 2 toms is too much, we don't want to overdo it. i don't even think we need a kick, we'll just keep it in there for creative choices. we don't need a real hi-hat, just use a drilled crash - even though we don't usually use crashes - just to make it sound like a hi-hat that's broken - just like i am - inside. it's more precious that way, cause we're not really like anubody other. and the overall mood needs to be very grey, lifeless, grainy, ugly, and dirty. it's gonna take some doing, but i'm pretty sure we can achieve a sound that's gonna repel everybody. we're not mainstream at all, you see, i don't know if it's apparent. as for the song, sometimes we have a song, you know, sometimes we don't. we're gonna record anyway. it's just a thing creative people do.

[@Tryggvasson]

just to reply to myself: this whole thing sucks balls. when you think how much knowledge and gear was used to achieve this.

[@dankenton]

A very uninspiring sounding drum kit.