Sick Drummer Magazine

Band Name: [CAR^BOMB] ( Relapse Records)
Drummer Name: Elliot Hoffman
Album Name: ^v^w^v^
Release Date: TBD (Spring 2010)
Studio Name: Torsion Field Studios (Brooklyn NY)
Engineer Name: Elliot Hoffman

Cymbals: Zildian

13" K/Z Combo Hats (Main)
12” Special Recording Hats (Left Aux on Cable Hat next to right kik Pedal)
16" Oriental Trash Hats (Right Aux on Cable Hat next to left kik Pedal)
18" Oriental Classic China (Left)
15" K Custom Fast Crash (Left)
19” K Hybrid Crash (Left)
 8” A Custom Splash (Center)
12" A Custom Splash with 8" LP Ice Bell inverted on top (Center)
22' K Constantinople Medium Thin Low Ride
19" K Hybrid China ( Right )
17" A Paper Thin Crash ( Right )

Drums: Brady (Jarrah Ply)

(1) 22" x 16" Bass drum (Evans EMAD)
 8" x 6" Rack tom [Evans EC2 Clear(Top) G1 Clear(Bottom)]
10" x 8" Rack tom [Evans EC2 Clear(Top) G1 Clear(Bottom)]
12" x 10" [Evans EC2 Clear(Top) G1 Clear(Bottom)]
14" x 12" [Evans EC2 Clear(Top) G1 Clear(Bottom)]
16" x 16" [Evans EC2 Clear(Top) G1 Clear(Bottom)]
14" x 6.5" Brady Jarrah Stave Snare
10" x 5.5" Yamaha Maple Custom Snare (Aux on Left)

Pedals and Hardware:

DW 5000 Double Pedal (Delta)
DW 9000 Hi Hat Stand ( On Right of Slave Kik Pedal )
DW 9000 Cable Hat ( On Right of Main Kik Pedal )
DW 9000 Cable Hat ( On Left of Slave Kik Pedal)
DW 5000 Single Pedal ( Left Cowbell)
Gibraltar Road Series Rack
Yamaha Boom Arms
Yamaha Tom Mounts
Purecussion R.I.M.S Tom Suspension System (Remember Those :-)
ButtKicker Concert LFE Mounted to Roc'n'Soc Throne

Triggers/Midi:

Ddrum Triggers on Kik and Toms
Alternate Mode K.A.T Pad v3.5 Midi Controller / Trigger Interface
MOTU Microlite 5X5 Midi Interface (USB)
Aux DAW running DKFH
M-Audio Profire Lightbridge ( 16 Channels digital feeding main DAW via Adat I/O )

Microphones:

5x Sennheiser 421's on Rack & Floor Toms
AKG D12e inside Kik
Yamaha Subkick Outside Kik
2x Shure SM57's (Snare Tops)
2x Shure Beta98's  (Snare Bottoms)
2x Groove Tube GT55's ( Left & Right Hats)
2x Rode NT1A's ( Overheads )

Signal Chain:

2X Trident S100 8x6 Mixers ( Daisy Chained )
2x MOTU HD192 A/D D/A Converters
1x MOTU 2408 MKIII Interface
Dual Xeon Quad Core PC Running Steinberg Nuendo (16GB RAM, Vista 64bit)
Glyph External SATA Raid 5 Array
KRK 9000B Monitors
Extreme Isolation Headphones
 
Studio Tips:

Do it as much as you can!!! I've found the more I can put myself in a session environment the better I get at it.
Play on as many fun projects as possible! In varying styles.

Drummer Comments:

The writing/recording workflow of this record has been new and interesting. First off, I've completed my studio at home! I've always wanted to roll out of bed and record album quality drums in my boxers! Now that is becoming a reality for me :-) The writing had been a bit slow due to all of our hectic work schedules but we managed to work it out.

Basically, we recorded ideas during our infrequent rehearsals and developed those and our own ideas individually at home using DKFH and home recording setups. Bouncing versions of songs to each other to get feedback.  After we had finalized the arrangements, Greg (Guitars) would lay down scratch over a rough programmed drum framework. After sending me the scratches via FTP, I recorded the live Kit over the tunes at my place by myself. I have a laptop running remote desktop to my DAW. This allows me to control the session from inside the drum booth. This is very different than how I have recorded albums in the past ( OK!!! You have 12 hours to record 10 tracks...Go!).

I think this way of working is going to increase the frequency of our album output and writing. This will be a great album for drummers to digest and I can't wait to get it on everyones hard drives!!!!