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In the dead room I use a stereo Coles for
overheads, and for mono overhead I put up
an Electro-Voice RE15 which sounds really
great. Toms are 414s on the racks and then
I've got an original Equitek E100 on the
floor tom. I didn't have a third C-414 and
I was gonna buy one, but the E100 beat it
and I almost bought two more E100s.
I did get a Lauten Atlantis which is a
great jack of all trades mic. I have the
Atlantis on the kick on the low [Gentle]
setting, and it sounds great in the place
where I would have a U 47 fet.

the snare bottom. In addition to the dynamic mic in the corner of the room, I have
an old Neumann CMV tube mic for the
room as well. I will actually pan those as
room mics. It's weird because it's not true
stereo because they are so different-sounding,
but it's just like, "This is f*cking great!"
I have a piano booth that's filled with
percussion. There's a little tiny 16" 1960s
kid's bass drum that I mic with a Sennheiser
MD441 dynamic, and it sounds ridiculously
huge. Again a 57 on the snare, and then I
have a pair of beyerdynamic ribbon mics,
an M160 and an M130 ribbon in Mid/
Side. In the booth it's pretty minimal, but it
sounds strangely bigger in a '60s roomy
way. The setup with all the close mics is
dead and more punching in your face, so...

They make killer overheads.

What about electronic drums?

was recorded, and the 664 was the shotgun
over the snare drum and the 666 was kick
drum sound for that album.

So what about the rest of your kit?

I know someone was telling me that,
maybe it was you [laughs]. In the Bright
mode, it's amazing on snare.

Dear God, where do you put it?
It's the size of a 40 oz. beer can!

Yeah, that's my only problem with it, it's
so giant. On the snare, I've been using an
Electro-Voice RE20, with a Shure SM57 on

I have an Elektron Analog Rytm drum
machine. It has oscillators, but you can
also add samples. The Elektron is very
performance-oriented, it's designed so
you can use it as a DJ kind of thing. It's
the one drum machine that I'm focused
on right now, and it has software that
can link it with Logic, Pro Tools and Ableton.
Very hybrid old-school/new school!

I've got a old Simmons SDSV and
pads, and everything else is samples and
Logic at this point. I used to use triggers
more, and am starting to check out the
Sun House ones, but Logic has great
sound replacement built into it. Ctrl-D is
replace kick or snare, and it just works
so well. I have loads of samples and I'll
blend things.

When you're doing your own
stuff-say, with Ultraísta-do
you start playing drums, hit
Record, and then play along with
the Elektron, put it all in the
computer, and cut it up?
What's your working process?

Often, for me, I guess the drumming is
more fun if it's the second or even the last
part of the puzzle, if I'm trying to write my
own stuff. Often I will start with something
from the drum machine and experiment,
even making little grooves when learning
it, and then realize, "Oh my God, I still
need to play on this!" [laughs]
Awesome. I should let you go...
you have a tour to prepare for!
Cool, thanks for the chat, Paul.
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