Canadian Musician - November/December 2017 | Page 59

RECORDING
Ryan Worsley is a producer, audio engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter who owns
Echoplant Sound Recording Studios in Vancouver. He has worked with Dear Rouge, Emilie &
Ogden, Said the Whale, Courage My Love, and others. www.echoplantsound.com.
By Ryan Worsley
A Grab Bag of Mic Tips
Drums with an Edge
I
really like sending miked signals into guitar amps, es-
pecially with drums. When I’m tracking drums, I usually
have an amp miked up in the bathroom with an SM7 on
it that I can send any of the close mics to. Typically, it will
be a kick or snare… or both. You can do this right off the
console via sends, or back out of your DAW sends, but make
sure that everything is in phase (especially when sending kick
and snare together).
Sometimes I’ll add a bunch of spring reverb from the amp,
or keep it tight and punchy. I also like to do something similar
but with pedals and a Radial EXTC. I’ll send the snare mic to the
EXTC and send it through my guitar effects pedals. Usually I