Royer Labs Ribbon Microphones

Dez Fafara, lead singer of Coal Chamber, founded DevilDriver. The self titled "DevilDriver" CD was released in October 2003. The record is off to a good start - "Swinging The Dead" is on the Freddy VS Jason movie soundtrack, and "I Could Care Less" is on the MTV2 Headbangers Ball Compilation CD.
DevilDriver was recorded at Rumbo Recorders in the legendary "B" room - (recordings in this room include Guns N Roses "Appetite For Destruction", Stone Temple Pilots "Core", Motley Crue "Girls Girls Girls", No Doubt "Tragic Kingdom"...)

Session Photos

ENLARGE		1. A typical Ross heavy rock guitar amp setup.

ENLARGE		2. Ross's favorite stereo guitar rig is two Rivera amps feeding two Rivera 4-12 speaker cabs. He puts an R-121, SM57 and 421 close together on each cabinet. The R-121 is the "meat" of the sound, and the other mics are blended-to-taste for variety.

ENLARGE		3. Close-up on the close mics.

ENLARGE		4. Another angle on the close mics.

ENLARGE		5. The Rivera Stereo Rig with close mic setups on each cab, and R-121s 3-feet off the cabinet. Ross normally uses R-122s in the distance position, but they were in use on his bass cabinets.

ENLARGE		6. Ross with the stereo Rivera rig.

ENLARGE		7. The three-cab bass rig from hell! Each cabinet has an R-122 on it. The center cabinet adds a Neumann FET-47, and the cab on the right adds a Neumann FET-47 and Neumann U-87. Lots of tones to work with

ENLARGE		8. Another angle on the bass cabinets.

ENLARGE		9. Coaxing an overheated guitar sub to come back to life. Ross is hands-on in all aspects of the recording process.

ENLARGE		10. A few of Ross’s favorite toys.

		11. Ross in the control room with John Jennings of Royer (right) and John's brother Joe (Joe Jennings does the baddest aerial cinematography in the world - check out his site at skydive.tv.