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Recall Sessions: Pentavirate — Drum Overheads and Rooms

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Overheads and rooms, one take

Recorded by Bobby Holland at Pentavirate Studios, Nashville, TN.

Microphones on this session
R-12SF-12SF-24VSF-24

Two overhead pairs and two room mics recorded at the same time on one take. Tracks are sample-aligned and level-matched in the player.

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One full-kit take from Bobby Holland’s drum session at Pentavirate Studios in Nashville, captured on two pairs of overheads and two room mics at the same time. All four tracks come from the same pass and are sample-aligned, so you can switch mid-groove and stay in exactly the same spot.

Overheads. The SF-12 in Blumlein over the kit, against a spaced A-B pair of R-12s on either side of it. Same kit, two very different pictures of it.

Royer SF-12 stereo ribbon microphone rigged over the drum kit as an overhead
The SF-12 over the kit, with the R-12 pair spaced either side.

Rooms. The same room on two stereo ribbons. The SF-24 goes deeper. The SF-24V is more focused, with nice clarity.

Royer SF-24 stereo ribbon microphone on a tall stand as a room mic
The SF-24 on rooms, with the SF-24V right beside it.
Microphones set up around the kick drum at Pentavirate Studios
The kit at Pentavirate Studios.

The player matches the four tracks for level so you’re comparing tone, not volume. The downloads are the tracks as they came from the session.

Download the 24-bit files (lossless stereo FLAC, 48 kHz):

Watch Bobby’s mic-by-mic tour of the whole kit