Hell Cow attempts to record “Deadly Waste” and actually gets something done in the process.

Season 2 – Episode 1

Project Hell Cow is back for another season!

In this episode, we picked up a new preamp -the Nady PRA-8, as well as a few mics (SM57 x4, e609…), and try to set up the microphones for recording drums… We don’t get too far…

Here is the video to go along with our post on recording drums! Mike attempts to record a drum track for “Agony”.

Check out Hell Cow’s home recording studio! This is where we record all of our music, and sometimes come to sit in the corner and cry!

Today we went to the local music store (the one better than Guitar Center) and picked up a Shure SM-57 dynamic microphone. The plan is to use it to record guitars, the snare drum, and vocals (till we have enough money to afford a nice condenser mic). We went with the Shure because it’s basically an industry standard mic… and it was cheap.

We also picked up a new head for Mike’s snare. He went with an Evans genra dry. It has a built-in baffle ring on the inside, as well as some holes in the head that are supposed to help lower overtones. So far, he’s pleased with it; it has a nice crisp attack, and very short overtones; just what he was looking for.

On a side note, there is no concrete evidence proving that we may or may not have bought a case of beer at the huge liquor store next door…