Drummer’s Review
Here’s our latest review featuring a selection of Adoro Heritage Series Synthetic Calf Heads.
Filmed June 2024 (scroll down for recording & equipment details).
Featuring…
Constructed from Adoro’s patented fibre mixture,
Coated underside for tone control,
Roughened batter side for brush playing.
Adoro Says…”Heritage heads mimic the sound of calf heads, and reduce attack while giving you a warm tonal sound. This is especially apreciated when your drums are being played in bright sounding rooms like many churches are.
This is the enhanced Heritage version, which has all the advantages and none of the disadvantages of our original heads: these heads tune a third lower than regular heads, which makes tuning really reasy and enlarges the tuning range of your drums massively; no longer are they laminated, the head is now a single ply head with a new material which not only looks gorgeous on drums, but also has a way longer durability. As the heads are not coated but roughened, they can be played with brushes too, while the coating does not come off to leave marks on your cymbals or sand down your drum sticks. We are really excited about all these advantages, and we know you will also love them!”
UK RRP:
12″ Synthetic Calf Head: £19.80
14″ Synthetic Calf Head: £23.40
16″ Synthetic Calf Head: £26.10
For more details, head to: https://silent-sticks.com/
Recording Details:
Filmed at Paul Caboche Studios (Cornwall UK).
Microphone List:
Kick Rear: Audix D6
Kick Front: Electrovoice RE27ND
Snare Top: Electrovoice PL80
Snare Bottom: Electrovoice PL80
Hi Hat: Oktava MK-012-01 Cardio
Ride: Oktava MK-012-01 Cardio
Over Head wide: AKG C414B (pair)
Centre Over Heads: AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Front Centre Room : AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Wide Room Mic’s: sE2200T Tube Mic’s (pair)
Recording Process:
Microphone Pre amps: 16x Rupert Neve Designs 5052
Pre amp outs to Avid HD analog to digital converters connected to Avid HDX card
Recorded into Pro Tools Ultimate latest version running HDX cards mounted in an Apple Mac Pro 2019 16core.
Audio Template Details:
Basic EQ:
Basic EQ setting using the EQ section of the Neve 5052 mic Pre-Amps. No post recoded EQ or processing applied.
A Note From Paul…
“The microphones were set up with the overheads and room mic’s measured to the centre of the snare drum to keep the phase of any stereo pair in phase. The AEA R88 MK2 mic’s being stereo mic’s had no issue with phase but the front centre room mic and centre overhead where aligned with each other to keep the same stereo image. The phase reverse switch on the front kick mic was used to correct the phase between the two bass drum mic’s. The phase reverse switch was engaged on the bottom snare mic to correct the phase between the two snare mic’s. Hi pass filters only used on the hi hat mic, Ride mic and overheads. The live room of the studio has been treated to provide a neutral sound close to the drums & cymbals with the room mic’s then giving a true representation of what the instruments sound like in the room. Using 16 identical Mic Pre amps also helps with electrical phase so there is no difference between tone and phase of the Mic Pre amps. The brief for the recoding was to give as true a representation as possible of what the instruments actually sound like.”
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