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Linkin Park recordings feature Royer Labs and Mojave Audio microphones

Los Angeles, CA-based mixer, recording engineer, and producer Ethan Mates served as the Engineer in the production of Linkin Park’s latest album ‘The Hunting Party’. “’The Hunting Party’ was recorded over the latter part of 2013 and early 2014 at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood, CA, with drums and some overdubs taking place at EastWest studios in Hollywood,” Mates reports. “During these sessions, we used four Royer R-121 mics, one on each of the guitar cabinets, which were blended with SM57 and MD421 mics.”

“Each cabinet had three mics”, he continues. “To capture the bass, we used a Royer R-122 in conjunction with either a FET 47 or a Heil PR40. We also used the R-122 as an occasional mono room mic for the drums. Further, we used a Royer SF-24 stereo Active Ribbon Mic for the room sound on the drums at EastWest, along with various overdubs, including Taiko drums and piano.”

Royer’s sister company, Mojave Audio, also fared prominently on ‘The Hunting Party’. According to Mates, an MA-100 was used on the guitar combo amps in addition to being blended with an SM57 on snare drum. Also a pair of Mojave MA-200 microphones were used as drum overheads on one of the drum setups.

“The SF-24 drum room mic was placed head high, approximately 10 feet back, centered on the kit - run through a pair of Neve 1073’s with no compression, to 2-inch tape”, Mates adds. “The only EQ used was the hi-pass filter on the 1073, set to 50 Hz, just to eliminate any possible rumbling. The mic was moved slightly, both up and down on the stand, as well as angle-wise, to get the balance between the drums and cymbals correct, depending on the loudness, brightness, etc. of whatever cymbals were chosen for that particular song.”

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