CATTLE DECAPITATION Drum Recording Gear 

Cattle Decapitation is the best extreme metal band I've ever heard. Everything they do is insanely technical and the talent is off the charts. Travis's voice is unmatched and the drums are some of the best in the world.

Professional recording engineers are so intimidating. They look like a band member but they are easily the smartest person in the room.

I wish more people did such comprehensive and straightforward explanations of their engineering. Thank you very much for sharing!

Your videos are great in very informative. Please keep them coming. So glad to see the mastermind behind these last few Cattle Decapitation albums. The sound is phenomenal.

You produced the greatest metal album known to man. Thank you for your service.

So awesome. I can't to hear this album!

Amazing stuff dude. I love this band!

Love your channel dave! 🤘😜

Dave, this video is soooo appreciated. I am such a fan of the sounds you get on albums you record and these insights are beyond priceless!

this album is still amazing

Great vid! I've mixed Cattle live in New Zealand and can confirm drummer is a beast.

Just discovered your channel man, this is so cool! Keep it up. Cattle decapitation is one of my favorite bands too

You're a production genius. Death Atlas is a masterpiece 🤘🤘

The writing, performance, and sound of this album are out of this world. The breakdown in Death Atlas at 2:30 took me by surprise and was so brutal it almost made me laugh (I mean that in the best way possible). Everything about it blows my mind. You guys really knocked it out of the park. Congrats!

The album sounds amazeballs. Made my top album of year and made it into my list of top 20 metal albums of all time. Cool studio and video man. It's been a long time since I've been in a modern recording studio since I don't play in bands anymore and I'm only a home studio solo guy now. Pretty cool to see what producers and engineers are working with these days. Keep on rockin' dude!

Thanks Dave. Great stuff!

Thank you for such detailed explanation about the gear you are using! I was super lucky to be able to use some of these mics (KM184, MD421, Cascades) and some pres during my studies! Looking forward to to the new Cattle record and more video updates from you, Dave! Cheers from Norway!

Dave is such a beast. The greatest and most musically creative tech-death drummer. So stoked to hear what they do after the masterful Anthropocene record. Thanks for sharing this!

Metal Blade just released a little teaser... dude, this mix's sounding AMAZING! Drums are beautiful!

Yes!!!! Finally!!! Great vid btw

Dave is a legend.

That song in the background at the start sounded so FUCKING good.

thanks for all the videos Dave.

Sick bro thanks for sharing

You are Amazing. thanks for sharing that with us.

I'd love an in depth video explaining how you're using the surface pro! I'm trying to do something similar but I can't seem to get the latency down. I have the same model as you too. Great work with the album it sounds insane 🤘🤘🤘

this man is what made cattle amazing. of course they were awesome before monolith but then this mastermind came along

Theses are awesome videos man thanks for doing these

Awesome little video, I'm so hyped for the new album! 👍

New sub! Keep it brutal dude!

Otero for President \m/

Thanks for the insights!!! I love studio videos so much! Only Surface Pro 6 for tracking??? That's crazy) Can't wait for more snippets and maybe playthroughs)

Haha Surface Pro for tracking? That's awesome. Another very informative and to-the-point vid from the man himself. Keep up the great work! Stoked for Death Atlas

are there going to be any videos for the cattle record thats in the works? Or videos in general? I liked the mic battle stuff

Do you still pan out your cascade room mics when they are stacked on top of one another like that? For someone who's about to get into recording live drums for death metal/slam type stuff would you still recommend a set of room mics? I'm getting the 7 piece Shure mic kit soon but ill have to get a set of room mics (or maybe just 1 and use a mono room) on top of that eventually. Edit: Nevermind just saw that the mics are angled in an XY type pattern. My bad XD

Man awesome! For those of us that are drummers please think about offering a way for us to hear or purchase just the isolated recorded drum tracks themselves. Would love to hear it. I’d buy that along with the album. It would be epic and I dint know of anyone who’s offered that yet. You could do that for guitarists too who would like to hear just that instrument. Anyway you get where I’m going with this, just a suggestion! Cheers and can’t wait to hear it!

SICK! 🔥🤘🏼🥁🥁🤘🏼🔥

spectacular. that tablet is a shocker, but make sense. really smart choices across the board, especially the blumlein. i love seeing cool stereo pairs for contemporary projects like this. cheers!

Do you have any idea what size cymbals he used for his stack? I wanna make my own but I can’t find anything stating the size of cymbals he used

Glad you are still doing this. I remember you just recording Hostile Intent in your basement back in the day. Glad to see you've come so far and are successful as fuck at it! Oh, yeah and welcome to RU-vid! Your videos are super informative all though it's all Greek to me. Cheers buddy!

I really enjoyed your lessons on URM academy and also of the latest releases you produced... especially the bass and drum sound on the latest nightbringer was really good. Thoroughly enjoyed this one as well. recording, mixing and producing drums is a bitch and a half, especially if you are just starting out and are just intimidated by all the options, problems and possibilites you are faced with.

Glad you decided to start a channel. Instant sub.

These videos are filmed really well nice 👍👍

Great video.

Anyone knows exactly what triggers those are on the bassdrum?

very cool video!

What did you mean you have a low slope all the way open? Do you mean EQ or can you make a video showing what you mean cause I don’t think my mics have a thing on it to do that

This video was awesome! WOw, just give away all the secrets lol

Oh Dave. You so dreamy

In your perfect world, how do you *prefer* to mic/track high velocity kicks? I've experimented with micing, triggering, blending, multi mic setups, and all kinda of cool things come out of it. What's *YOUR* favorite?

I've never hit a subscribe button so fast!

really enjoy your videos! but what's the fating sound in the background right at the begining? haha

Please show me a video of that dude drumming. It can be 3 hours long AND ILL STILL WATCH ALL OF IT

Surface Pro as a remote recording rig is actually a great idea, damn

Would’ve been nice to actually see footage of him playing drums.

Heyo I was right about why you have double triggers on the kicks 🤘Sick video, Dave!

What’s your usual panning scheme with the 4 overhead setup?

Dave, do you have a drum tracking setup at your studio?

so what about phase on the many overheads. also phase with overheads and spot cymbal mics. ?>

will they be on tour this year for their new album,, and is there a tour date for denver?

Nice set up. What s approx the size of the room (L×WxH) ?

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The introduction needed an Adidas track suit and a beret

Two Davids make one Goliath of drums - Puns

Will there be videos going over guitars and vocals as well?

And Music?

Thought id get to see those leg tats from the thumbnail. Click baited by Satan lol

Which song is being played in the background???

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That drummer is all legs. No wonder he plays haha.

Hey. I love you.

please, the name of the background song guys! 😈🥳

We don't deServe this thank you

Still edited and chopped up like Jason Voorhees

Seriously?!

Not small? LOL, not really large either. Well, I guess compared to douchebagcore 4-piece kits it is...

Any chance you have the tuning intervals for the toms? Always been intrigued by the sound and tone of them