Obligerant is Matt and Brett Flynn, with Alex Bustos on drums. I’ve seen them play on and off around town for nearly the past 10 years. Aside from the fact that they play super infrequently, they have yet to give up the title of sixth best punk band in San Diego. I love how these guys rock. They’re songs are super catchy even though the sound is raunchy and gritty – and their lyrics are hilarious. They brought all of this and more to the studio when they laid these tracks down. It’s a rare chance to hear them in hi-fi, and there is also a rare chance to see them in the flesh this coming Friday at the Balboa.
For this session we brought in guest engineer Rich Mansor who was able to give us some interesting new production insights and techniques that we haven’t previously tried before. Rich has his own analog studio in Spring Valley called Raunchola Productions. He brought in his drum tunnel that you can see in the photo above and that we used to beef up the sound of the kick drum. It was a real pleasure working through our sounds with Rich. Everything come together really nicely with a full thick sound, aside from running out of time to get more clarity from Matt’s vocal. But hey, it’s punk rock.
Matt Flynn – Electric Guitar and Vocals
Brett Flynn – Electric Bass and Vocals
Alex Bustos – Drums
Engineered by Rich Mansor, Roy Silverstein and David Feldman at Rarefied Recording
Signal Flow
Kick mic 1 -> Drum Tunnel -> AKG D12 -> API 3124+ -> Neve 33609J/D + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Kick mic 2 -> Drum Tunnel -> Soundelux ifet7 -> API 3124+ -> Neve 33609J/D + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Snare -> Shure SM57 -> Chandler Germanium -> Emperical Labs Distressor EL-8 + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Rack Tom -> Sennheiser MD421 mk II x2 -> API 3124+ -> Valley Audio 433 Dynamite 3 + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Floor Tom -> Sennheiser MD421 mk II x2 -> API 3124+ -> Valley Audio 433 Dynamite 3 + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Drum Overheads -> 2x AKG C414 EB -> Helios Type 69 500 + ADR Compex F760X-RS re-issue + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Room -> Neumann U67 -> Chameleon Labs 7602 -> Orban 424A -> Orban 622B + MicMix Master Room XL-305 Spring Reverb
Bass -> A-Designs REDDI tube direct box -> dbx 160X
Bass Amp -> Sennheiser MD421 -> Universal Audio 6176 -> Purple Audio MC77
Guitar Amp -> Shure Beta 58 -> Chandler TG-2 500 -> AnaMod AM660
Matt’s Vocal -> Shure Beta 58 -> Ampex 600 -> Skibbe Electronics “Red Stripe” 5-9C + Yamaha E1010
Brett’s Vocal -> Shure SM7 -> Ampex 350 + Overstayer Saturator NT-02A + Demeter Real Reverb
All tracks run through the Toft ATB32 mixing board.
2-Channel mix -> Pultec (Pulse Techniques) EQM-1S3 -> Smart Research C1 -> Burl B2 Bomber ADC -> Pro Tools
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