BAGHDAD, Iraq – Combine the usual drops and bumps with 120-degree temperatures and wind-blown dust, and you get an idea of the conditions that Candlebox put its gear through for recent performances for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait. The Earthworks gear made it through unscathed.
"On this tour, I used Earthworks' SR25 cardioid microphone with the accompanying KickPad optimization curve on Scott Mercado's kick drum," said Carlos Novais, FOH engineer and tour manager for the band. "This mic, combined with a P30/C Periscope cardioid microphone for the snare drum, four DP30/C Drum Periscope Cardioid Tom Mics for the toms, one SR25 for the hi hat, plus a pair of SR30 cardioid microphones for overheads created an incredible mic setup for the drums. I also used an SR25 as a vocal mic for Adam Kury."
"These microphones were terrific," Novais continued. "Iraq has a really brutal climate, and not once did we encounter any issues with them. When I received the mics, I did an A-B comparison of with other live sound microphones. I was really impressed with the wider and more uniform frequency response of the Earthworks mics, and I love the fact that I don't encounter phase cancellation issues when using multiple microphones together. These mics have excellent rear rejection characteristics, which eliminates unwanted sounds and they handle the fast attack transients of the drums beautifully. I was very impressed with their performance."
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Photo by Kevin Martin
