Recording & Mixing the song Iron Coffin

Felix Castellanos – Iron Coffin


The song “Iron Coffin” by Felix Castellanos was created and recorded during my studies at the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach.  The idea of the project was to record a multi track audio  production with the software Pro Tools. 



The drums were recorded with eight microphones:

  1. Kick: Close mic (Sennheiser MD 421)
  2. Kick: Far mic (Neumann TLM 170 R mt)
  3. Kick: Batter head mic (Shure SM 57)
  4. Kick: Room mic (Neumann TLM 103)
  5. Snare: Top mic (Shure SM 57)
  6. HiHat: Top mic (Shure SM 57)
  7. Overhead: Left mic (LD Systems D1122)
  8. Overhead: Right mic (LD Systems D1122)


For the guitar sound only the two Shure SM 57 mics where used in the final mix.