hard hitter - recording information

track details
title: hard hitter
artist: rad.typo
album: hard hitter
release date: september 17, 2025
composition date: march 29, 2020
isrc: gxdwy2500007
key: a major
bpm: 130
time signature: 4/4
tuning: dadgbe

credits
engineering & production: all composers
mixed and mastered by: caolán austin

equipment used
guitars:
- fender telecaster 3tsb mij
- gibson sg - walnut stain usa
- epiphone frontier masterbuilt - se electronics t2
- turner 40ce - nashville strung

guitar amplification & effects:
- budda superdrive 45 mkii - drive channel
- fender twin reverb - channel 2
- orange or120
- vox ac15cc2
- zilla studio pro 212 - celestion alnico blue
- zilla studio pro 212 - celestion vintage 30
- chase bliss preamp mkii
- electro harmonix big muff op amp ri
- line 6 hx effects
- shure sm57
- sennheiser md421
- little labs redeye passive
- radial tonebone shotgun
- khe audio electronics acs 8x4

bass:
- fender pj bass mim sb - seymour duncan quarter pounder pickups & badass bridge
- ampeg svt pro ii
- ampeg 810 cabinet
- electrovoice re20
- little labs redeye passive di
- darkglass b7k ultra

keys:
- korg sv1 - organ, choir, piano
- spitfire audio - trumpet

drums:
- mapex saturn series bass 22x20, toms 12x10, 16x16
- mapex black panther hand hammered aluminium snare 14x5.5
- zildjian k custom 14" hi hats
- zildjian k custom 22" ride
- zildjian k custom 17" crash
- dream bliss 20" crash/ride

drum microphone setup (16-channel configuration):
1. kick in - akg d112
2. kick out - aston spirit
3. snare top - beyerdynamic m201
4. snare bottom - oktava mk012
5. rack tom - sennheiser md421
6. floor tom - sennheiser md421
7. overhead left - beyerdynamic m160
8. overhead right - beyerdynamic m160
9. kit high center - aea r92
10. kit low - se electronics rnr1
11. m/s middle - rode k2
12. m/s side - cascade gomez mje
13. room left - cascade fathead
14. room right - cascade fathead
15. stairs left - se electronics t2
16. stairs right - se electronics t2

recording chain:
audient asp8024 > avid hd i/o > pro tools

file information:
format: mp3
bitrate: 320 kbps
file size: 10.6 mb
duration: 4:53

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