it ain't pretty - recording information

track details
title: it ain't pretty
artist: rad.typo
album: hard hitter
release date: september 10, 2025
composition date: february 13, 2021
isrc: gxdwy2500006
key: a major
bpm: 84
time signature: 4/4
tuning: daec#ae
sample credit: valarie kaur - 2016 nye watch night address at the metropolitan ame church

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

equipment used

guitars:
- fender jaguar 66 ri car cij - staytrem bridge & tremolo, seymour duncan vintage jaguar pickups
- fender vintera jazzmaster ow mim - staytrem bridge
- gibson sg - walnut stain usa
- squier starcaster - 3tsb
- tokai love sg79 cherry (nashville strung)
- sigma jm-sg 45
- turner 40ce (nashville strung)

guitar amplification & effects:
- fender princeton 68 ri
- fender twin reverb 65 ri
- zilla studio pro 212 - celestion vintage 30
- sennheiser md421
- shure sm57
- boss ce-5
- boss tr-2
- electro harmonix deluxe memory man
- fulltone ocd
- line 6 hx effects
- strymon blue sky
- little labs redeye passive
- radial tonebone shotgun
- khe audio electronics acs 8x4

bass:
- fender player precision bass buttercream mim
- ampeg svt pro ii
- ampeg 810 cabinet
- electrovoice re20
- little labs redeye passive di
- darkglass b7k ultra

keys:
- behringer model d
- korg sv-1 - rhodes
- roland ju-06a
- spitfire audio bbc symphony orchestra - flutes, horns, piccolo, trombone, trumpet & ghost keys
- yamaha mc108o piano - neumann bcm104 (stereo) hammers & rode k2 (stereo) soundboard

clarinet:
- se electronics rnr1

drums:
- apple logic - atlanta
- premier 24x14 bass drum
- mapex saturn series 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 (8-channel configuration):
1. kick in - akg d112
2. kick out - aston spirit
3. snare top - beyerdynamic m201
4. snare bottom - oktava mk012
5. overhead left - beyerdynamic m160
6. overhead right - beyerdynamic m160
7. kit high center - aea r92
8. kit low - se electronics rnr1

recording chain:
audient asp8024 > m audio profire 2626 > pro tools

file information:
format: mp3
bitrate: variable
file size: 10.4 mb
duration: 4:57

---
rad.typo - constraint-embracing music from derry
https://radtypo.com