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We mostly use Lewitt microphones, 4 sets Lewitt PURE TUBE Studio, a big stack of Lewitt LCT 440 PURE, and 6 Lewitt LCT 1040, sometimes a Shure SM58 or SM7 (original) for vocals and a few other cheap microphones. And for drums the usual Shure mic's. And Focusrite red mic pre-amplifiers 8 pieces 4 ch.
I learned this mic approach/process out of necessity when I began recording in the 1970s! I had so little to work with an old (even then) cheep Shure Microphone / dynamic, with the diaphragm dented and tilting a bit, and a friend made me a small raw condenser mic, with a 9 volt battery and a wire coat hanger to hold it, wrap around my one mic stand! Being a singer/songwriter I recorded live to an old Sony 2 track 1/4" tape recorder, with cheep "Radio Shack" headphones. No EQ, no Compression, but I did have an old modified spring reverb ( My very brilliant Electronic engineer friend gave to me) Also used a simple home stereo & speaker setup to monitor& ballence it all! What surprised me most is, I was able to save this early work with casset tapes and improving my early recording as tech improved to do so came along. Some of those early recordings still sound amazing to this day! Hearing it now on a pro setup with great monitors, sound better than I ever could ever have hoped for, as I was only recording because, I was writing songs so fast early on, I didn't have time to keep track of them all. I was loosing lots of good song idea's along the way! I would not be ashamed to play them for you today, in other words, I don't cringe when I hear (some of them) even now! Mic placement and the room itself, was all I had to work with back then,,,,,,,Oh, and also my ears didn't hurt me either! Sometimes less is truly more is my conclusion here PS: I still feel that excitement when making and recording music to this very day, it like breathing to me, can't enjoy life without it!
My weakest part of production, mic placement, that's why we have a great crew of tracking engineers. Even I admire Al Shmitt his work. He was a specialist on mic placement. And mixing real high definition.
@@e.apollis2877 ABSOLUTELY! In fact fact that is what I do! I use VERY LITTLE eqing... mostly just HPFs and I try to get the sound right with the right mic selection and positioning.
@@SonicScoop I keep falling asleep and missing the Q&A's. I'm gonna have to set a few alarms for the next one to ensure it doesn't happen again. At least its not in person like when I got caught snoring during a live atmos demonstration in a studio lol
What are your favorite mics in YOUR locker?
►Catch the live Q&A with Marc here: ua-cam.com/users/livekwU0k-_FTug?feature=share
►Big thanks to JZ Microphones for helping make this free to the public! Check them out at jzmic.com
►Sign up for 3 chances to win $5k in gear in the MixCon Mega Giveaway: delicious-audio.com/mixcon-mega-giveaway/
We mostly use Lewitt microphones, 4 sets Lewitt PURE TUBE Studio, a big stack of Lewitt LCT 440 PURE, and 6 Lewitt LCT 1040, sometimes a Shure SM58 or SM7 (original) for vocals and a few other cheap microphones. And for drums the usual Shure mic's. And Focusrite red mic pre-amplifiers 8 pieces 4 ch.
My favorit mic is Lewitt LCT 640 TS and Earthworks audio Ethos.
This is actually one if not the most important lesson. Thank you for this content
Great working with you, Marc! ❤
Thank you for watching David!
Legend! I had a great time as an intern at the East Side Sound with Marc.
In the age of 4/4 dominant music it was nice to have that 5/4 song as an example.
Justin I am here eagerly waiting
We are about to get started! Live chat should be on the right side of the screen. Or you can swipe over to it on mobile :-)
thansks for watching
I learned this mic approach/process out of necessity when I began recording in the 1970s! I had so little to work with an old (even then) cheep Shure Microphone / dynamic, with the diaphragm dented and tilting a bit, and a friend made me a small raw condenser mic, with a 9 volt battery and a wire coat hanger to hold it, wrap around my one mic stand! Being a singer/songwriter I recorded live to an old Sony 2 track 1/4" tape recorder, with cheep "Radio Shack" headphones. No EQ, no Compression, but I did have an old modified spring reverb ( My very brilliant Electronic engineer friend gave to me) Also used a simple home stereo & speaker setup to monitor& ballence it all! What surprised me most is, I was able to save this early work with casset tapes and improving my early recording as tech improved to do so came along. Some of those early recordings still sound amazing to this day! Hearing it now on a pro setup with great monitors, sound better than I ever could ever have hoped for, as I was only recording because, I was writing songs so fast early on, I didn't have time to keep track of them all. I was loosing lots of good song idea's along the way! I would not be ashamed to play them for you today, in other words, I don't cringe when I hear (some of them) even now!
Mic placement and the room itself, was all I had to work with back then,,,,,,,Oh, and also my ears didn't hurt me either! Sometimes less is truly more is my conclusion here
PS: I still feel that excitement when making and recording music to this very day, it like breathing to me, can't enjoy life without it!
Thanks for the mic demonstration.
You are most welcome
Thanks!!!
My weakest part of production, mic placement, that's why we have a great crew of tracking engineers. Even I admire Al Shmitt his work. He was a specialist on mic placement. And mixing real high definition.
Al was the best!!!
👍👍👍
Are you using the dual element condenser for its lack of proximity effect?
No mostly to avoid phase issues and have two sounds flavors
Can you do a session with the right mic selections or minimum eq?
@@e.apollis2877 ABSOLUTELY! In fact fact that is what I do! I use VERY LITTLE eqing... mostly just HPFs and I try to get the sound right with the right mic selection and positioning.
How did you get the emojis on your bus???
never mind...I figured it out. Did not know you could do that, its the little things...hahaha
Yooo
Yo Benj!
@@SonicScoop I keep falling asleep and missing the Q&A's. I'm gonna have to set a few alarms for the next one to ensure it doesn't happen again.
At least its not in person like when I got caught snoring during a live atmos demonstration in a studio lol