VIVA LA RECORDING SESSION

Well, the time has come.  I have been setting up for two days now for the VIVA LA VOX session.  I have used every pillow and blanket and towel in our house.  The studio is like the inside of a massive padded elevator.  I even made up a few gobos to deaden some of the moving air heading in mic directions.  Mic placement was very planned for the room sound.  During our trial run last night it proved to be ear nirvana. Notice in the pics some of the techniques.  We put a EV hammer in the bell of a horn suspended from the ceiling.  The snare really pops in it. Notice in the foam below the snare the ribbon mic catching the snares from below, perfectly complimenting the I5 from above which catches the thud.  An NT5 was placed in the bridge of the bass pointing up the fretboard to catch the slap effect, while a 4033 condenser supplies the boom.  For guitar, we put a gobo in front of the BLAZE deluxe to stop drum bleed.  A RADIAL JDX provides the amp tone while the direct guitar passes through a RADIAL JDI.  That way we can use the acoustic signal also, plus, we can reamp it later.  How is that for cool?  The last pic shows the intense cabling required to send these signals all down the line to the recorder.  

As soon as Greg shows up we have t get all the drum direct signals in phase.  This will be the single most important thing we do.  Some people think you can just throw up a mic and record.  And, you can.   But, when you hear our recordings you will hear the difference.. You WILL go wow.  Enjoy the pics, will write more when the weekend is done.  Marc