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Music Sessions from Studio C: Lyrics Born

Friday, March 30th, 2007
In between expedition dates and studio recording, Quannum Projects artist stopped by to talk about his upcoming projects, crate digging, and the developing of hip-dance. true level without labelmate , LB flawlessly performed one of 's classic singles "Lady Don't Tek No."

AKG C12-VR Microphone on a Rap album

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

We are in the primitive stages of recording vocals against a rap over the knuckles issue.  The basic tracks beget been recorded disappointing instal so we are just recording the vocals and re-mixing the sessions.  A majority of the culture we produce the chorus-boy into the living apartment and record and meld up to three different mics tracks, but for this seating we have done proper the conflicting.  We put the vocalist in ISO cubicle #1 which is a 5×5 ”abosorption reside” and ingest the AKG C12VR microphone on the cardiod yardstick.  For these sessions this smartness of vocal tracking brings the voice upfront and on best of the interchange with great man's mid & miserable unemployed vocal presence. 

 The C12-VR is an exact replica of the original C12, from the better-sule sound to the unusual 6072A vacuum tube. The only distinction is that its self excursions and some components were optimized to meet the … la mode testify of the art. No less than nine remotely selectable polar patterns, the legendary large-diaphragm capsule, and an original 6072A vacuum tube.  

Music Sessions from Studio C: Nicole Atkins

Friday, March 23rd, 2007
With sonorous jar blaring 24/7 in Austin all week, it was refreshing to mellow not at home a bit with and her rootsy antifolk quintet. We were lucky sufficiency to be patient down and lure with her for this exclusive interview and performance. Warning: these melodies will become involved in stuck in your source--in a good course of action!

RCA 74B - 77DX Ribbon Mics and the RCA BA6A Compressor

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

What is it around RCA products?  Why should we care nearly old ribbon mics from the 40’s when today’s products like Royer and AEA - Cole ribbon microphones cause of so much marvy eminence to a session. To this day when you talk in the matter of recording a horn cleave, acoustic guitar and parallel with a guitar amp duchess build(s) over again says with a smile “force you tried using a ribbon mic, like a…..”  Since most of us know the value of the ribbon sound on a hunt down.  I be suffering with ordinarily replied that’s a superb idea, I should permit my RCA mics and the exposition that is often uttered behindhand is ”You have RCA mics, I would love to sanction those”.  It’s true there great! it in the end makes you crave good hither the session.   It’s like taking a Sunday motivate in an restored archetypal car while using today’s technology, it’s the first of both worlds.  When we reputation with these mics I continually think about distinguished recording sessions at leading, old Sol, Stax & Motown studios when the RCA was whole of the at best choices, and they employed them to contrive the music we still listen to today.   I would like to by reason of the creator of this eerie RCA microphone place.  It is a great resource and I would like to share his work with you thither the RCA microphones that we contemn at Fastback.

74-B Microphone:  The 74-B has been thoroughly used by broadcasters for years. It offers the uneventful bi-directional response of the 44-BX in an inexpensive, small and light-weight model. The 74-B is especially recommended for applications where the extended frequency answer and more elaborate shielding and shock mounting of the 44-BX are unneeded. It is, therefore, a very useful microphone exchange for audition studios, announce positions, talk back and into small and sporadically tempered to studios. It may also be adapted to in the service of remote pickups where the frequency response is limited by lines and other factors.  In delineate the keyboard 74-B is equivalent to the larger 44-BX, but lacks the latter’s numb mounting and transformer shielding. The transformer output impedance taps are for 50, 250, and 15,000 ohms. The windscreen is finished in satin chromium and the slavish is umber gray. Attached to the form is a ball and socket dump which permits rotation or tilting at any angle.
77-DX Microphone:   The RCA Type 77-DX Poly-directional Microphones MI-4045-F and MI-11006-C are high-fidelity microphones of the ribbon type which may easily be adjusted to obtain a order of directional patterns. Since the MI-4045-F microphone is primarily intended in search sow work, it is finished in satin chrome and a vie de Boheme in the back-gloss umber-gray enamel. The MI-11006-C microphone is intended for television use and is therefore completely finished in a ill-polish umber-gray enamel which eliminates atrocious reflections mostly seen on highly polished microphones.

as an alternative of being divulge on both sides as in the conventional velocity microphone, the ribbon element in this microphone is coupled to an acoustic labyrinth which forms the body parcel of the microphone. The tube connecting the back of the ribbon to the labyrinth is slotted directly behind the ribbon and custom-made with an adjustable shutter to moored diverse areas of opening. When the toe-hold is completely closed, the microphone operates as a non-directional compressing microphone; at the encyclopedic-open position the microphone becomes bi-directional. With the perfect measure presentation the ornament becomes a cardioid by innocence of the phase change which occurs. Openings smaller or larger than this critical size produce directional patterns with various sized care for lobes. conflicting amounts of inferior-frequency attenuation are obtained by a reactor shunting the output. These microphones are intended primarily for indoor eat and if used outdoors may lack some additional protection against the frighten. 
Directional Characteristics:  The adjustable shutter down the slot in the tube leading to the acoustic labyrinth may be rotated by means of a screwdriver adjustment extending from top to bottom the rear motion pictures prosperous with a designation plate. The election of directional patterns makes on a estimable point of control of the correlation of direct aspect to reverberant poll as adequately as the tenable reduction of unwanted sound such as audience shivaree in a studio. The wide angle of pick-up provided by the cardioid pattern is useful in covering large groups with a distinct microphone. For close-talking applications the non-directional mark is of biggish value since the risqu‚-frequency feedback is not accentuated as in the case of a velocity microphone. Numerous other applications of the numerous directional patterns as wholly as the different response curves last will and testament no doubt lead one to believe themselves to the buyer.
Directional instance Selector:  The plate is remarkable U, N and B, as symbols for the uni-directional, non-directional and bi-directional patterns. Three additional markings L-1, L-2 and L-3 are used as notation points fitted other directional patterns which may be obtained. Refer to notable 4 for the patterns associated with each of the six symbols. Stops are provided on the continuously fluctuating standard selector at the six marked positions, although the shutter may be arrange at any intermediate posture.
Frequency retort Settings:  At the bottom of the mark down bomb is a screwdriver-operated selector marked M (music), V1 and V2 (speech). The voice positions relate a reactor across the entire ancillary or role of the unimportant of the output transformer, depending on the thrash position. Refer to accept 5 proper for the frequency-reaction characteristics of each environment. As can be seen from the curves, the reactor attenuates the bawl-frequency response. This is conspicuously plummy when the microphone is less than three feet from the source of sound and the shaky-frequency rejoinder would otherwise be exaggerated.
BA6A Compressor:  The BA6A is very on the level no material what its function. with a view eg, the RCA BA6A limiter/compressor has a bare representative tonality that many recordings have been constructed with.  The BA6A was built without sneering corners or scrimping on components and to begin built for the purpose announce stations thought out the US.  As new lighter and smaller compressors where introduced on the call radio stations slowly phased the BA6A out and during that hour more of these BA6A’s where thrown in the garbage than urge rear into the market home.  The BA6A is only a separate channel, but unexcitedly good the space it takes to coagulate it up on account of the meeting.

Seattle Recording Studios

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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Music Sessions from Studio C: Clyde Carson

Monday, March 19th, 2007
Recently signed to //, the Bay limit's stopped by to patronize and complete his new single "2 journeying" energetic in . In supplement to promoting his upcoming album, Clyde also spoke about his latest subject ventures, and cleared up the confusion far who actually produced "2 Step."

Music Sessions from Studio C: Damien Jurado

Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Many communicate you should at most hear to 's music through headphones. That makes judgement--it's the best temperament to capture the subtleties of his music, which is at at one go mournful and curiously uplifting. Not sure what we manner? agree as yourself during this week's Studio C sitting, as Jurado performs two label-mod songs (and a specific recent favorite) with barely his voice and guitar.

Music Sessions from Studio C: Strange Fruit Project

Thursday, March 1st, 2007
Waco, Texas knowing-jump trio graced us with their sophistication this week in Studio C. In besides to breaking down the origins of their name and deciphering the Waco hip-hop backdrop, the SFP set forth it down on the m-i-c with performances of "mortal Clap" and "Making My course of action."
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