Category Archives: Piano

Richard Galliano

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Accordion – SF-24
Piano – SF-24

Recorded and mixed by Charlie Paakkari. Produced and arranged by Richard Galliano.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Studio B, Los Angeles, CA.

Recording chain: All mics into Neve 31102 preamps. No EQ or compression. Mic pre’s fed directly to Pro Tools at 88.2.

Accordion: One SF-24 and two Mojave Audio MA-100’s on accordion (mixed SF-24 70%, MA-100’s 30%).

Piano: One SF-24 and two U-67’s on piano (mixed 50-50).

The Musicians:
Accordion: Richard Galliano, Piano: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Double Bass: Charlie Haden, Drums/Percussion: Mino Cinelu.
Recording & Business Affairs: Emmanuel Jolivet emmanuel.jolivet@free.fr

“Aurore” (Richard Galliano)

Poulenc Flute Sonata 1st Movement

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Piano – SF-24
Flute – SF-24

Engineer: Tony Faulkner. Producer: Jeremy Hayes.
Recorded in Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England.

Recording chain: Recorded on a SADiE LRX system using SADiE LXR preamps.

Piano & Flute: SF-24 main microphone. Subsidiary microphones: Rode NT-6 omnidirectionals flanking the SF-24 on stereo bar. Spacing between Rodes, 66cms.

Flute: Guy Eshed
Piano: Tim Horton

“Poulenc Flute Sonata 1st Movement” (Francis Poulenc)

Allen Toussaint – Full Mix and Isolated Tracks

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Piano – SF-24
Upright Bass – R-122V

Recorded and mixed by Kevin Killen. Producer, Joe Henry.
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY.

Recording Chain:
Piano – SF-24 positioned at the edge of the piano lid, center of the piano. SF-24 into Neve 8088 console preamps. 1 dB boost at 16K using Millennia NSEQ-2 stereo equalizer in tube setting. Recorded to ProTools.
Upright Bass – R-122V into Neve 8088 console preamp. 1/2 dB boost at 12K using a Pultec EQP-1A, and 1 dB compression. Recorded to ProTools.

“That’s My Home” (Sydney Robin)

a) Full Mix

 
 

b) Isolated Piano: SF-24 on piano


 
 

c) Isolated Upright Bass: R-122V on upright bass


Holly Cole – Full Mix and Isolated Tracks

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Piano – SF-24
Acoustic Guitar – R-122

Recorded and Mixed by George Seara
Recorded at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Canada.
Record Label: Alert Music / Koch.

Recording chain & notes: See below

“Waters of March” (Jobim)
a) Full Mix


b) Piano: Isolated SF-24 at the curve of the piano pointed towards the middle.
Two U-87s (not heard in this isolated SF-24 track) were positioned close to the piano strings, spaced low and high over the strings. The final mix blend was 70% SF-24, 30% U-87.
Recording chain: SF-24 to API 212L mic preamps into Apogee AD16 A/D converter.


c) Acoustic Guitar: Isolated R-122 on the guitar neck.
A Calrec 1050C (not heard in this isolated acoustic guitar track) was also used on the body of the guitar, blended slightly.
Recording chain: DW Fearn VT-2 mic preamps into UA 2192 A/D converter.