Category Archives: Microphone

Jonathan Merkel

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Heavy Electric Guitar – R-122V

Producer/Engineer: Johathan Merkel

Guitarist/Producer/Engineer Jonathan Merkel shows how he records heavy electric guitar using an R-122V to capture his Mesa Boogie Uberschall amplifier. This song was recorded in Jonathan’s home studio, so the 1×12 Mesa cabinet was placed in a closet for isolation.

Jonathan shows complete signal paths for all phases of electric guitar recording and walks us through blending R-122V, SM-57 and DI tracks for his final guitar sound.

“Fuel the Fire” (Jonathan Merkel)

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Johathan’s company Beat Chamber is a Contemporary Song Catalog and Production company which produces and licenses music for film, TV and multimedia projects. https://www.beatchamber.com

Lukas Rossi and Kenny Aronoff

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Drum Overhead – SF-24
Drum Rooms – SF-24, R-122V, R-122
Electric Guitar – R-121

Recorded by Ross Hogarth
Recorded at Sweetwater Studios, Ft. Wayne IN

Grammy winning Producer/Engineer Ross Hogarth gives a seminar on his techniques for recording drums and electric guitars with ribbon mics, showing mic placements and letting us hear mixed and isolated ribbon-recorded tracks.

Drums – Kenny Aronoff
Full mix, conversation about drum mic placement, then isolated ribbon-recorded tracks.
“Dreamer” (Lukas Rossi)
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Electric Guitar – Lukas Rossi
Full mix, conversation about electric guitar mic placement, then isolated ribbon-recorded tracks.
“Dreamer” (Lukas Rossi)
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Larry David

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B-3 organ – SF-12

Engineer: David Pearlman
Recorded at Rotund Rascal Studios, North Hollywood, CA

One SF-12 off the corner of a Leslie. Recorded direct to DAT.

1. Solo B-3 played by Larry David

 

 
2. Solo B-3 played by Larry David

Dicky Simms

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Piano – SF-12, R-121

Engineer: Dusty Wakeman.
Recorded at Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, CA.

Grand piano in an iso room, lid fully lifted.

Recording chain: SF-12 and R-121’s to Neve 8088 console preamps. Recorded to 20-bit ADAT.
(The level of this track was raised 4 dB over the original source material level.)

One SF-12 and two R-121’s combined; all mics mixed at equal level. SF-12 panned hard left and right, R-121’s panned soft left and right. No EQ, compression or effects.

“Shannon’s Shuffle” (Dicky Simms)

blink-182

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Piano – R-121

Engineers: Sean O’Dwyer, Ryan Hewitt. Producer – Jerry Finn.
Recorded at Conway Recording Studios – Hollywood, CA.
From the MCA release “blink-182 – Enema Of The State”

In this selection two R-121’s are on the piano. R-121’s also on electric guitars.

“Adams Song” (Hoppus, DeLonge)

Paul Cantelon

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Piano – SF-12

Engineer & Producer: Russell Dawkins.
Recorded at the University of Victoria – British Columbia.

One SF-12 stereo ribbon mic over a grand piano with the lid removed.

No EQ, compression or effects. The level of this track was raised 3 dB over the original source material level.

 

“Point No Point” (Paul Cantelon)

Norbert Putnam

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Piano – SF-12

Engineer: Norbert Putnam
Recorded at Norbert Putnam’s Cadre Entertainment, Memphis, TN.

One SF-12 stereo ribbon microphone over the soundboard of a Yamaha C-7 piano.

“Impromptu Op.90, No 2” (Franz Schubert)

Rafael Manriguez and Quique Cruz

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Violin – R-121

Engineer: Brian Knave
Recorded at White Cow Studio.

One R-121 on violin.

From the Wariznake Productions release “Amistades / Friendship”.

“Cancion del atardecer” (Rafael Manriguez)

Joe Chiccarelli – String Quartet

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String Quartet – SF-12

Engineer: Joe Chiccarelli
Recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA

One SF-12 stereo ribbon microphone capturing a string quartet.
Joe Chiccarelli recorded this direct to DAT for us in 2000, for early Royer demonstration purposes.

String Quartet

Michel Colombier

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Strings – SF-12

Recorded and mixed by Steve Durkee.
Recorded at The Music Room, Los Angeles, CA.
From the BBC Film “The Messiah.”

One SF-12 on a string quartet.

Recording chain: One SF-12 into an API DiMedio preamplifier. Recorded to a Tascam D-88.

Michel Colombier – “Apologize!” (Michel Colombier)