Electric Guitar – R-121
Bass Amplifier – R-122
Drum Overhead – SF-24
FOH and Live Recording Engineer: Jimbo Neal
In this video, Jimbo Neal explains how he uses ribbons for sound reinforcement and recording Brian Setzer’s live performances.
Category Archives: R-121
Lukas Rossi and Kenny Aronoff
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)
Electric Guitar – Lukas Rossi
Full mix, conversation about electric guitar mic placement, then isolated ribbon-recorded tracks.
“Dreamer” (Lukas Rossi)
Dicky Simms
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
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)
Rafael Manriguez and Quique Cruz
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)
Lily Wilde And Her Jumpin’ Jubilee Orchestra
Brass – R-121
Drums – R-121
Recorded and mixed by Craig Brock. Produced by Tom Royer and Craig Brock.
Recorded at Whitehorse Studios, Portland, OR.
Two R-121’s capturing all the brass and drums in a live room (drums also have a single KM-84 small diaphragm condenser mic blended in, hung four feet above the snare).
From the Lil Tom Tom, Inc. release “Insect Ball”.
“Mister Five By Five” (© D. Raye & G. DePaul)
The Quincy Jones – Sammy Nestico Orchestra
Trumpet and trombones – R-121
Engineered and mixed by Tommy Vicari. Produced by Quincy Jones with Sammy Nestico and Jerry Hey.
Recorded at Capital Studios, Hollywood, CA
From the Qwest Records release “Basie & Beyond”.
Seven R-121’s capturing the trumpets and trombones.
Recorded digitally on Sony 3348-HR’s.
“Out Of The Night” (Sammy Nestico)
“Joy Of Cooking” (Sammy Nestico)
Michael DeTemple
Vocals – R-121
Banjo – R-121
Acoustic Guitar – R-121
Performed and recorded by Michael DeTemple.
Recording chain: R-121 directly into a Roland 1680 recorder in Michael’s home studio.
Banjo, guitar and vocal recorded separately using one R-121, then mixed in the Roland 1680.
“Fishin” (traditional)
Amalia Stephenson
Vocals – R-121
Acoustic Guitar – R-121
Engineer: Richard Dobson
Recorded to DAT in Richard’s home studio.
One forward-facing R-121 on vocals.
One R-121 on acoustic guitar, with a condenser mic lightly blended in.
“Silent Night” (Joseph Mohr)
Cannon
Vocals – R-121
Acoustic Guitar – R-121
Drum overheads – R-121
Producer: Shawn Sullivan. Engineer: Kyle Homme.
Recorded to Pro Tools at World Class Audio, Anaheim, CA.
One back side R-121 on vocals and acoustic guitars. Two R-121’s on drum overheads.
Sean Sullivan was the original discoverer of the backward R-121 recording technique. Due to our patented offset ribbon element, the back side of the microphone is slightly brighter than the front side when placed within 3 ft of any sound source.
“Again” (Dan Sistos & Jevon McGlory)