Mandolin – SF-24 (one side of microphone only), R-122V
Fiddle – R-122V
1) “The Bridge of Cally” (Jamie Laval)
Engineer: Jay Manneschmidt
Instruments recorded live, within 6 ft of each other, with separation achieved by using microphone’s null points.
Recording chain: SF-24 and R-122V through Gordon preamps, into Lavry Gold A/D converters and recorded into Sequoia/Samplitude at 88.2 KHz. No EQ used.
1 a) Full Mix
1 b) Mandolin
Mandolin: SF-24 (only one side used, for a mono recording) twelve inches from mandolin, pointed at the 12th fret.
Violin
Violin: R-122V twenty-two inches away from violin, slightly above the strings and 45 degrees left of center from the “F” holes.
2) “Levantine’s Spinning Barrel” (Laval, Broder)
Engineer: Peter Cutler.
Recorded during live broadcast on the Los Angeles radio show FolkScene.
Mandolin & Fiddle: Two R-122V’s; one in front of the mandolin (pointing at neck/body joint) and one above the fiddle. The null points of each mic were positioned to reject bleed, giving each instrument isolation from the other while being played in close proximity. (See photos)