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Uprights project most of their sound out the back. I'd recommend pulling the piano away from the wall... if it is against one. Even if you're micing it from the front, let that thing breathe a little. I've had great sounds from micing an upright from 10 feet behind it... then it sounds like a piano ...

You guys are great!

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, it's way more than I was expecting.

-Colin

I agree that the drums and vocals are the most modern sounding things. There are 2 drum kits being played at once. Each kit has a mono Coles 4038 overhead, a 57 on the snare, and a d112 on the kick. No compression, a little mud carved out with eq... nothing drastic. Then a whole load of reverb. I do...

Works fine for me! Myspace is troublesome at best.

I think the recording's really good...

Thanks so much for all the kind words... people are nice here. I've checked out all the stuff you've suggested, and it's all great. For what it's worth, I've put up another song called "'Neath the Streetlights"... it was recorded and mixed live straight to 2 tracks. That link again is: http://www.my...

I've been absolutely obsessed with 60s recording styles for the past year. This is my first attempt at making a full on girl group recording. I did it Spector style... everything was recorded live at once in one room, strings were overdubbed, then everything was sent through my plate reverb. It's "u...

Hey Everyone, I'd like to make my own plate reverb according to the instructions that were in that old Tape Op article. However, I can't seem to find working contact info for the guy that wrote the article, as I would like to purchase some parts from him. There's an old one on the ProSoundWeb page, ...