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I was going to recommend the M88, as well. I've recorded a handful of "live" sessions with drummers singing and that mic seems to be the right choice for a combination of good vocal sound, good extra drum kit sound, and enough isolation to make level adjustments work in a reasonable way. I've also u...

The Amphenol connectors are a really great, kind of well-kept secret. I did a ton of TRS in the new Old House Studio location with Amphenol right angle TRS connectors after giving them a shot and they've been a great solution. I ordered some XLR connectors, but wound up getting these weird ones that...

I'd start by putting them as close together as possible. You'll get fewer problems with the leakage, in terms of if sounding funny, and less uncontrollable "ambience" than you might if the players were farther apart.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Also, The Shaggs record had the world's awesomest bass drum sound.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

I've had the best results doing these types of recordings by trying as best as possible to use similar equipment and techniques, including instruments, amps, and playing in general. None of that stuff is played very loudly, seemingly ever, and that makes a huge difference. A lot of the classic studi...

Yeah, it's really kind of jive.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

AT4050ST: I like AT mics, and I'm sure the noise floor is ideal... But no Blumlein capability. Otherwise, this would be a no-brainer. I'm gonna bump this comment only in the hopes that someone at AT will hear this constant complain about these mics. I would have bought one the day it came out. Chri...

A friend of mine has one and it sounds good, but I went to check out their website and there's a lot of extremely misleading information on the site about that box. They basically imply that all these hit records feature guitar sounds recorded direct through a Neve console and then list all these sp...

My life changes when I go the AwTAC Channel Compressors. There are a lot of compressors I like on bass (dbx 160/161 VU, Federal, 1176, etc.), but the AwTAC makes recording bass so incredibly easy.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:

spliff bunker

who wants to form this dub band with me?

My thoughts EXACTLY!

CG

BUT some hardware gates (like the more involved dbx ones) do have "look ahead" feature, which is basically a delay between the key input signal and the audio path. The bummer about this is that on drums, for instance, a delay in the audio path will mess with the phase of the toms. Just something to ...

Daniel is about the most reliable and straight-up guy I know. I'll vouch for him 110%!

And he really is just making a slight upgrade to his setup. He really does love this converter and the thing sounds REALLY good! I'm sure he'll make you a very good deal on this.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

My hourly book rate is $55. I'd suggest a live to 2-track project. Two hours to set up, two hours to bang through the tunes. I record the multi-track as well. They bring a hard drive and give me $220, and they've got a competently-recorded EP of them playing it down for less than $250. I'll even giv...

Cool! Are you just working out of your house now, Rob? It's nice to see an Elite here in town. I dig those consoles. The hi-pass filters are really, really superb on those. I've made a couple of records on those consoles.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

I'm not a member of the Buddy Rich Big Band or the "House Of David Fucking Baseball Team," but here are my two cents: I've never gotten much of any kind of isolation from what people call a "front of kick" mic (a foot or several out from the drum). If I have some version of a mic inside and a mic ou...