al mcguire Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov09/articles/swedien.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Console is Harrison 4032, 3M M79 Multitrack recorders, Ampex 102 2 Track Recorder which you could get as a 1/2" 2 Track Neumann U 87s on Toms - Sm 57 on Snare Edited September 16, 2015 by al mcguire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Good read. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Interesting re: the kick drum cover. I'm also wondering what the overheads were..they don't look like SM 81's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Royer Ribbon Mics Kick drum coves were pretty popular, a real dry kick drum sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundmanjohn Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) "I'll use cardioid or omni mics for the Blumlein pairs — omnis work great — but bi-directional mics make it a little difficult." Slightly odd that he refers to a Blumlein pair and then says he uses mostly omnis or cardioids, rather than figure-of-eights. To me, a Blumlein pair is crossed figure-of-eights. Does it mean something different in the US? Regards, John Edited September 18, 2015 by soundmanjohn Can't seem to spell anything properly at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 i know someone who trained with Bruce about 20 years ago. Great man. I love his work. -vin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 "I'll use cardioid or omni mics for the Blumlein pairs — omnis work great — but bi-directional mics make it a little difficult." Slightly odd that he refers to a Blumlein pair and then says he uses mostly omnis or cardiods, rather than figure-of-eights. To me, a Blumlein pair is crossed figure-of-eights. Does it mean something different in the US? Regards, John No, in the US, like in the rest of the world, Blumlein is a pair of figure eights mics positioned 90 degrees from each other. Never heard of any other version of the Blumlein that used cardioids or omnis, or anything other than figure eights for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Some Microphones allow for Cardioid, Omni and Figure of Eight. If it sounds good use it. Neumann M49 "This is very close sonically to the M149, but not quite the same. It's a three‑pattern mic and the first that Neumann came up with which had the pattern control on the power supply... you could have the mic in the air and still adjust the pattern. I use these for choir recording in a Blumlein pair, which is one of my favourite techniques because it's very natural in a good room. When I was recording with Michael and Quincy I was given carte blanche to make the greatest soundfields I could, so what I also did was pick a really good room and record the synths through amps and speakers with a Blumlein pair to get the early reflections as part of the sonic field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundmanjohn Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) Yes, understood, but what I still don't get is the reference to a Blumlein pair that doesn't use figure-of-eight mics. Is it just a 90 degree crossed pair of anything? I'm not taking a poke at his skills, just at the terminology. Confused of London. Edited September 19, 2015 by soundmanjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 " Never heard of any other version of the Blumlein that used cardioids or omnis, or anything other than figure eights for that matter."+1, same as Jose. And I was a NYC studio cat, prior to sound for picture work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayPoole Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 great read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron McLaughlin Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Awesome read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigF Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) dam B&W photo making it look vintage Edited October 22, 2015 by CraigF did not fully read the caption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastermixaudiomedia Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Excellent read, Bruce looks like a Zen Master in that one pic. Have been lucky enough to actually work with multitrack masters that he recorded for artists like Jackie Wilson, Barbara Acklin, and The Chi-Lites... just bring the faders up to unity and you were pretty much there. What a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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