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This guy is so humble but so great that is not fair for him. He should be a big world star.

It seems that nobody likes that bottom snare or outside kick mic. I learned a neat trick from TLA, where you compress the absolute heck out of the bottom snare and not the top. I like to add a little 150hz to the bottom snare to get the beef, because I've already gated the life out of the top snare. It helped me realize that the bottom snare can alleviate the need for a sample sometimes. You can get quite a bit of tone out of the bottom snare because you don't have to gate it as much, especially if you angle the mic so it can pick up the snares but reject the kick (side and back rejection).

Ian Dury

Listening to Scheps talk about this shit is such a breath of fresh air

So much noise in the sm57

I had many WOW moments throughout the video, looks like an amazing and creative space.....well done !!

Just fantastic! Thank you!

I grew up just a 100 metres away during the 1950's. Back then it was a pretty derelict building. They have done a wonderful job of restoration

Might be wrong, but I think that snare bottom mic is a Sennheiser MD 441. I couldn't remember either, don't see them as often as the 421, but they do seem to be a great mic. I like the Shure SM7B on snare bottom too. And I think I remember Andrew Scheps talking about doing that the other way around, SM7B on snare top.

Great interview, by both of you actually. I think the interviewer did really well to get so much out of it too, while not putting himself into the interview too much. It's refreshing to hear his tools and ways of tracking are pretty straight-ahead. And also great to have an engineer more demystify processes and tools than hype up the unicorns that live in an original Fairchild ;)

Which year, anyone?

Awesome space. JCM800s are pretty versatile. Used with a nice big efficient bass cab, they make good character bass heads too, if you want a gnarlier more driven sound than even the Ampeg. Can get you toward Lemmy's Marshall Superbass sound. I like a U67 type mic on bass cab, a little further back, and a Sennheiser 421-II up close (or RE-20, or even SM-7b). Speaking of Ampeg flip-top B-15s, I tried the Ampeg Portaflex PF-20T, which is sort of a modern iteration of the B-15. It's 20 watts (the PF-50 is 50 watts). Sounds really good, planning to buy one as my main bass recording amp at lower volume. What I like about it for studio use is that it isn't crazy loud. But can also operate as a tube DI with transformer and EQ, without a speaker load connected. Handy for studio, and much cheaper than a REDDI or Noble Preamp (though I'd love a Noble later).

Terrific video! Both informative and inspiring. The mix at 9:28! 😍

I'm listening right here. I was told to tell where i was listening/watching from. Listening and obeying the destructions. Geez.

Ok ita call YT but Y ita only suggest White Producer (not ONE single Brown - while de Top10 are full of Brown Producer) when InI search fi "Sound Engineering" ??? Mighta be White Wash Algo or Intelligence whe dem a call it.. BUT questian remains: When 1 = 1 and ALL = 1 dhen Y U try fi separat from 1 ? U cant ?? Dawud can ??? ..WAN..

What an amazing space!

Miss This Place (but I got some stuff from my own studio they were throwing out so not all bad I guess...😢)

Tidy studio very vibey great creative space.

Incredible! Let's be friends :)

Always wonderful to watch Alan work!

Hmmmm. Mmmm. Mmm. Hmmmm.

Odd question: Is there a special lens material or glasses he's using? Screen fatigue (like a chair) is important. Great interview. Thanks!

George Michael's piano! 😊

awesome interview. I live about 40 mins away from FAME wonderful studio and amazing history

Never get rid of a comfortable chair. I threw out my studio chair because of a few rips in the fabric now I dislike the new one. Great interview!!

Great Producer!!

Excellent interview, thanks

Thanks for the interview ❤

Can i connect the tbone mb 75 to phone?

Grazie jarle

Thank you for sharing! I have an upright piano and was trying to figure out the mic’ing process for it. Y’all rock! 🙏🏽😎🎹🔥

they do make it bought one last week

Yes!

Bock 251....nuff said eh!

All this technical talk as Nick stands in the background trying to figure out how to send a text message .

Not even close to a Decca Tree. No.1 is Glyn Johns' mic technique. Decca Tree is 3 x Omnis spaced on the same plane. Great sound though.

Great video, and great sound. The SM57’s from the back were a real surprise. 👍

would you recommend going for the precision series or the mk2 closed the gap? thanks!

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Nice .

No music?

Nice one George!

Thanks George, these look great. I like how easy they appear to be able to be EQ’d in room via their supplied mic and simple Calibration feature. I got here from the link posted on your George Shilling - Music and Recording Facebook page 👍🏻🎶

Greetings George and Mike, May I ask how you are using this? Are you actually making mix decisions on them or do you use them for producing? Kind regards, Gene ✌️

That was a wonderful mix of art and science. I don't know anymore if I love the carbon mic or the tube SDCs more! And Ben Andrew's playing was hypnotic. But I must say, for a "standard" piano sound, the pair of DPA mics really impressed me. Could I ask what preamps were used? Because the sound in phenomenal!

This is awesome

The Drum room reverb sounds fantastic !! can hear it on the video camera audio!! -- Oh, what a privilege to spend time there ... One day maybe aye .... if only I could fly my electric plane from NZ over to Santorini...

Background music is awful and completely unnecessary...

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I'm bemused how/why Laurie co-produced "Don't stand so close to me '86" as the Police had already disintegrated ...