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The Time and Mercy Band: Sugar Honey Baby (trad.)

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Sennheiser MKH 8030 mid-side test with the Time and Mercy Band

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Lucy Grubb - In Common - one mic (pair) recording

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Hot Smoke & Danger: 'The Heydon Green Shuffle'

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Rycote OM 08 test - guitar

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Hot Smoke and Danger - live: Ride Like Hell

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MKH 30 and MKH 8030 comparison on guitar

This acoustic guitar recording forms part of a series of tests with a pre-production version of the Sennheiser MKH 8030 (fig 8). In this test it is compared to the older Sennheiser fig 8: the MKH 30. The first part of the test alternates between the two mics, each facing the guitar: so a mono recording. The second part of the test sees the two fig 8 mics pair with their respective super-cardioid siblings, to create mid-side pairs of MKH 50/MKH 30 and MKH 8050/MKH 8030. The different combinations change over frequently, and what is currently playing at any time is displayed. There has been no processing of the sound: no reverb, compression etc.
Many thanks to Luke Chapman for playing his gu...

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The Time and Mercy Band: Sugar Honey Baby (trad.)

2:54

The Time and Mercy Band: Sugar Honey Baby (trad.)

Просмотров 3717 месяцев назад

Taking a simpler approach to recording than the usual multi-mic and multi-track one, this version of the traditional bluegrass song 'Sugar Honey Baby' (aka 'Red Rocking Chair' and various other titles) has been recorded with the Time and Mercy Band placed around a single pair of mics (a mid-side pair comprising a cardioid mid mic and a fig 8 side mic). Guitar and vocal - Richard Ward Banjo and ...

Sennheiser MKH 8030 mid-side test with the Time and Mercy Band

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Sennheiser MKH 8030 mid-side test with the Time and Mercy Band

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Taking a simpler approach to recording than the usual multi-mic and multi-track one, this version of the traditional bluegrass song 'Sugar Honey Baby' (aka 'Red Rocking Chair' and various other titles) has been recorded with the band placed around a single pair of mics (a mid-side pair comprising a cardioid mid mic and a fig 8 side mic). It forms part of a series of tests with a pre-production ...

Lucy Grubb - In Common - one mic (pair) recording

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Lucy Grubb - In Common - one mic (pair) recording

Просмотров 53011 месяцев назад

Taking a simpler approach to recording than the usual multi-mic and multi-track one, this version of 'In Common' has been recorded with the band placed around a single pair of mics (a Blumlein pair of fig 8 mics). There has been no processing of the sound, other than addition of a little reverb, so this is very much the sound of the band in the room, with 'mixing' coming from placement of instr...

Hot Smoke & Danger: 'The Heydon Green Shuffle'

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Hot Smoke & Danger: 'The Heydon Green Shuffle'

Просмотров 11911 месяцев назад

Well here's Hot Smoke & Danger playing live at The Earle Arms in Heydon, Norfolk. It was meant to be an outside gig and BBQ, but the rain came down and so they were squeezed into the bar: Thuggsy was squashed (with his toy drum kit) into the alcove with the stuffed fox, and Leyton had to move his bass to let folks pass by. The PA for vocals and bass played up and reminded the band why it needs ...

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Rycote OM 08 test - guitar

Просмотров 514Год назад

Thanks to Luke Chapman putting down his tools in his workshop (again) and playing a bit of guitar, here are some clips of three tests with the new Rycote omni OM-08 mics. The first test is comparative: it alternates between a pair of the Rycote omni OM-08 mics and a pair of Rode NT55 mics (with the omni capsules). The second test sets a single OM-08 to record the guitar, then compares it to pro...

Hot Smoke and Danger - live: Ride Like Hell

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Hot Smoke and Danger - live: Ride Like Hell

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Norfolk-based blues band Hot Smoke and Danger playing live at The Reindeer, Norwich in November 2022. Hot Smoke and Danger comprises Luke Chapman (guitar and lead vocals), Leyton Rutherford (bass and backing vocals) and Andrew Thorogate (drums). Thanks to Jake Purches and Chris Jones for video, and Roland Harris for sound recording and editing. For more about the band (and contact details) see ...

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Tony Hall - live

Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад

Tony Hall's melodeon playing has long been much revered, and can be heard on Maddy Prior and June Tabor's 'Silly Sisters' album, on Nic Jones's 'Penguin Eggs' album, and on his own recordings: 'Field Vole Music' (1977), 'Mr Universe' (1995), and 'One Man Hand' (2008). Despite his many live performances over the years (not least with the weekly performances of The Vonn Krapp Family Band for arou...

Double mid-side? Variable pattern mid-side test: acoustic guitar

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Double mid-side? Variable pattern mid-side test: acoustic guitar

Просмотров 5182 года назад

Thanks to Luke Chapman putting down his tools in his workshop and playing an early version of a current song he is working on ('Speaks of Something'), here is a test using a variant of double mid-side stereo recording, where the two mid mics face forward and, having different polar patterns, can be blended in post to create different virtual polar patterns. See my blog article for more detail: ...

Double mid-side? Variable pattern mid-side test: vocals in strong wind

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Double mid-side? Variable pattern mid-side test: vocals in strong wind

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Thanks to Norfolk's raucous folk band Rattlebox laying down their instruments and singing Dick Shannon's 'The Auld Triangle', here is a test using a variant of double mid-side stereo recording, where the two mid mics face forward and, having different polar patterns, can be blended in post to create different virtual polar patterns. See my blog article for more detail: drbadphil.com/variation-o...

Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 microphone test - music

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Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 microphone test - music

Просмотров 7692 года назад

Here a couple of short clips of singer-guitarist Luke Chapman performing for a test of the new Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 shotgun microphones. The mics switch during the video (as indicated on screen) and, from time-to-time, the HC-22 is combined with a fig 8 AKG CK94 so that the shotgun mic forms the mid mic of a mid-side stereo pair. This test is part of a wider testing and review on my blog, for...

Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 microphone test - dialogue

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Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 microphone test - dialogue

Просмотров 1,3 тыс.2 года назад

Using excerpts from Christopher Sainton-Clark's one-act play 'My Other Half', read by the writer, the new Rycote HC-15 and HC-22 microphones are put through their paces on the stage of Sheringham Little Theatre. This test is part of a wider testing and review on my blog, for which see: drbadphil.com/rycotes-first-microphones-review-and-tests-of-the-hc-15-and-hc-22-shotgun-mics Recording and cam...

Of All The Sounds - behind the scenes - My RØDE Reel 2021

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Of All The Sounds - behind the scenes - My RØDE Reel 2021

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This is the behind-the-scenes film for my entry to the 'My RØDE Reel 2021' short film competition. A drama in which a young woman receives an unexpected package with an odd request... The competition requires a behind-the-scenes film showing use of a RØDE product: no problem as I have been using their mics and related gear for years! Of All The Sounds short film: ruclips.net/video/IEOZxuOVYXY/в...

Of All The Sounds - short film - My RØDE Reel 2021

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Of All The Sounds - short film - My RØDE Reel 2021

Просмотров 7512 года назад

My entry to the 'My RØDE Reel 2021' short film competition. A drama in which a young woman receives an unexpected package with an odd request... Behind the scenes: ruclips.net/video/hz2yt7jIF70/видео.html Camera, sound and editing: Roland B Harris Best boy grip and gaffer: Rob Moore Camera assistant: Christopher Sainton-Clark Cast: Woman: Daisy den Engelse Man: Christopher Sainton-Clark Thank y...

Waste My Time - Lucy Grubb: live acoustic version

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Waste My Time - Lucy Grubb: live acoustic version

Просмотров 913 года назад

Sound recording, and filming and editing by Roland B. Harris. Recorded in a summerhouse, this is a live acoustic version of 'Waste My Time' by Lucy Grubb, accompanied by two of her band members on guitars: the studio version - with the full band - is available on her new EP 'Waste My Time' released on June 4th, and with my official music video ruclips.net/video/rZxbFMKQ2qk/видео.html Written an...