On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:50:06 +0300, "Iain M Churches"
wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Iain, it would help if you provided a reference when quoting - it's the
convention, as well as the polite thing to do.

Sorry Dave. Not intentional.

Valve mics in digital recording

Perhaps a fair percentage of recordings might involve the use of some
valve microphone. As a percentage of mics used in all recordings, it would
be small.

Neither of us can really what is going on outside our own recording
spheres with accuracy.

I had a message yesterday from a former colleague working at this moment
in LA ( I think the location is Royce Hall)
All mics on the sessions are valve. 47, 49,50, 56, 64

So, that's 100% for that project:-)))

I'm curious as to why you'd think anyone would have problem with that?
Microphones are part of the *performance*, they all have their own
sound, and any good studio keeps a good selection of quite different
mics, if only to flatter the poorer singers!

The need for utter neutrality comes *after* the recording has been
purchased by the end user - or don't you care that some valvie has
decided to alter the balnce you carefully crafted into the recording?
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering