So, I keep forgetting to take pictures during the sessions.
I'm too busy!
So instead here is a picture of my young Tomato plants.
Every respectable Home Studio should have a Tomato garden.
Another really great session last night.
Adrian D'Aguilar came to put Bass tracks on 2 of Peters songs.
Fantastic ! As usual.
The first was a Reggae song. Adrian used his lovely 5 string Musicman bass guitar. We ran it direct into the front of the API micpre with no compression. It sounds really nice and punchy.
The second was a gorgeous mellow song that Adrian used his Double Bass on. He used the bow. It was incredible! If you have never heard a double bass live and close I highly recommend it. Its a beautiful, sad, huge sound that seems to cut right through you. Very powerful instrument.
I miked it differently this time. Usually I use a large diaphragm dynamic at the F-hole (Heil PR-40) and a small diaphragm condenser up the neck facing the body. This time I only used one mic. I put my Rode Classic 2 large diaphragm tube condenser directly in front of the middle of the body abou 2 1/2 feet away. Adrian is always commenting on how nice the room sounds with his double bass and I wanted to catch some of that sound. So I set the mic pattern between Omni and Cardioid. The results are unbelievable! I caught just the right amount of the room and the bass was just perfect. I am going to be trying the Rode Classic 2 on more sources, it really sounds great.
All in all it was a great evening.
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