by Mr. Marty » Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:06 am
After a discussion wiht Dane about flutes I started down a road about single mic recordings.
This does not concern single person performance per se but recording two or more artists...at once.
Consider some of the recoredngs of my era. Many vocals were recorded at once often on one mic.
Crosby Stills and Nash come to mind.
Recording a performance with all parties present and playing/singing at once is the only way to get the
interactions between the players in response to the music being played. This is why the harmonies
of CSN were so successful. They could hear and react the harmonies as they sang. That and they were very good
and were a once in a lifetime pairing.
Anyway, here is a link to a David Rawlings recording "Cumberland Gap",
all on a single mic. Note the D'Anglico guitar Rawlings is playing.
After a discussion wiht Dane about flutes I started down a road about single mic recordings.
This does not concern single person performance per se but recording two or more artists...at once.
Consider some of the recoredngs of my era. Many vocals were recorded at once often on one mic.
Crosby Stills and Nash come to mind.
Recording a performance with all parties present and playing/singing at once is the only way to get the
interactions between the players in response to the music being played. This is why the harmonies
of CSN were so successful. They could hear and react the harmonies as they sang. That and they were very good
and were a once in a lifetime pairing.
Anyway, here is a link to a David Rawlings recording "Cumberland Gap",
all on a single mic. Note the D'Anglico guitar Rawlings is playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPQcPvobOo