Yeah!
This is the 246 I recently put the capstan belt on, talking about preserving analog!
1) Piano was mic'd with (2) TASCAM ME-20 condenser mics. They were mounted on boom stands and inserted into piano thru top and pointed down, with one over C 2 octaves below Middle C & one over C 2 octaves above Middle C.
2) Vocal was mic'd with one side of a TASCAM ME-210 stereo mic. I think that's the number, anyway. Mounted on boom stand for piano position.
3) Drums were mic'd with (1) Shure BG 5.0 condenser mic, which was backed up about 5'~6' away from the drums.
4) Bass was DI plus close mic for snap using the Shure BG 5.0 again. When I use DI guitars or basses, I'll always use a close mic to supplement. That's my rule of the road. I cannot tell a lie, the bass track was done on the 244, as I'd been transporting the tape back and forth for tracking and proofing. Got a little lazy with the tape swap and just popped the bass track on using the 244. No big diff. 244 and 246 are about 8' away from each other in different rooms. One's on the monitor and one's not. I just swap the tape over to get a quick listen, and so it goes.
Piano and vocal tracks were laid down live-to-tape, then drums and bass were overdubbed.
The mix is piano hard left, bass hard right with drums and vocals dead center. Also, there's the requisite bleed between vocal and piano mics done live, which enhances stereo spread. Bass seems subtle, but it's nearly seamlessly tucked in unison with the piano track, sitting on the right holding the bottom, thus giving a full and wide stereo sound to the overall track,... or so I say (as YMMV). However, if it were not true, it would not sound that way. I don't usually use an ultimate hard L/hard R panning for stuff, but for this track it works.
I did the final mixdown to my HP ol'puter thru the std powered soundcard. I had to play with the mixer output and soundcard input levels to get it right. This soundcard seems to have a soft knee limiter that won't let you redline no matter what the setting. It's not the usual computer I mastered my previous few projects on. On the other ol'puter I might get a slightly better dynamic range or can ride the song a bit hotter, but I'm not sure. Doing another mix on the other 'puter is TBD. I'm happy with this mix though, and I've gone to press with it!
I just remembered, PSYCH Y'ALL,...
I mixed this project down entirely on the 244! Tracked mostly on the 246 and mixed on the 244. The sound is excellent on both. Get both. I rest my case.
Thanx!
PS: I didn't use efx or EQ, 'cept a little high end on bass DI. That's my natural sound live to tape, baby!