MXL V77 on female vocals

[mrface2112]

I've been talking about posting a tune i recorded with the V77 on female vocals. this is the girlfriend of the harmonica player in my band.

check out

cheers,
wade

 

[Harvey Gerst]

Here's another female singer using a V77. This is an improvised track we did after the main session was finished. She asked if anyone knew "Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor". The keyboard player said "what key?", and I hit record.
The singer is the great Barbara Dane.

The recording chain is a V77 (no pop filter) straight into the board (no EQ) to A Tascam DA-38 Digital Recorder. I added some reverb later. Sax was a Shure SM7.

Make Me A Pallet mp3







BTW, Barbara was 74 years old when we cut this in 2001. And I wound up using the V77 after the RCA 77DX I first tried didn't sound right on her voice.

 

[Cosmic]

Harvey,

Barbara sounds awesome, both vocally and technically; that's torch singing for you. Is this one available for download anywhere, by any chance?

Best,
CC

 

[Harvey Gerst]

Unfortunately no, not yet. I've been dragging my feet on the project. But the live show I did of her 40 years ago is finally available on her web site.