Tenor Madness

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Rode NTA1 on the saxophone, Rode NTA1 on the front of the bass cab and a MXL 603S pointed at the port of the bass amp. Rode NTA1 and Studio Projects B1 as over heads, SM57 on the kick and an SM57 on snare.
 
Dead link for me...really wanted to hear it :confused:
 
TFunkadelic,
Really, I mean really, good recording & playing. Should've thrown in a quote at the beginning from Salt Peanuts for fun though as it had a real Be Bop feel at the kick off.
PS I bought the actual Funkadelic 2 CD pack of 45's recently. What a grand band to reference in your name.
Cheers
rayC
 
TFunkadelic said:
Rode NTA1 on the saxophone, Rode NTA1 on the front of the bass cab and a MXL 603S pointed at the port of the bass amp. Rode NTA1 and Studio Projects B1 as over heads, SM57 on the kick and an SM57 on snare.
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What else? Pres etc.
 
Thanks for the complements.

Pandamonk, everything was recorded throughthe pres on a Tascam FW-1884. Also, I just noticed I've been calling the Rode NT1A the NTA1, sorry about that. The bass amp I used was a friends Gallien Kruger, not sure the model. Mixing was done in Cubase LE.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking of sending it into this "up and coming youth jazz" radio program they have on saturdays here, and I'd like it to sound as good as possible.
 
TFunkadelic said:
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking of sending it into this "up and coming youth jazz" radio program they have on saturdays here, and I'd like it to sound as good as possible.
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The sax is a little dull in tone... be nice to have a little more air in its sound... hearing the articulations more and more of the breathy quality of the sax. I'd keep the bass somewhat de-emphasized in the mix as it's playing lines that are more in a repetitive 50's blues/rock style than what the sax and drummer are doing. The short verb on the sax is nice, I wouldn't change that.

Tim
 
Timothy Lawler said:
The sax is a little dull in tone... be nice to have a little more air in its sound... hearing the articulations more and more of the breathy quality of the sax. I'd keep the bass somewhat de-emphasized in the mix as it's playing lines that are more in a repetitive 50's blues/rock style than what the sax and drummer are doing. The short verb on the sax is nice, I wouldn't change that.

Tim
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I respectfully disagree. I am not a sax player, but as a listener, I love the tone. It is very smooth. You can turn it up loud without introducing harsh harmonic artifacts, or you can just keep it low and have it set the mood.

This mix is perfect. you can hear everything and nothing calls undue attention to itself. all one hears is the music, and none of the mix.
 
TFunkadelic, was the sax track compressed or EQ'd to reduce the highs, or is that its natural sound?

Tim
 
not compressed, a small amount of eq to reduce some "fatness" that made it a bit to thick sounding (a bit of the proximity effect going on). Other than that, it is natural.
 
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