John Blevins 4/4/12 Session Announcement

It hasn’t been easy, but I finally managed to snag John Blevins to come in for the VO (voice-over) session cancelled early in the semester.

John will bring his own material to voice, and will probably provide various beds on CD.

He will bring his own mic, a ShinyBox 46MXC.

Although you may think this session will be easy, it actually requires a lot of setup and care. After all, a naked voice reveals faults in the recording chain or technique instantly. The voice has no cover, so to speak. So it has to be perfect.

It also has to be perfect because John is a perfectionist. He is also very demanding. Let me stress that for this session to go smoothly, we must have everything set up and the basic sound worked-out before he arrives at 7:30.  I have seen John walk out on sessions, and I don’t want that to happen again.

Chain:

·      John’s ShinyBox 46MXC RIBBON->Cloud->VTC->DSR (opto)

·      Vin’s Nady RIBBON->Cloud->VTC->DSR (opto)

·      EV RE-20-> Cloud->Daking

Here’s the concept: Both ribbons are the main pickup. We will use only one, but record both. We can’t combine those because of phase cancellation.  Remember, the ribbons need a significant cut in the 360Hz band.  And a bit of HF boost. Do that at the Vintecs.

The RE 20 is a chest cage mic. We will point it at his back, kind of between the shoulder blades, close proximity, to get chest low frequency sound. Think of it as a Subkick for the voice. In PT, we will probably insert a low pass filter and a Waves “Maxxbass” plug-in on that channel.

There will be a stereo track to record CD elements.

Another thing, John makes various demands for accommodations at sessions. When I find out what they are, I will do my best to fulfill them. At this point I do not know what they are.

I would like Osato to Engineer this. But we need to start no later than 5. Seriously. Please check in here with a roll call so I know what the personnel will be and when. Volunteers for Second please.   

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