In the Mix Track List and Recording Notes ROYERS IN
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Royer - In The Mix Track List and Recording Notes ROYERS IN THE MIX 1) Introduction 2) Stephen Bruton “Bigger Wheel” (Anderson, Bruton) Recorded & mixed by Ross Hogarth. Produced by Ross Hogarth and Stephen Bruton. Drums, Resonator Guitar, Harmonica. a) Mix b) Mono Drum room: R-121 five ft in front of kit, 3 1/2 ft high, compressed with Chandler EMI. c) Resonator guitar: R-122 in front, with a U-67 over the shoulder. d) Harmonica: Shure Green Bullet mic on harmonica to tweed Vibrolux. R-121 on Vibrolux amp. All mics through Neve 8088 board preamps. Recorded to Pro Tools HD. Recorded at Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, CA, in 2005 3) Brian Setzer “Honey Man” (Adaptation of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) Producer, Dave Darling. Engineer, John Holbrook. Electric Guitars, Drums. a) Mix b) Guitar solo: Gretch 6120, Supro amp. R-121 8 inches back and centered on the speaker, and SM57 off axis, on the grill, 2 inches from cone center. Mic preamps: Neve 1066ís (SM57 fed into an 1176 limiter after the pre). c) Rhythm “thump” guitar: Gretch 6120, 59 Bassman amp. One R-121, 2 1/2 ft in front of the amp. Mic preamp: Neve 1066 Drum Overheads are two R-122’s into Martech preamps. Recorded to Pro Tools EXL. Band recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles CA. Guitars and vocals recorded at Flowers Studio, Minneapolis MN. 4) Jim Lauderdale “This Is the Last Time” (I’m Ever Going to Hurt) (Blackmon, Lauderdale) Produced, recorded and mixed by Randy Kohrs Dobro a) Mix b) Dobro miked with backward R-121 left position and Mojave Audio MA-200 right position, 8 inches from the guitar for depth. Both mics through V-72 Telefunken preamps, high passed at 128 (no other eq). Mild 2 to 1 compression with Kjaerhus Gold compressor. Recorded to Nuendo 3. c) Mix d) Dobro Recorded at Slack Key Studio, Nashville TN, on March 27, 2007. 5) Melissa Etheridge “Mercy” (Etheridge, Taylor) Produced, recorded and mixed by Ross Hogarth Electric Guitars & Drums. a) Mix b) Electric Guitars: one guitar miked with R-121 and SM-57 blended. Wah-wha guitar miked with R-121 on single 1-12 cabinet. Both mics to Neve 1073 preamps. c) Mono Drum room: R-121 five ft in front of kit, 3 1/2 ft high, to Neve 1073 pre and compressed with Chandler EMI. Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, CA, in 2003. 6) Matchbox Twenty in concert “Push” (Matt Serletic, Rob Thomas) Recorded & mixed by FOH Engineer Jim Ebdon Live Electric Guitars: a) Mix (rough concert mix for Royer demonstration purposes) b) Electric Guitars: four cabinets (two cabs per guitarist) miked with R-121 Live mics into Digico preamps, via coax into Euphonix MADI converter into Digi192 Pro Tools. Recorded flat, no compression. Recorded at Melbourne Entertainment Center, Australia, April 24, 2008. 7) Keith Urban “I Told You So” (Keith Urban) FOH Engineer: Steve Law, Monitor Engineer: Jason Spence Drummer: Chris McHugh Live Drums. a) Partial live mix showcasing drums. b) Drum Overhead: SF-24 Live over kit, to Yamaha PM1D to Pro Tools. Clocked using Apogee Big Ben @ 48K. Recorded live at the Gwinnett Center, Gwinnett, GA. April 2008 8) Stephen Bruton “Treasured Wounds” (Barber, Bruton) Recorded & mixed by Ross Hogarth. Produced by Ross Hogarth and Stephen Bruton. B-3 & Electric Guitar. a) Mix b) B-3: SF-24 two ft in front of Leslie to Great River MP-2NV preamp. c) Electric Guitar: R-121 on tweed Vibrolux, to Neve 8088 board pre to 1176 compressor. Recorded to Pro Tools HD. Recorded at Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, CA. 2005 9) Coal Chamber “Rowboat” (Casey, Daniels, French). Produced, engineered and mixed by Ross Hogarth Electric Guitars & Drums. a) Mix b) Electric Guitars: R-121, SM-57 and 421 clustered on one 4X12 cabinet speaker. R-121 to V72 Telefunken tube pre, SM-57 and 421 to Trident console preamps. c) Drum rooms: R-121 & Coles 4038 blended. Coles 2 ft back from kit, 121 five ft back from kit. Both mics to Trident console preamps, to Chandler EMI compressor. Recorded to ProTools at 48K. Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA, in 2001. 10) Kings X “Free” (Kings X) Produced, engineered & mixed by Michel Wagener. Electric Guitars. a) Mix b) Electric Guitar: two R-121s on a Randall 4-12 stereo guitar cabinet. c) Electric Guitar: two R-121s on a Randall 4-12 stereo guitar cabinet and an 121 three inches from a Randall RM-20 small combo amp. All R-121s into Chandler TG2, TG Channel, and Germanium preamps. All preamps mixed to one bus, to Crane Song HEDD, to Euphonix AM713 A/D converter. Recorded to Steinberg Nuendo Recorded at Wireworld Studio, Nashville, TN, January/February 2007 11) Sonny Landreth “Wind In Denver” (Sonny Landreth) Engineer: Tony Daigle Live Electric Guitar. a) Live club mix. b) R-121 (close miked) & KM185 (at 3 ft) on a Dumble Overdrive Special amp. c) The R-121 in b alone. d) The KM185 in b alone. e) R-121 & 421 (both close miked) on Matchless DC30 amp. f) All four microphones combined (R-121 & KM185 on Dumble and R-121 & 421 on Matchless). Neve, UREI, API, Manley, Amek and PreSonus preamps. Recorded to Otari RADAR system with Nyquist converters. Recorded live at Grant Street Dancehall, Lafayette LA, Spring 2005 Special thanks to Dave Klausner 12) Calexico “Falling From Sleeves” (Burns, Convertino) Recorded and mixed by Craig Schumacher Cello & Acoustic Guitar. a) Mix b) Acoustic Guitar: R-122V aimed where the acoustic guitar neck joins the body. Rotated slightly so the null point was pointed at the sound hole to cut down on bass. c) Cello: R-122V looking down at the cello F hole above the bridge, 10 inches away. All mics to True Systems preamps. Recorded to Pro Tools Recorded at Wavelab Studio, Tucson, AZ. September 2007 13) Devotchka “Transliterator” (Devotchka, Urata) Recorded and mixed by Craig Schumacher Violin and String Section. a) Mix b) Stereo pair of R-122Vs over a violin c) String Section: Stereo pair of R-122Vs over a string section. R-122Vs into True Systems preamp, no compression or EQ, and recorded to Pro Tools. Recorded at Wavelab, Tucson, AZ, July 2007 14) Jamie Laval & Ashley Broder “The Bridge of Cally” (Jamie Laval) Engineer: Jay Manneschmidt Violin & Mandolin. a) Mix b) Mandolin on Left: SF-24 (left channel only) 12 inches from mandolin, pointed at the 12th fret. Violin on Right: R-122V 22 inches away from violin, slightly above the strings and 45 degrees left of center from the "F" holes. Both mics through Gordon preamps, into Lavry Gold A/D converters and recorded into Sequoia/Samplitude at 88.2 KHz. No EQ used. Instruments recorded live, within 6 ft of each other, with separation achieved by using micís null points. Recorded at Jay Manneschmidt’s private studio, Knoxville, TN. April 2008 15) String Quartet - Microphone comparisons. Engineer: Ron Searles Strings, mic comparison. A cluster of one SF-24, two R-122's, two R-122V's, and two Schoeps CMC6-U’s (set for omni) were set up 6 ft high and about 8 ft back from a string quartet. All mics fed into Universal Audio 8110 preamps. Recorded flat with no EQ or compression to ProTools at 96K. a) Single SF-24 b) Pair of R-122s c) Pair of R-122Vs d) Pair of Schoeps CMC6-Us Recorded in CBC Studios, Toronto, Canada, February 2007 Special thanks to Dave Dysart, HHB Canada. 16) Holly Cole “Waters of March” (Jobim) Recorded and Mixed by George Seara. Record Label: Alert Music / Koch Piano & Acoustic Guitar. a) Mix b) Piano: SF-24 at the curve of the piano pointed towards the middle. (In the mix the engineer added two U-87s close and spaced low and high over the strings. 70% SF-24, 30% U-87 used in the final mix.) API 212L mic preamps into Apogee AD16 A/D converter. c) Acoustic Guitar: R-122 on the neck. (In the mix the engineer added a Calrec 1050C on the body). DW Fearn VT-2 mic preamps into UA 2192 A/D converter. R-122 on electric guitar. Recorded at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Canada, August 2006 17) Allen Toussaint “That’s My Home” (Sydney Robin) Recorded and mixed by Kevin Killen. Producer: Joe Henry Piano & Upright Bass. a) Mix. b) Piano: SF-24 positioned at the edge of the piano lid, middle of the piano. Mic into Neve 8088 console preamps. 1 dB boost at 16K using Millennia NSEQ-2 stereo equalizer in tube setting. c) Upright Bass: R-122V on upright bass into Neve 8088 console preamps. 1/2 dB boost at 12K using a Pultec EQP-1A, and 1 dB compression. Recorded to ProTools. Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY, March 2008 18) Gordon Goodwin “Backrow Politics” (Gordon Goodwin) Recorded and mixed by Tommy Vicari Brass. a) Mix b) Trumpet solo: R-121 on soloist. c) Mix. d) Brass & Sax Section: Eight R-121s on trumpets & trombones, and SF-24 room mic. e) Brass & Sax Section: SF-24 room mic. All Royer mics through Millennia HV-3D preamps. SF-24 room mic through HV-3D preamp to GML EQ with 3 dB boost at 10K. Recorded to Pro Tools HD. Recorded at Bill Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, CA, in 2008 19) Dirty Dozen Brass Band “What’s Going On” (Benson, Cleveland, Gaye) Recorded and mixed by Clint Bennett. Produced by Anthony Marinelli & Shawn Amos. Trumpet, Trombone, Electric Guitar a) Mix b) Trumpet & Trombone: R-121 on trumpet and R-122 on trombone.