Secrets of Sonny Landreth Grant Street tone! Clips inside

[dogears]

http://royerlabs.com/insidethemix.html

Click on the Sonny Landreth section #11 in the gray box. Read the descriptions on the right and listen to the samples in the player.

You're welcome!

(I discovered these while looking for tips on mic placement for my R121)

[stelligan]

Love ribbon mics on guitar. Scott, I know that is a pricey mic - have you ever used a lesser ribbon? And how do you think they compare? I love my CAD Trion but, am considering jumping for a Royer when economics permits. Way worth it?

Thanks for the link!

P.S. Do you see that Royer as dead center or just left then twisted slightly of axis - parallel to cone?

[BobW]

Scott, thanks for the link.

Based on the Grant Street recordings, it gets muddy in a few spots but don't know if Sonny's on the Matchless or Dumble or both. Am not completely sold on the ribbon just yet or believe $$$ = best performance. To each his own, but I have excellent results using a combination of condenser and dymamic. ymmv.

[dogears]

Did you listen to the clips? There are samples of each mic and amp and then blended!

Scott, thanks for the link.

Based on the Grant Street recordings, it gets muddy in a few spots but don't know if Sonny's on the Matchless or Dumble or both. Am not completely sold on the ribbon just yet or believe $$$ = best performance. To each his own, but I have excellent results using a combination of condenser and dymamic. ymmv.

[BobW]

I listened to the clips, was just commenting on the overall Grant Street CD.

[angelodp]

Tone, killer clips. Thanks Scott.

[butwhatif]

I have a Royer, but one can get a great guitar sound out of just about any mic. Moving a mic 1/2" gets a whole new sound. Use your ears, not what someone tells you to do.

[crbowman]

Great! Now I've got to build a freakin' DC30.
Seriously though, great example of how mic's and placement have everything to do with great recorded tone. (Neve preamps don't hurt either)
Thanks Scott!

[butwhatif]

I use a Millenia preamp, or a Martech pre, and an 1176 if it's a clean sound, or generally no limiter if it's a distortion sound. No eq. Just move the mic until u find the sweet spot that works for your mix. Every situation's different. The Millenia has ribbon inputs which are dead quiet. Be careful w/a Royer as it will overload if the amp's too loud. It will take a lot though.