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Bono

A perfect example of this strategy was the session I did with U2-my first time recording Bono. To be prepared, I did some research on how Bono records. The only
instruction I was given ahead of time by Hal was that Bono wanted to try to sing into
two microphones set to different recording levels (like they used to do in the old days),
so that was plan A. In my research, however, I'd started hearing that Bono usually
uses a Shure SM58 in the control room, which is a great vocal microphone by all
accounts, but I didn't expect I'd ever be using it in a studio, let alone in the control
room. I feared he might ask for all of these mics to be in the control room, so the 58
would be my plan C. Plan B would be the middle ground: have Bono in a booth with
the option of headphones and small speakers placed in the null point of the polar
pattern. In the vocal booth, I set up two of my favorite condenser microphones, a JZ
Black Hole BH1s and a Neumann U 47, plus a Shure SM7B that would be my safety
mic in case he wanted to use speakers and there would be too much bleed. All of the
mics were patched into an SSL 4K G+ console with Burl converters.

Bono singing into a JZ BlackHole BH1s and
Neumann U 47 at Piety Studio over SSL console

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with a new microphone that I might not yet know well and want to try out. I might also
set up a different-sounding microphone that will give me an alternate color. When
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording - February 2021

No label
Fade In
New Gear! The 2021 NAMM Roundup
Crafting Sonic Stories in The Room, with Ricky Reed
Neumann V 402 Dual Channel Microphone Preamplifier
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Vocal Repair
Warm Audio WA-67 Tube Condenser Microphone
Kludge Audio 511 Germanium Preamplifier
Josephson C705 Studio Microphone
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: The ABCs of BGVs
Aston Microphones Element active moving coil microphone
TZ Audio Products: Stellar X3 Large Capsule Condenser Microphone
PIO: Gauge Precision Instruments LUSH VOX Para Comp + Plugin
Oktava MK-115 / MK-117 large diaphragm cardioid condenser microphones
Session Log: The Angelheaded Hipster Part 2: Lead Vocals
Readers’ Tracks
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Recording - February 2021 - Neumann V 402 Dual Channel Microphone Preamplifier
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Recording - February 2021 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Vocal Repair
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Recording - February 2021 - Warm Audio WA-67 Tube Condenser Microphone
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Recording - February 2021 - Kludge Audio 511 Germanium Preamplifier
Recording - February 2021 - 41
Recording - February 2021 - Josephson C705 Studio Microphone
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Recording - February 2021 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: The ABCs of BGVs
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Recording - February 2021 - Aston Microphones Element active moving coil microphone
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Recording - February 2021 - TZ Audio Products: Stellar X3 Large Capsule Condenser Microphone
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Recording - February 2021 - PIO: Gauge Precision Instruments LUSH VOX Para Comp + Plugin
Recording - February 2021 - 55
Recording - February 2021 - Oktava MK-115 / MK-117 large diaphragm cardioid condenser microphones
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Recording - February 2021 - Session Log: The Angelheaded Hipster Part 2: Lead Vocals
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