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RECORDING October 2021 Contents
Reviews
10 Tech 21: Bass Fly Rig v2
A great-sounding, portable and comprehensive
bass front end
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
22 Soundware Showcase: Spitfire
Audio Originals Jangle Box Piano
Two pianos in one, straight from inside Abbey Road
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
58 Teegarden Audio:
PPC-125 MD Condenser Microphone
A great-sounding medium-diaphragm pencil
condenser, hand-made in Nashville
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
60 Hit'n'Mix: RipX DeepAudio
Remix, fix, tweak and liberate your mixed stereo
audio files
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
Interview
34 Zeppelin Design Labs:
Cortado MkIII Contact Microphone
Get creative with this cool contact microphone
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
40 Plugin Outlet: Slate Digital
FG-2A and Custom Opto
The original classic optical compressor,
modeled and expanded
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
42 Morton Microphones:
KickTone Microphone
Looking for a bold, clear kick drum tone? Stick
this in your porthole!
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
48 L-Acoustics: L-ISA Studio
Plan, pan, and immerse yourself in spatial audio
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY
24 Closer to GWAR: Recording and
remixing the masters of the Slave Pit,
with Ronan Chris Murphy, Pustulus
Maximus and the Berserker Blöthar
Music-wielding alien overlords? The gods that
the gods of metal worship? Runaways from
a demonic traveling circus? GWAR has been
crafting hardcore metal-fused mayhem for
over thirty years and running. Meet producer/
engineer Ronan Chris Murphy, who takes us
behind the intergalactic curtain to tell us how
he recorded, mixed and mastered The Blood
of Gods and remixed the classic Scumdogs of
the Universe. Plus, we get cozy with Pustulus
Maximus and the Berserker Blöthar!
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
Features
50 KEMPER: PROFILER Head
The vanguard of amp modeling, and you can
roll your own
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY
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12 A Family of Microphones
Compared: The Shure Unidyne...
or, The SM57 & Friends
In the latest installment of A Family of...
Compared, we consider ten past and future
classic dynamic microphones from Shure-it all
centers around the iconic SM57.
BY PAUL VNUK JR.
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44 Inside the Studio with Mark
Hornsby: Nothing but the Mic
This month, Mark walks us through recording a
song using just a single DPA 4011 microphone
and a two-channel Universal Audio Apollo Twin
to tackle a full set of drums, vocals and guitar,
complete with downloadable session files.
36 Session Log: The AngelHeaded
Hipster, Part 10: Bass and Percussion
In Part 10 of our year-long look into the making
of The AngelHeaded Hipster, engineer Marc
Urselli gives us the lowdown on the bass
players and percussionists who lent their talent
to this Marc Bolan / T. Rex tribute album, and
how he captured their magic.
BY MARC URSELLI
54 Inside the Box with Joe Albano:
Compression in the Box
Last month Joe looked at EQ plugins. This month
he continues the journey, digging into compressor
plugins from the best in classic hardware
emulation to the latest in modern features.
62 Thirty-Five
Years of RECORDING
How better to celebrate
our 35th Anniversary than
looking back at some vintage quotes from the
first decade of RECORDING.
COMPILED BY BRENT HEINTZ, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Regulars
6 Fade In
70 Advertiser Index
72 Fade Out: The Right Mic for You!
Which mic should I get?
GUEST EDITORIAL BY AARON TRUMM
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Fade In
Tech 21: Bass Fly Rig v2
A Family of Microphones Compared: The Shure Unidyne... or, The SM57 & Friends
Soundware Showcase: Spitfire Audio Originals Jangle Box Piano
Closer to GWAR: Recording and remixing the masters of the Slave Pit, with Ronan Chris Murphy, Pustulus Maximus and the Berserker Blöthar
Zeppelin Design Labs: Cortado MkIII Contact Microphone
Session Log: The AngelHeaded Hipster, Part 10: Bass and Percussion
Plugin Outlet: Slate Digital FG-2A and Custom Opto
Morton Microphones: KickTone Microphone
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Nothing but the Mic
L-Acoustics: L-ISA Studio
KEMPER: PROFILER Head
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Compression in the Box
Teegarden Audio: PPC-125 MD Condenser Microphone
Hit’n’Mix: RipX DeepAudio
Thirty-Five Years of RECORDING
Fade Out: The Right Mic for You!
Recording - October 2021 - Intro
Recording - October 2021 - Cover1
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Recording - October 2021 - Tech 21: Bass Fly Rig v2
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Recording - October 2021 - A Family of Microphones Compared: The Shure Unidyne... or, The SM57 & Friends
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Recording - October 2021 - Soundware Showcase: Spitfire Audio Originals Jangle Box Piano
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Recording - October 2021 - Closer to GWAR: Recording and remixing the masters of the Slave Pit, with Ronan Chris Murphy, Pustulus Maximus and the Berserker Blöthar
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Recording - October 2021 - Zeppelin Design Labs: Cortado MkIII Contact Microphone
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Recording - October 2021 - Session Log: The AngelHeaded Hipster, Part 10: Bass and Percussion
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Recording - October 2021 - Plugin Outlet: Slate Digital FG-2A and Custom Opto
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Recording - October 2021 - Morton Microphones: KickTone Microphone
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Recording - October 2021 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Nothing but the Mic
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Recording - October 2021 - L-Acoustics: L-ISA Studio
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Recording - October 2021 - KEMPER: PROFILER Head
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Recording - October 2021 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Compression in the Box
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Recording - October 2021 - Teegarden Audio: PPC-125 MD Condenser Microphone
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Recording - October 2021 - Hit’n’Mix: RipX DeepAudio
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Recording - October 2021 - Thirty-Five Years of RECORDING
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