Gearslutz.com - View Single Post - Sinatra's Vocal Chain
View Single Post
Old 19th March 2010   #143
chris319
Lives for gear
 
Joined: Jun 2007
Location: West Hollywood, USA
Posts: 1,492

Here is my question: Was there any discussion of the difference between the crystalline sound of the Neumann condensers used at Capitol vs. the warmer, smoother sound of Frank's 546 or even 44s and 77s? I have listened to recordings of Mr. Sinatra with their clean, pure sound and wondered how those recordings would sound if he were on a little more "ragged" sounding mic such as a ribbon. Nowadays I'm curious how he would sound on one of the Beyerdynamic ribbons which can be handheld in a live performance venue.

And you can't mention Nelson Riddle's beautiful arrangements without also mentioning Billy May.
chris319 is offline   Reply With Quote