Do you ever play a "guess the signal chain it was recorded with" game while mixing?

Jules · 22nd September 2005

Do you ever think,

I BET that vocal was a U67 into a LA2a!

or

That's an API pre on the snare or I am a monkey's uncle!

Michael Brauer · 22nd September 2005

Funny you should ask. A couple months ago, I was mixing a record for Dashboard Confessional that Daniel Lanois produced. On one particular song I was just doing a MAI(stands for match and improve, pronounced "may I" clever aren't I?, please.) and I couldn't get the vocal matched. So after a bit of listening I heard the sound of the 1176 . I put it in the chain and voila. I called his engineer, Adam, and he confirmed that it was mixed with an 1176 with the same settings I had. That's about it for that kind of stuff. I've been away from recording for so long that I wouldn't have a clue what's being used anymore.

Hay Jules? how'd you know my nephew was a Monkey? That was a family secret for years....oh yah, that's right, you saw me in the Folds video.

22nd September 2005	#1
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Joined: Apr 2002 Location: A Yank in London, UK Posts: 17,808 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Do you ever play a "guess the signal chain it was recorded with" game while mixing? Do you ever think, I BET that vocal was a U67 into a LA2a! or That's an API pre on the snare or I am a monkey's uncle! __________________ Jules Add your reviews to the new reviews area! Gearslutz on Facebook Follow my GS picks on Twitter

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22nd September 2005	#2
Michael Brauer Past Guest Moderator Joined: Sep 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 222	Funny you should ask. A couple months ago, I was mixing a record for Dashboard Confessional that Daniel Lanois produced. On one particular song I was just doing a MAI(stands for match and improve, pronounced "may I" clever aren't I?, please.) and I couldn't get the vocal matched. So after a bit of listening I heard the sound of the 1176 . I put it in the chain and voila. I called his engineer, Adam, and he confirmed that it was mixed with an 1176 with the same settings I had. That's about it for that kind of stuff. I've been away from recording for so long that I wouldn't have a clue what's being used anymore. Hay Jules? how'd you know my nephew was a Monkey? That was a family secret for years....oh yah, that's right, you saw me in the Folds video.