need HELP - recording of sax and trumpet

[musicsound-2]

need HELP !

during next weekend I have to record a sax and a trumpet (swing music) the first time in my life.
Unfortunately I don´t have a seperate recording room and it will be quite difficult to get real control over the tone during tracking. Also intensive testing and trials might be difficult. Therefore I need to do it the first time right.

Which preamp do you choose ?
- Voxbox
- Portico 5032
- BG2
- Earthworks

Which microphone do you take:
- Brauner VMA (the cleaner VM1 or the more Vintage A mode ?)
- Neumann U 87

What is the usual place and distance for a brass mike ?


Please advise !

[MIKEHARRIS]

R 122.....PORTICO

[davedarling]

are you recording the trump and sax together, or seperately ? are you going to stack these two guys ?

I would go Brauner (vint) through the Portico, or Earthworks.

As a general rule (meant to be broken by the way) 18 inches or so away from where the sound comes out. A little farther if your room sounds good...a little closer if you like '70s cop show themes.

good luck - dave darling

[musicsound-2]

I intend to record them individually to have a better control afterwards - also flexibility of panning.

Oh, I am not so good in calculating in inches - do you know maybe 18 inches are how many cm ?


I wonder that yourself but also Mikeharris did not recommend the only tube preamp (voxbox) I have. Somehow I thought, that a tubeamp might be preferred.