Jack Johnson vocal chain on "Broken"

[enroper]

Hi Guys..

Hopefully I don't get slammed for asking this question

Anyway, I'm really a big fan of the vocals on the song "Broken" by Jack Johnson. It's on the album "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George".

In this song, the vocals are nice and rich, and it sounds like he is pretty much right on top of the mic. To my untrained ears I would say he's so close it sounds like he's using some sort of dynamic mic. But I'm probably wrong.

Anybody have any idea what could of possibly been used to get that particular vocal sound?

[jude]

wow, didnt expect to see the name jack johnson come up on these forums.

will email him and see if he remembers. will post back

[kats]

I seem to remember either the engineer or his friend posting here that they used the 1176 12:1 trick, Attack 6 release 7 and like 10 - 15 dB GR.

[sedohr]

Originally Posted by jude

wow, didnt expect to see the name jack johnson come up on these forums.

will email him and see if he remembers. will post back

What! Why? The guy is awesome. And the guitar sound and the vocal sound is terrific. I would really want to hear details about the recordings. I've used his songs as a reference for both mixing and producing.

Kalli

[enroper]

Originally Posted by sedohr

What! Why? The guy is awesome. And the guitar sound and the vocal sound is terrific. I would really want to hear details about the recordings. I've used his songs as a reference for both mixing and producing.

Kalli

Exactly, say what you want about the lyrics/style of music, I can handle it ( I'm personally a big fan ). But you have to at least admit a lot of his stuff is just beautifully recorded.

[bluegrasser]

I think he's got a nice intimate sound. But not so intimate that I feel like I need a shower afterwards.........

[enroper]

Originally Posted by kats

I seem to remember either the engineer or his friend posting here that they used the 1176 12:1 trick, Attack 6 release 7 and like 10 - 15 dB GR.

This is probably a very, very long shot, but do you think this trick would work on a low end compressor ? such as maybe a freeware compressor plugin...

...ok stop laughing

[bryancook]

Originally Posted by enroper

Hi Guys..

Hopefully I don't get slammed for asking this question

Anyway, I'm really a big fan of the vocals on the song "Broken" by Jack Johnson. It's on the album "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George".

In this song, the vocals are nice and rich, and it sounds like he is pretty much right on top of the mic. To my untrained ears I would say he's so close it sounds like he's using some sort of dynamic mic. But I'm probably wrong.

Anybody have any idea what could of possibly been used to get that particular vocal sound?

Todd Burke engineered and/or mixed .... Todd is a great person. toddburke.com

[Acoustic Cloud]

Originally Posted by enroper

Hi Guys..

Hopefully I don't get slammed for asking this question

Anyway, I'm really a big fan of the vocals on the song "Broken" by Jack Johnson. It's on the album "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George".

In this song, the vocals are nice and rich, and it sounds like he is pretty much right on top of the mic. To my untrained ears I would say he's so close it sounds like he's using some sort of dynamic mic. But I'm probably wrong.

Anybody have any idea what could of possibly been used to get that particular vocal sound?

I love that CD. My woman bought it for me my last birthday. The sound quality is about the best I have heard for that style. JJ isnt a mountain of chops, but he uses what he has better than most!

[teachingking]

JJ's vocals are always so fricken smooth. I too would be interested in the chain.

[enroper]

Well, I looked it up, and the album I was referring to was produced/mixed by Robert Carranza. Anybody know him? If so, can you ask?

[scifijedi]

jack recorded his latest record in an eco-friendly studio so they probably didn't even use microphones,,,they used like gilligan's coconut phones or can telephones...that are ecofriendly.....not a dynamic though......he sings to soft......great for the right ldc...

[bobdaspit]

Carranza tells it like it is here

[sedohr]

Thanks.
Nice to have Carranza on board. Would have been nice if he'd sticked around for a little while longer, though. We need to know more.

Kalli

[macleodgrant]

Originally Posted by sedohr

Thanks.
Nice to have Carranza on board. Would have been nice if he'd sticked around for a little while longer, though. We need to know more.

Kalli

send him a PM or email him using GS

i'm interested to hear more too. i love jack's stuff, i don't care if other people don't agree. i just wish that if people didn't like a band/artist that they would just stay out of the thread and not spoil it for everyone else

[amd]

Originally Posted by enroper

Hi Guys..

Hopefully I don't get slammed for asking this question

Anyway, I'm really a big fan of the vocals on the song "Broken" by Jack Johnson. It's on the album "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George".

In this song, the vocals are nice and rich, and it sounds like he is pretty much right on top of the mic. To my untrained ears I would say he's so close it sounds like he's using some sort of dynamic mic. But I'm probably wrong.

Anybody have any idea what could of possibly been used to get that particular vocal sound?

There is nothing wrong with asking about vocal chains, people do it all the time in the hip hop forum.

[ology]

????? wow what a bunch of F*()(*)^^&kin snobs....grow up. Its' only music people...not a fashion show!

[yotonic]

He sounds great here on a Manley Gold.

Manley Laboratories, Inc.