JAZZ session on Monday, need some ideas...

[Matt GrahamParticipant]

Jazz trio, drums, bass, piano. Will be recording with my mobile rig in a room with 8'ceiling approx 14' X 18'.

MICS: 2 Focusrite MP8r's for 16 channels so I'm covered there. Mics I have to choose from my locker are 2 u87s, 3 - C414 BULS mics, 2 Sennheiser 421's, 1 Royer 121 ,6 SM57s, 1 SM7b, AKD D112, AEA R84, Apex 325.

So for the drums I thought U87s XY, Royer121 Ride, R84 out front in phase with overheads for a mono picture. No close mic on any of the drums. I expect the overall picture will come from the u87s.

I'm a rock guy, straight up. TOTALLY Guessing here, any advice for me?

Cheers gang!

Matty

[Matt GrahamParticipant]

Or maybe R84 MONO above the drummer, U87s as room mics if the room sounds decent. I forgot to say that set up time is restricted and I won't have a lot of time to experiment.

[Joerg StaggeParticipant]

for Kick a D112 for snare 2 sm57 to booto phased , toms sennheiser overheads 3 direction to snare all same length u87 front of drum 1m a 414s for bass di box and live mic a d112 piano 414XLii or u87 center middle

[Matt GrahamParticipant]

Yeah for the drums its a bit too ROCK for me. I'm trying to record a relaxed open sound. The piano is electric. The bass is a 5 string electric.

[Matt GrahamParticipant]

So it went well in terms of micing and what I captured.
Tamara wanted to record her session with the trio then track vocals after the guys left. She is seated at my “control room” using my talk back mic as a scratch vocal while they recorded their sections. Later she sang along live to the prerecorded material for a quick video shoot for her to eventually use on her website. She and the Trio both want to use the session for self promotion. I am doing this work for her for free. The trio enjoyed their experience and want to hire me to record a live show!!! I’m pretty stoked!!

Currently in the process of setting up a skype session with warren to go over the raw audio tracks Inhave and develop a plan of attack. Also, our good friend at PLAP, Lem, is helping me out behind the scenes. Can’t wait to get this out to you all for critique. Being a rock guy at heart, this is challenging. I have started listening to Bill Evans material for some reference and to get my ears tuned to what the guys are after. Wish me luck!!!!

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