Another day of live tracking at Gold Coast Recorders. Vocal chain working great: Neumann U47 fet into Neve console pre into (gentle) distessor; vocalist needs to be pretty tight on the mic due to the drums, Hammond, and Super Reverb live in the room with her. Behind the U47 is a Turner U99 dynamic amplified by one of my Altec 1566 -based mic preamps. The perfect pairing of hi-fi & pristine / dirty and lowdown. If you have ever thought about building your own vacuum-tube mic preamp, the Altec 1566 is a great place to start. Here’s where I first learned about them. The 1566 is not a very clean preamp, but wow they sound great for drum fronts, toughening up acoustic gtr, etc. We have 3 of them at GCR and they get a lot of use. I recommend Edcor transformers for the output and power; Jensen 115 for input.
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