I've recorded a ton of Mellotrons over three decades. My favorite results were when I recorded a DI, and send the other feed to a PA, stereo mic'd in a great sounding room. The PA was loud enough to get the room moving, but not loud enough to allow the ambience to get too crazy. We did a couple of passes, and blended the two signals in the mix. The key to making this work was to record the drums in the same room. The integrity of the room sounds between the drum room mics, and the tron PA mics was spectacular.
If I were to do the same setup today, I'd probably m/s the mics.
I'm a pretty busy mix engineer, and do a fair amount of production work, so feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions. I'd love to help a fellow Tron fan!
Jim Blair
Ape Island Sound
Nanaimo BC
Canada
ceratos@shaw.ca
At 11:53 PM 3/1/2012, you wrote:
Taking this moment to rave a bit. Bit excited right now.
Tomorrow afternoon (or your equivalent, I'm in California) my band we're starting to record. Hoping to get an EP out of it, but we do have to do it all ourselves. We've all dabbled a bit with recording and such, but to get a quality product this is going to be taxing!
There are four tracks slated to be smeared with mellotron. (Or rather samples on my laptop. And no, in the mix I can't tell the diff.) Most tracks to be smeared with gobs of clonewheel Hammond. (And VB3 is so good, I can't tell the diff in isolation!) Maybe toss in some mandolin (real) and harmonium (again fake, cuz antique stores are exspensive) if those tunes are rehearsed enough. Lots of real flute. Should be good times.
Is there anyone willing to give audio engineer type advice either on or off list? We'll probably need it at several points. Thanks!
-Sean
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