Entry 1
Hey
everybody, I’m back after a short break. We did some preperations for the
upcoming studio sessions. I’ve already told you about the production of a new
record which has now started. We want to take you on the road with our studio
sessions, and present you different contributions according the project.
Besides the blog part, we’ll shoot also short videos, and do some picture stuff
on Facebook or Twitter. We hope you enjoy the insight into our new project.
Stay tuned for more posts!
Like the past
posts, I like to make in this post short reviews about our latest studio
additions. For the occasion of the new record, we bought two Shure SM27 and two
JBL LSR 308 active monitors. Let’s see how they perform.
Shure SM27
Before I
start, I have to mention that I didn’t try the beta-version of the 27. But as I
can imagine, they perform just a little bit more precise than the SM-version
does. Now, the great thing about the SM27 is that you can use it for different operating
conditions, like for vocal recording, as overheads, or a cab-mic, and so on. It’s
specialty to me, is the freedom you have with this mic to do everything. You
even can use the mic to produce self-made reverb. As a condenser mic, it
absorbs noise linear though you can adjust a three different kinds of low-pass-filters
(linear / steep slope on 80Hz / moderate slope (rolloff). In addition you can
pad the for -15dB.
For our
project, we use the mic as overheads, as a cab-mic, for acoustic guitars, and also
for vocals with pilot-tracks. For the live-use, we intend to apply the mics for
Gilles’ drum as overheads. In sum, this mic is an all-rounder you shouldn’t
miss out to have in your equipment.
JBL LSR 308
As I
remember correctly myself, I once posted a list for future studio acquisitions
for the band. On this list, I put Yamaha MSP Series as studio monitors. We
decided to purchase the JBL LSR 308. But why?
Actually,
there is no particular reason we decided to work with JBL. There are so many
great monitors out there that in the end, it only matters what kind of sound
you are used to, and further, what kind of sound does your monitor produce. I
started to work in another studio with the JBL LSR 303 models. Their sound
convinced me totally. It is a solid processed monitor, which guarantees a great
adaption to the room’s acoustic you’re in. With two switches you are able to adapt
high- and low-frequencies in a range of +/- 2 dB each. Same for the LSR 308.
The monitor itself has a 56W D class amp for high tones and deep tones with a 1”
tweeter and a 8” woofer. Besides the fact, that I’m already used to its sound,
for our heavy metal sounds it is important to have wide range of frequencies
also for high-frequencies as well for low-frequencies. Because I like to work a
lot with 40Hz frequencies, it was important to have a gear which generates that
without having losses there.
Of course,
we can only evaluate validly the monitors after the recording sessions are
done. If there were some terrible issues with the monitors, we would review
again this post.
For the upcoming entry, I intend to give you an insight into our mic-set up for the
recording session.
Keep on
rocking.
Enjoy
Seasplash!
