Inspired by Norman Petty and Sam Phillips, studio owner Dean Amos has lovingly built a perfect recreation of a 1950s recording environment — right down to the dimensions of the pegboard! We eavesdrop on a session at Sugar Ray’s Vintage Recording Studio to find out why it’s still valid to record an entire band to tape, with one microphone. Sound Engineer Lincoln Grounds and the band reveal the challenges they faced when recording this way. What we discovered may surprise you...
See the interviews and session in the video above and download the recordings at
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/recording-50s-style
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Initial Thoughts On The Studio Space
2:25 - Single Microphone Set-up
3:45 - Dean Amos: Sugar Ray’s studio owner
5:36 - Single Microphone Recording
9:12 - Recording With 2 Microphones
10:48 - Vintage Studio Hardware
17:17 - Using 3 Microphones
18:14 - Vintage Microphones
21:38 - Recording With 4 Microphones
24:29 - Importance Of Performance Ability
28:33 - Artist’s Thoughts On The Studio Environment
29:39 - Lincoln Grounds’ Final Thoughts
34:24 - Future Of Vintage-Style Recording
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