http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg

the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

david

CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS MIC

Group: rec.audio.pro Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2003, 3:02pm (EST-3) From:
(David=A0Kakon)
http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg
the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left
anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?
david

Same mic as in the top right picture. I think it's an Electro-Voice
because of the cut out on the side.

Eric

"David Kakon" wrote in message
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anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album.

Muddy Waters.

Is that Willie Dixon behind Muddy, on bass?

Scott Fraser

ScotFraser wrote:
Is that Willie Dixon behind Muddy, on bass?

Scott Fraser

The mic is an EV 666. It's actually in the stand with
what is normally the up side facing down. You can see
that little bump which is the circular port.

That is indeed Willie Dixon on bass.


JN

"David Kakon" wrote in message
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http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg

the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

david

Could it be the front end of an EV666? It looks like the old Chess studios.
That's Willie Dixon playing bass.

Steve King

Definitely an EV 666.

They sound great on some voices.

An old radio and tv standby.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:44:46 GMT, "Steve King"
(Take our WORMBLOCK to reply) wrote:

"David Kakon" wrote in message
. com...
http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg

the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

david

Could it be the front end of an EV666? It looks like the old Chess studios.
That's Willie Dixon playing bass.

Steve King


Mike Cleaver Broadcast Services
Voice-overs, Newscaster, Engineering and Consulting
Vancouver, BC, Canada

??, I know who it is, there are many muddy water cuts that dont sound
like this. Im generally impressed by the chess mid 60's sound (the
kenny burell stuff is outstanding!)

just curious as to any info I can get on what they used to capture the
sound of muddy waters playing.

thanks




"Ricky W. Hunt" wrote:
anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album.

Muddy Waters.

thanks

david



Mike Cleaver wrote in message . ..
Definitely an EV 666.

They sound great on some voices.

An old radio and tv standby.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:44:46 GMT, "Steve King"
(Take our WORMBLOCK to reply) wrote:

"David Kakon" wrote in message
. com...
http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg

the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

david

Could it be the front end of an EV666? It looks like the old Chess studios.
That's Willie Dixon playing bass.

Steve King


Mike Cleaver Broadcast Services
Voice-overs, Newscaster, Engineering and Consulting
Vancouver, BC, Canada

In article ,
David Kakon wrote:
http://www.imagewiz.net/images/sataylor/1201.jpg

the one muddy waters is singing into at the bottom left

I don't have any graphics here, but from the rest of this thread, I assume
that you are talking about the cover of the old Muddy Waters Folk Singer LP
on Chess. If so, the mike on the cover was a 666, which was sort of the
mike you used when you didn't have the money for anything really good, but
had more than the 664. It was a nice little dynamic. It's still a handy
mike to have around since it's a dynamic without a big presence peak.

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

I always remembered the Chess stuff in that era as sounding pretty crude.
A lot of their early stuff seemed to have been done on non-feedback cutters,
even. If it sounds good, it's probably mostly because Muddy Waters was
so good in the first place.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

A friend of mine was doing some research for a book he was writing on
Little Walter, and during an interview with Malcolm Chisholm(who was a
poster to this newgroup till the idiots ran him off and he has since
passed on) one of the Chess engineers. Malcolm told him that his first
job at Universal Studios was to make direct boxes using large UTC
transformers which they would alligator clip to the speaker leads.
Apparently they DI'd all the guitars and harmonicas. The ambience from
the amps would also be picked up in the vocal mic's and drum mics
somewhat leaving a very clean but natural sound. Most of the better
sounding Chess records stuff was actually recorded at Universal, not
Chess, it took the Chess studio's quite a bit of time to get it together
and get a decent sound.

BTW-Muddy would have sounded like that through any mic, he had that
sound even when I would just be talking to him.



Twist Turner
http://tinyurl.com/ul70

anyone know specifically was used to get the sound of this beautiful
album. i figure a few ribbon mics and some tube pres...?

I always remembered the Chess stuff in that era as sounding pretty crude.
A lot of their early stuff seemed to have been done on non-feedback cutters,
even. If it sounds good, it's probably mostly because Muddy Waters was
so good in the first place.

The graphic shows the "Original Master Recordings" remaster of the disc, from
the original tapes. Beat the pants off the original Chess pressings.

Peace,
Paul

give FOLK SINGER a listen, its really great

thanks
david

I always remembered the Chess stuff in that era as sounding pretty crude.
A lot of their early stuff seemed to have been done on non-feedback cutters,
even. If it sounds good, it's probably mostly because Muddy Waters was
so good in the first place.
--scott

Is that book available?

-Pete Pollack


In article ,
says...
A friend of mine was doing some research for a book he was writing on
Little Walter, and during an interview with Malcolm Chisholm(who was a
poster to this newgroup till the idiots ran him off and he has since
passed on) one of the Chess engineers. Malcolm told him that his first
job at Universal Studios was to make direct boxes using large UTC
transformers which they would alligator clip to the speaker leads.
Apparently they DI'd all the guitars and harmonicas. The ambience from
the amps would also be picked up in the vocal mic's and drum mics
somewhat leaving a very clean but natural sound. Most of the better
sounding Chess records stuff was actually recorded at Universal, not
Chess, it took the Chess studio's quite a bit of time to get it together
and get a decent sound.

BTW-Muddy would have sounded like that through any mic, he had that
sound even when I would just be talking to him.



Twist Turner
http://tinyurl.com/ul70