Music director Bill Sherman and engineer Tyler Hartman use AEA R44CX and R88 ribbon microphones during recording sessions for Sesame Street, according to information released by AEA.
The program records an eight-piece live band at Studio G in Brooklyn, New York. Sherman said the production can record 30 to 40 musical cues in a week, moving between rhythm-section, horn and woodwind sessions on a compressed schedule.
Hartman uses an R44CX with a condenser microphone on upright bass. A second R44CX is positioned in front of the drum kit and blended with the overhead microphones. For horn sessions, R44CX microphones are used on trumpet and trombone, while an R88 stereo ribbon is positioned farther into the room to capture the ensemble.
The application gives recording-equipment dealers a practical example of ribbon microphones being used across bass, drums, brass and room pickup within one recurring production. It also illustrates how customers may combine ribbon and condenser microphones rather than treating the two designs as competing choices.
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