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Reply With QuoteIt would be good if you could post this song? You're talking about something that's not there.
Come out come out wherever you are?
Mx. Remy Ann David
the killers, vocal signal chain, what is it? anyone know? I love the gain/compressed/flavor/color on the vocals on the whole album, mostly this song.
anyone have any inside info on this album? the breakup sounds like this mccurdy preamp that i have access to at my bigger facility I use, but every time I hear this song, I just love the grit they got.
It would be good if you could post this song? You're talking about something that's not there.
Come out come out wherever you are?
Mx. Remy Ann David
this version you can't hear as much of the detail of the grit on the vocals. and i'm aware there's delay on it. I'm interested in the grit.
http://youtu.be/4oaOQ1cQwt4
da moderAtor....proprietor of droolindoggrecords.com....everything in moderation including moderation...Pythagorean Number-Cult Acoustics Deriver #1158
Wow, can/ are you guys and gals actually able to hear what kind of mic and preamp someone is using in a mix?
No, not really. But given the level of the band and its very successful career its a safe bet to assume that everything being used is high end. If I was producing them I'd be all over that wooly clarity you get from an API and a very very clear rich sounding mic like a Brauner. Heck for all I know he could be singing into a 57 through an RNP. But I doubt it. To narrow the choice down, the OP should look up the studio it was recorded in and then look at their gear list. Might be a clue in there.
I don't know if anyone can tell you what vocal chain someone uses by listening to a YouTube video...(I guess it's possible to guess)....seems like waaay too many options to accurately determine something like that....Originally Posted by bobbo
The Killers (and TBH I've never heard them before) have recorded at Battle Born Studios based on interviews from Google...so look at the gear list for whatever studio they recorded the particular song your interested in...
Battle Born Studios, Las Vegas recording studio
Of course that doesn't tell you the exact chain used but it might give you some clues...
I would also like to say IMHO and not that it matters....I didn't hear anything spectacular in the vocal sound....just saying..
Davedog beat to the punchline!
Last edited by djmukilteo; 08-04-2011 at 10:19 AM. Reason: Dave's faster than I am
Good to know I'm not missing some astonishing ability there (smile) ... Looks like the dog gets a point for API. The studio link that djmukilteo gave up shows they are using API all over the place. I'm with djmukilteo vocal opinion as well but it suits the bands sound and that is what makes it all gel.
I've never used API gear and have a feeling I would love that wooly sound.
Cool, I'm not really trying to replicate it, just love how it came out, tons of color. And I love the tone and flavor of the whole album, had a very renowned engineer worked on it. So I didn't know if that person, or someone that knew of that session, had any knowledge of what was used. It was their first album, and I actually enjoy the tones and sounds more than their two later albums. I could look up the original studio, but who knows if they still have the same gear, I did do a wiki search of that album to see who worked on it. But last thing I want to do is creep around trying to contact some dude that worked on this years ago, to have a random guy ask the signal chain for one song, haha.
I really enjoy that "pushed" sound. I have a 512c, but never really get that pushed sound for vocals. My Purple biz, is the closest I can get to that type of sound, and it's pretty easy especially in dual mode.
Plus I like to put a signal chain in my head of what was used while I listen to it, a little nerdiness never hurt. Plus I want to talk less about "which mic is 'better', or what does this and that sound like" and someone doing a shootout to post online, is cool, but in reality, meaningless. I want to hear what was used on well known albums, albums I hear everyday, someone's buying all this expensive shit, why can't I know who? and what they used it on?
in a perfect world, every album should have a sheet, like on mercenary audio's site, for a session they filmed, wrote the signal path, what and why they chose what they did, even shared a trick for less bleed. and I was able to listen to it. What I listened to may have been the un mastered version, but still, it's an explanation of what was used, and why, and how it sounded for that band type, etc, you fill in the rest. Anyone else feel me? Reading the session info in the common recording magazines are tight, just wish there were more of them, or wish that the engineers that work on really large or famous projects, would lurk on these forums... hahaha obviously asking too much, but who knows, one may be lurking around.
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