Gary Faller Engineering: Installations

Photo below: Phil Flanigan approves of the take. Photo below right: Drum mics,DPA 4090 omni was used on bass drum. Drum underheads were DPA 4004 and the overhead mics on DPA AB Stereo bar were DPA 4041s not pictured.

Photo at right of mic preamp pile in control room. The Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5042 Line Amp/TapeFX was used after the Clarinet DPA 4012 and DPA 4061 body mic preamp out in the studio. The guitar amplifier mic a DPA 4090 and guitar instrument mic a DPA 4011 were fed into the Aphex 230 mic preamps. The piano low and high DPA 4011 mics were fed into the Aphex 1788. The bass DPA 4021 and DPA IMK 4061 were fed into the Focusrite ISA 220s. Not pictured here are the DPA HMA5000, DPA HMA 4000, DPA 2812, and Crainsong mic preamps. The mic pres were out in the studio or in the drum/vibe iso rooms. Note this cd was encoded with SRS Circle Surround during the mixdown. Simply plop this cd into your DVD player and you will be able to decode the surround information. See other session photos below.

Allan Vache: With Benny in Mind Arbors Jazz Records ARCD 19338 recorded March 28 and 29,2006 at Lone Pine Studios, Orlando, Florida. Gary was the tracking recording engineer along with Michael Hurley and Gary Baldassari. The setup was similar to the Allred/Gordon Head to Head cd with the drums and vibes in the isolation rooms, the rest of the musicians were setup in the large main room with minimum baffles. No console mic preamps were used in the recording process. All high voltaage 130v mic preamps,discreet class A , and others went direct into the digital multitrack first. The output of the digital multitrack fed the console for control room monitor mix and for reference cds only. The MX2424 multitrack was then shipped to Audio Images in Bradenton Fl. for the mix where Alan Vache,Charlie Bertini,Gary Baldassari and Mike Badalamenti put the final touches on this great sounding cd. Please see the below session photographs and descriptions i.e. mic preamp pile.

Photo at left of Alan Vache in the pocket. The DPA 4012 was fed in the Forsell preamp on the floor along with the DPA miniature body mic was fed into a Crainsong Spider which is difficult to see in the photo. The remaining 4012 was scrapped at the start of the session but was left on the stand, the body mic and single DPA4012 reproduced a silky smooth clarinet sound without the second 4012. (less is better)

Photo at left of Vibe mics which are 2 DPA 4016 mics ORTF into a DPA HMA5000 preamp. Piano mics pictured below right consist of a rare Gold DPA 4040 omni where both the transistor and tube preamps were used. Piano high and lows mics are DPA 4011. Executive Producers : Mat and Rachel Domber Produced by : Allan Vache and Charlie Bertini www.arborsrecords.com

Allan Vache : Clarinet Christian Tamburr: Vibes Vincent Corrao: Guitar John Sheridan : Piano Phil Flanigan : Bass Ed Metz Jr.: Drums