Cool recording with Django's microphone

Jon

Don't know if you guys have already heard this, but check out Christophe Lartilleux's two youtube recordings with Selmer 634 and (apparently) the same mic Django used to record with - Melodion Melodynamic 75a (a French mic, a few of which are sometimes available on the French eBay site, in varying states of repair/functionality).

Pretty cool, and very, very close to THE sound. It helps that he's a great player too





Jon

Svanis1337

Great! All that's left now is the extremely important band placement around that one microphone and then press it onto a vintage 78rpm.

Of course what mic Django used depended on the studio.

Barengero

Fapy Lafertin recorded his CD "Hungaria" with a vintage ribbon microphone from about 1938. If you like that sound, you should check this CD.

Best,
Barengero

Svanis1337

The second one is really believable! (Since it's mono) All it needs is some noise. To be honest though, the rhythm guitars still sound weird on the second. Probably because it was recorded stereo and converted mono. (By mistake apparently, but a good mistake i'd say!) If someone spent some time with noise generators and messing about with the recording in digital audio workstations (fixing the rhythm guitar problem first) you could nail it exactly! I'd do it myself but first... The rhythm guitars need to be fixed!

Jeff Moore

Beyond the beauty of the recording method, Christophe's style is the most amazing resurrection of the style imaginable. That playful lilt and the ability to follow an idea to its illogical conclusion is just superb!

anthon_74

Someone NEEDS to make a series of play along recordings with this mic set up ! Wow, it sounds like those old recordings but with less hiss in the background. I love it. More please !

Anthony