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Main Forums => Recording, Pickups, Live Sound, etc. => Topic started by: skyline on February 23, 2016, 09:11:49 AM

Title: Tony Visconti - how he recorded Bowie's Heroes
Post by: skyline on February 23, 2016, 09:11:49 AM
Youtube:  The recording of David Bowie's 'Heroes' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1iutsWnho)
Title: Re: Tony Visconti - how he recorded Bowie's Heroes
Post by: eded on February 23, 2016, 09:34:57 AM
Quote from: skyline on February 23, 2016, 09:11:49 AM
Visconti/Bowie = Martin/Beatles

The recording of David Bowie's 'Heroes' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1iutsWnho)

I saw this on Facebook...  brilliant!

Ed
Title: Re: Tony Visconti - how he recorded Bowie's Heroes
Post by: skyline on February 23, 2016, 09:44:30 AM
Quote from: eded on February 23, 2016, 09:34:57 AM
I saw this on Facebook...  brilliant!

Ed

You hear a recording hundreds of times and then...

The Glenn Gould approach on the vocal mic placement is particularly interesting - few artists engage technology at that level. An early alternate use of side-chaining . . .
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