Inspired by Norman Petty and Sam Phillips, studio owner Dean Amos has lovingly built a perfect recreation of a 1950s recording studio — right down to the dimensions of the pegboard! We eavesdrop on a session at Sugar Ray’s Vintage Recording Studio to find out why it’s still valid to record an entire band to tape, with one microphone. Sound Engineer Lincoln Grounds and the band reveal the challenges they faced when recording this way.

In this experiment rockabilly band Race With The Devil record in a variety of vintage styles. Starting with only a single microphone in the live room, more microphones are added throughout the session. Compared to modern multitrack recordings, we see the differences and challenges faced in recording music the way they did back in the 1950s.

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00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Initial Thoughts On The Studio Space
02:25 - Single Microphone Set-up
03:45 - Dean Amos: Sugar Ray’s Studio
05:36 - Single Microphone Recording
09:12 - Recording With 2 Microphones
10:48 - Vintage Studio Hardware
17:17 - Using 3 Microphones
18:14 - Vintage Microphones
21:38 - Recording With 4 Microphones
24:29 - Importance Of Performance Ability
28:33 - Artist’s Thoughts On The Studio Environment
29:39 - Lincoln Grounds’ Final Thoughts
34:24 - Future Of Vintage-Style Recording

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