How to Use a Two-Track Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder

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Oh behalf of Expert Village, Kurt Glaser, KGB Studios Seattle. Let's continue now with our sessions on how to use a 2-track reel to reel tape recorder. Alright, welcome to our discussion on microphones. If you're plugging directly into the 2-track reel to reel you'll, for live recording, you'll need a microphone collection. There are three basic types of microphones. You have a uni-directional for the sound basically comes in directly into the front of the microphone face here. It just goes directly in. It's called the uni-directional, one meaning uni of course. We have an omni pattern, which is more circular, it's a more circular pattern. So you have a real straight line type of configuration, sounds going right in. Then you have a more circular pattern where the sound is coming in in an omni or in a multi-directional type and that's an omni-directional microphone. And the third one that is used is a heart-shaped, and this is an example, a good example of a heart-shaped microphone here. This Sennheiser. So let's go through these microphones right now. Go into them in a little bit more detail so you understand. They're all using a XLR-type three pin connector. But they all use a three pin connector on them and you'll want to use that for connecting the microphone up to the reel to reel. On one side of course, we've talked about that in a previous webcast. We have the connection there and it goes straight in, usually there is a locking mechanism that locks the connector in place. This is an old Electro Voice microphone used in the broadcast industry really, literally decades now. It's a 635. It's a great microphone, great for vocals and almost an all around great microphone. We have a little more low-end sound type, what I use for vocals a lot in the studio here at KGB Studios. This is the omni-directional used a lot for that. Very warm sounding. a little brighter, a little more dynamic for vocals and such and, especially in drums, I'll use this cardioid directional microphone, which is a great old Sennheiser 421. I highly recommend it, you'll pay a lot of money for these guys now. I got mine back in the 80s. This guy is in excellent shape. It's never been dropped and I highly recommend using that for drums as well as for vocals. It's a great mic.

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