Joyce placed Derek Trucks (dobro/electric guitar) in a lively sounding bathroom hallway, close mic’d with a Royer 121 for warmth along with a distantly positioned Neumann SM-69 stereo tube mic to capture the bright, reflective nature of the hallway. I talked with producer Jay Joyce, who tracked/engineered the record along with engineer Jason Hall, to hear more about how they did it. Live-tracking an entire band certainly has it’s challenges, as musicians risk overplaying, and technically, a good sound may be hard to achieve with bleed everywhere. It’s a masterclass in balance, all-the-more impressive given it was live-tracked in the same acoustic space, with only a couple of solo overdubs. The combination of great musical performances and wonderful transient, rhythmic and tonal sonic qualities are why this mix is one of my top go-to reference mixes when evaluating the acoustical properties of a playback medium or listening space.
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