Recorded December 5, 2002

Produced by Dan Richards
Engineered by Rob Gainer, Bruce Bailey, Dan Richards, Seth Funderburk

Recorded and Edited at Sea Note Recording Studios
Sponsored by Digital Pro Sound

Brian McKenzie, electric guitar
Don Thomas, vocals

Special thanks to:
Craig Dunsmore - Red5 Audio
John Hardy - John Hardy Co.
Jesse Hoff
Alan Hyatt - PMI Audio
Belinda Lee - SE Electronics
Dan Kennedy - Great River
Shaun Leveque - Phoenix Audio (UK)
Brian McKenzie - Owner, Lazy I Studios
Vince Poulos - Speck Electronics
Paul Wolff - API Audio


Session Notes: Session 2 was approached differently after the unexpected success of Session 1. We'd gotten a lot of good feedback and some constructive criticism — most notably on needing to tighten up the consistency of the performances and audio levels. We feel we've done that. Also, since Session 1 had been acoustic guitar and female vocals, we thought we'd bring something different to the plate. TLS contributor Jesse Holms showed up with a stunning 1952 Goldtop Les Paul and a vintage Fender Deluxe amp and Lazy I Studio owner Brian McKenzie did the honors. We open this session with some rock guitar — also thinking it was time to let the Phoenix Audio DRS-2, Neve 33122, Great River and API's breathe a little. Have a listen.

For the vocals, we asked Don Thomas, who nailed take after take. We decided this time to use a public-domain composition, and quickly settled on "Amazing Grace". What you'll hear in the first set of takes are different microphones. We ran them all through the John Hardy M-1 to provide consistency. Finally, to audition the mic preamps, we settled on using the AKG 414 B-ULS and the Audio-Technica 4050.

We also kept careful track of gain settings and other notes during the session — which are included in the table for Session 2. The signal chain for these recordings:

MIC---MIC PREAMP---RADAR II---APOGEE ROSETTA---COOL EDIT PRO

The mics used for the preamp tests with the guitar amp included:
Shure SM57 3" from cone
Beyer M160 6" from cone
Audio-Technica AT4050 10' out from cabinet
Studio Projects C1 10' out from cabinet

We hope you enjoy Session 2 and find it as enlightening as we did. — DR

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Mic Beyer 160 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Studio Projects C1   Beyer 160 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Beyer 160 Shure SM57 Audio-Technica 4050 Studio Projects C1 Studio Projects TB1 Red5 Audio RV15 Red5 Audio RV8 Vintage RCA 77DX Neumann TLM103 Audio-Technica 4047SV SE Electronics Z3300 SE Electronics SE3600 Studio Projects B3 Studio Projects C1 Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS Audio-Technica 4050 AKG 414 B-ULS

Mic Preamp Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1   Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-2 Great River MP-2 Great River MP-2 Great River MP-2 Brent Averill Neve 33122A Brent Averill Neve 33122A Brent Averill Neve 33122A Brent Averill Neve 33122A API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 HHB Radius 40 HHB Radius 40 HHB Radius 40 HHB Radius 40 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 John Hardy M-1 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Speck MicPre 5.0 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-1NV Great River MP-2 Great River MP-2 Brent Averill Neve 33122A Brent Averill Neve 33122A API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 API 3124 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 HHB Radius 40 HHB Radius 40

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Gain & Set-up Notes 41 db Solid State 41 db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 41 db Solid State 41 db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 41 db Solid State 41 db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 31 db Solid State 31 db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 30 db Transformer   30 db Transformerless 30 db Transformer 30 db Transformerless 35 db Transformer       25 db Transformer       35 db 33 db 36 db 27 db 35 db - Output @ -2 30 db - Output @ +2 35 db - Output @ +2 25 db 34 db 32 db 36 db 24 db 45 db 40 db - Output @ +1 45 db - Output @ +2 35 db - Output @ +2 5 db - stock '99 2520 op-amp 0 db - stock '99 2520 op-amp 10 o'clock - stock '99 2520 opamp 12 o'clock w/ Pad - stock '99 2520 op-amp 8 o'clock - vintage 2520 op-amp O db - vintage 2520 op-amp 1O o'clock - vintage 2520 op-amp 12 o'clock w/ Pad - vintage 2520 op-amp 45 db 40 db 50 db - Output @ -2 40 db - Output @ -2 11 o'clock tad under 11 o'clock 1 o'clock tad under 11 o'clock 10 o'clock 10 o'clock tad under 12 o'clock 10 o'clock 30db 34db 35db 56db - on High Gain 35db 36db 36db 36db 36db 36db 44db - on High Gain 40db - on High Gain 45db Transformer 45db Transformerless 40db Transformer 40db Transformerless 50db Solid State   50db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 45db Solid State   45db Tube Blend @ 12 o'clock 50db - Output @ -1db 40db - Output @ +2 52db 42db 60db 55db - Output @ -2 2 o'clock - stock '99 2520 op-amp 10 o'clock - stock '99 2520 op-amp 11 o'clock - vintage 2520 op-amp 10 o'clock - vintage 2520 op-amp 60db 55db @ 11 o'clock 55db 45db 55db 43db

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