Ukulele, Bass, & Drums - Roswell Virtual Showroom (Ep 7)

Ukulele, bass, and drums -- not a traditional trio, but it works so well! Abe Lagrimas, Jr is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with nine solo records and three ukulele instructional books to his credit. Gary Wicks is an accomplished touring musician and educator. Together they tracked a trio version of Abe's song "Can't Wait No More," with Abe on drums and ukulele and Gary on bass.

0:00 Timer
7:05 Intro Ukulele Solo
8:10 Welcome
11:01 Introducing the artists, Abe Lagrimas Jr and Gary Wicks
14:31 Session setup
15:28 Drum mic review
16:12 Bass rig review
16:58 Bass/drum stem playback
17:55 Hear the Colares on bass cab (no EQ)
18:57 Abe's mic choice for ukulele
19:39 Hear the Delphos II on ukulele (solo)
20:16 Hear the Mini K47 on ukulele (solo)
21:55 Hear the Delphos II on uke (with band)
26:56 Low-frequency, ukulele vs kick
29:58 Compare the Delphos II vs Mini K47 (with band)
36:00 Abe's take on mic choice
36:59 You can't add body via EQ
38:10 Meet Abe's ukuleles
38:57 Hear the Ohana koa ukulele via Delphos II
39:28 Hear the Ohana koa ukulele via Mini K47
40:30 Hear the Delphos II on Koa ukulele (with band)
43:50 Hear the Mini K47 on Koa ukulele (with band)
45:20 Sonic Diversity
46:43 Mini K47 circuit description
50:45 Introducing bassist Gary Wicks
57:37 Outro music (solo uke)

We livestreamed the recording session, focusing on the uke. We talked about all the microphone choices on drums, bass, and ukulele, and compared two mics on each of two ukuleles (which sound completely different).

Session co-host Charlie Waymire (Ultimate Studios, LA) shares his deep knowledge of mic choice, voicing, and placement, and how those interact with the source instrument and the mix. Roswell founder and mic designer Matt McGlynn contributes some insight into the mic design.

Input list:
- Bass: Roswell Pro Audio Colares, no pad, no HPF, 5 inches from grille
- Overheads: Roswell Delphos II, in Cardioid
- Kick: Roswell Mini K47 KD
- Snare: MicParts Snare Mic (2 mics, top and bottom)
- Toms: MicParts S-25
- HH mic: MicParts SDC-84
- Ride mic: MicParts SDC-84
- Ukulele: Mini K47 and Delphos II (Cardioid)

The bass DI track was recorded, but not used in the session.

Audio manipulation:
- Toms: mild EQ, -2dB @ 350-450Hz
- Kick out: added EQ in lows
- Ukulele mics: reverb
- No other EQ was used. No compression on the mics (although mild bus compression was added for the stream). No effects.

Preamps: Trident console, transformerless inputs.

We will be releasing two music videos created during this session; stay tuned to the Roswell Pro Audio channel on Youtube.

Learn more about Roswell Pro Audio microphones at https://RoswellProAudio.com/

See Ultimate Studios, Inc at https://ultimatestudiosinc.com/

Check out Abe's and Gary's musical projects at:
https://abelagrimasjr.com/
https://garywicks.com/

This is our seventh livestream from Ultimate Studios in Los Angeles. These events give you a center-console seat during a live recording session. Questions and comments about the gear and techniques will be answered in realtime by Matt McGlynn (founder of Roswell Pro Audio) and Charlie Waymire (owner of Ultimate Studios).

The first three episodes of this livestream series captured the full production of a song by Iron Point. We tracked guitars, percussion, drums, bass, and vocals, with the Roswell Mini K47 and K87 (plus a third mic for snare drum).

See Episode 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJRw63dS5Q#t=10m9s

Find all episodes in the "Virtual Showroom" playlist on Roswell Pro Audio's Youtube channel.

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