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Stef Classens 2015 – 2016

Album production for Stef Classens at Moon Music Studios in 2015: drums, bass, guitar, keys, pedal steel and vocals, mixed by Wessel Oltheten.

In 2015 Stef Classens recorded an album at Moon Music Studios. Drums were played by Nicky Hustinx in January and Willem van Bokhoven in June, recorded with Telefunken U47, Coles 4038 and AKG D19. Sophie van Schaik recorded bass through an Ampeg SVT Classic and Bassman 100 with a Royer R121. Guitar went through a Meyer Brighton 45, Marble Amp and Vox AC50. Keys and pedal steel followed, and in September vocals on a new vintage Neumann M49. Wessel Oltheten mixed in October 2015. The original posts follow below.

2015 – 2016AlbumNeumann M4910 posts

2015

9 posts

Stef Classens, 14 January 2015Stef Classens, 14 January 2015Stef Classens, 14 January 2015

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Stef Classens, 14 January 2015Stef Classens, 14 January 2015Stef Classens, 14 January 2015
Stef Classens - Recording drums, 28 January 2015Stef Classens - Recording drums, 28 January 2015Stef Classens - Recording drums, 28 January 2015

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Stef Classens - Recording drums

Recording drums with Nicky Hustinx Overheads / Telefunken U47 (vintage tube mics) Mono Head / Coles 4038 (ribbon mic) Mono Head / AKG (D19) Tom / Coles 4038 (ribbon mic) Floor Tom / Coles…

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Recording drums with Nicky Hustinx

Overheads / Telefunken U47 (vintage tube mics)

Mono Head / Coles 4038 (ribbon mic)

Mono Head / AKG (D19)

Tom / Coles 4038 (ribbon mic)

Floor Tom / Coles 4038 (ribbon mic)

Snare / Sennheiser 441

Kick / Akg D25

Preamps / API 3124 mb +

Stef Classens - Recording Bass, 13 February 2015

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Stef Classens - Recording Bass

Amp Ampeg SVT Classic Mic r121 ribbon mic Amp Bassman 100 Mic r121 ribbon mic Bass Hofner v62 bass / Fender Jazzbass

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Amp Ampeg SVT Classic Mic r121 ribbon mic

Amp Bassman 100 Mic r121 ribbon mic

Bass Hofner v62 bass / Fender Jazzbass

Stef Classens - Recording drums, 17 June 2015Stef Classens - Recording drums, 17 June 2015Stef Classens - Recording drums, 17 June 2015

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Stef Classens - Recording drums

Recording drums with Willem van Bokhoven Overheads / Coles 4038 Ambience / Telefunken U47 Toms/ sennheiser 441 Snare / Sennheiser 441 Kick / Akg D25 Preamps / Studer 169

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Recording drums with Willem van Bokhoven

Overheads / Coles 4038

Ambience / Telefunken U47

Toms/ sennheiser 441

Snare / Sennheiser 441

Kick / Akg D25

Preamps / Studer 169

Stef Classens - Recording drums, 17 June 2015
Mixing Blog: Stef Classens / Wessel Oltheten, 7 October 2015Mixing Blog: Stef Classens / Wessel Oltheten, 7 October 2015

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Mixing Blog: Stef Classens / Wessel Oltheten

Wessel Oltheten werkt als opname-, mix- en mastering-engineer. Hij mixt en mastert voornamelijk in zijn eigen Spoor 14-studio (http://www.wesseloltheten.nl/nl). Daarnaast doceert hij Studiotechnologie aan de HKU (http://www.hku.nl/web/show/id=52263)en schrijft hij maandelijks voor Interface Magazine (http://www.interface.nl/).

Stef Classens - Recording keys, 23 January 2015Stef Classens - Recording keys, 23 January 2015

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Stef Classens - Recording keys

Stef Classens - Recording guitar, 4 February 2015Stef Classens - Recording guitar, 4 February 2015Stef Classens - Recording guitar, 4 February 2015

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Stef Classens - Recording guitar

Recording guitar: Meyer Brighton Brighton-45 / Marble Amp /Vox AC50 Mic Royer R121 (ribbon mic), Sennheiser md441, Telefunken u47 (vintage tube mic)

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Recording guitar:

Meyer Brighton Brighton-45 / Marble Amp /Vox AC50

Mic Royer R121 (ribbon mic), Sennheiser md441, Telefunken u47 (vintage tube mic)

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Stef Classens - Pedal Steel

Neumann M49 (Vintage Tube Mic), 5 September 2015Neumann M49 (Vintage Tube Mic), 5 September 2015

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Neumann M49 (Vintage Tube Mic)

Vandaag zang opgenomen met Stef Classens met mijn nieuwe Vintage Neumann M49 ;). Wat een sound!! The Neumann M49 was a multipattern large-diaphragm tube microphone with an important new innovation: the mic’s pickup pattern…

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Vandaag zang opgenomen met Stef Classens met mijn nieuwe Vintage Neumann M49 ;). Wat een sound!!

The Neumann M49 was a multipattern large-diaphragm tube microphone with an important new innovation: the mic’s pickup pattern could be adjusted remotely, by a dial on the power supply.

Another new innovation was that the mic maintained nearly equal sensitivity and output level across patterns — unlike the U-47, for example, which was 5dB hotter in Cardioid than Omni.

Maintaining output level required a change in the polarization voltage circuitry. Whereas the U-47’s circuit would disconnect the capsule’s rear diaphragm in Cardioid mode, in the M 49 both diaphragms were always polarized — the front at a constant 60Vdc, and the rear from 0Vdc to 120Vdc. When set to Cardioid, the rear diaphragm polarization voltage was 0Vdc.

Read more: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Neumann/M-49#ixzz3kt34nqQl

2016

1 posts

Stef Classens, 25 June 2016Stef Classens, 25 June 2016Stef Classens, 25 June 2016

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