How to Practice Low Range with James Markey 

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Thank you for watching and the kind comments! - Editor

He’s using the Get-A-Grip hand grip! I’ve been using it forever and it’s awesome!!

@@padwfriends5139 That's exactly it! Thanks for watching!

Our videographer is very dedicated and detailed to his craft! From Versilian Studios- “Audio Signal Flow: Samar VL373A stereo active ribbon (Blumlein), 1m distance. No processing aside from gain adjustments.” To be fair, James can make anything sound incredible. Thank you for your kind words and comment!

Editor: For the voice, I used a Microtech Gefell M310 (supercardioid SDC). It is boomed above his head about 1'/20cm above and slightly in front, just out of shot. Such mics, like the pricier but slightly more extended Sennheiser MKH 50 or Schoeps MK41/CMC6, are often preferred for interior dialog recording in film over shotgun mics, but are just as well at home in the studio as you suggest. The voice is usually quite processed, using an EQ, dynamic EQ (similar conceptually to multiband compressor), and a compressor/leveller to achieve the final sound. I start with an EQ (DMG Equilibrium) with a moderate air (12k-ish) boost and small LF (80-100 Hz) boost, both very broad/low Q, to shape the tone in a more pleasing way (the M310 is almost boringly flat/mid-focused otherwise). This is followed by a dynamic EQ (DMG Multiplicity) set up as a custom multi-band denoiser/gate, but also acting simultaneously as a de-esser. This reduces room/street noise, rumble, sibilance, and echo/'verb all in one go. Finally a tube-based vari-mu compressor plugin (Pulsar Mu) is used to level the dialog smoothly and transparently while adding some subtle pleasing saturation. The Samar VL373A used for performance bits is as mentioned previously totally unprocessed. It is tracked using a Zoom F8n Pro recorder at 48kHz, 32-bit float, to avoid the risk of clipping or improper levels. I have tried many other mics from almost every brand, ribbons and otherwise, on trombone but nothing seems quite as 'right' sounding as this one. It is a symmetrical ribbon which is unusually almost ruler flat from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The blumlein array (crossed figure-8's) is also very well adapted to recording solo instruments as the image is very precise across the entire frequency range with minimal phasing present.

Great questions! As for the dot, if we’re remembering correctly, it’s a flic smart button. The horn designing is a bit trickier and many brands have tried doing just that. Part of the trouble is creating a horn that has the best sound usually involves taking away unnecessary attachments on the horn. Another point could also be we’ve never seen this many players on such heavy instruments and designs are still catching up to accommodate! Again, great questions!

Newest update from Jim says it's number 19 - he said he's check one more time though!

Newest, newest update - Number 40! What a ride!

"Get-a-Grip" brand, as answered in a previous comment.

Thanks for your feedback! "Thaw" by Zach Olson is the Virtuosity theme song, used in all of our videos since 2018. While it primarily is used to bookend videos, it also serves as background music. Background music covers up any background sounds (distant traffic, machinery, clothing noises, footsteps) as well as room reflections which are generally even more distracting.

Thank you for sharing your opinion, however RU-vid does not allow editing of existing videos so this is impossible to do.