Run it through a mixer from the 60s , something with tubes or a recreation of it. Capture the break with close mics and room mics but play hard not soft . That break was at full throttle during a drum solo. Also ot was played much slower then was sped up on vinyl
love your work Clive. Been a massive fan ever since I saw your peformance the live in New York Portishead show videos. Big up the bristol sounds. Loving this video
It's amazing that even with all that knowledge, experience and equipment, you still can't really recreate the amen break...commendable effort nonetheless.
Hey! Glad you liked the video. As Clive says, replicating the flow of Gregory S. Coleman and the precise recording environment is always going to be a challenge. The key may be in the mastering but we think they got pretty close!
Hi Paul! Glad you enjoyed the video. We have some more detailed footage of the recording process for our students as an educational resource, so we might release that from the vaults in the future... Keep your eyes peeled 👀
@@paullawson8610 Hi Paul! You asked and we delivered... A behind-the-scenes look at the recording and mixing process premiering at 8pm tonight: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UyAXfIuAfU8.html
If you liked this video and you want to learn more about this project, you can take a behind-the-scenes look at how we set up the mics and recorded/mixed the sound on our in-house API 1608 console here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UyAXfIuAfU8.html
The more I listen the more it sounds like Coleman just beat the HELL out of the drums and then there is some distortion/white noise that gives the break it's character. This makes more sense that there is some compression involved.
I looove Clive Deamer, but if we're going to get nerdy and go deep, I think this sounds way too clean. If you're going to hew to only using the original signal chain, maybe the original was hitting the preamps and tape way harder to get that saturation/distortion? Also I really think that crash is on the cymbal, no the hats.
It was definitely a challenge to get this right and so much of the original sound depended on the environment and flow of the drummer on the day! Hopefully you enjoyed watching the process though! If you want to see more from Clive, we also dropped a behind the scenes video on the session which goes into a bit more detail on the recording and mixing process.
Amazing work but yeah it still far off the original... Talk about a perfect accident. I wonder if anyone will ever manage to catch that sweet spot in the studio ever again
