Knott’s Berry Farm is probably ten miles from marketing out there, which will try to get you that in your brain, you can then say that people
Disneyland. We always say we’re working to try the latest gadget, but how do you make commonly use these types of microphones on
in their shadow, but Knott’s Berry Farm was the most of what you have? By the way, for the these types of instruments.
actually opened a year before Disney. Knott’s manufacturers who are there, the benefit is that Berry Farm started as a ghost town and maybe you’ll think of them when you get the I want to have a discussion about how to mix
developed into a theme park. But of course, itch for a new gadget, but it’s mostly altruistic. and I just found out I’m going to be able to have
they don’t have the Hollywood pizzazz that
Kevin Kimmel from Yamaha at this event with us.
Disney has, or the Hollywood budget. So we So, it will start with a little bit of science. For He posed one of my favorite questions. “Would
had a saying, “At Disney they make magic. At instance, microphones. There are condenser you rather have control of the microphone
Knott’s we make due.” When you get to church microphones, dynamic microphones, large choice or the microphone placement? One
you kind of have to make due. You can certainly diaphragm, small diaphragm, patterns, you person is going to go to the mic locker and
have nice budgets, but you don’t have anything have to know about the pad switch and high pick a microphone, and the other is going
you want. So with most sound jobs you have a pass filters. And that’s pretty much what you to go on stage and put a microphone on an
certain thing you can work with, and how you need to know about microphones. If you say instrument. Which one do you want to be if you
make the most of it is the challenge. You’re not large diaphragm condenser and don’t even list know nothing about the other person?” I think
going to get perfect, but how do you make model number, in your mind you’ve got a sound every one of us consistently says, “Placement!”
an experience that everyone walks away from that you think is going to come off that. You’re because as long as someone doesn’t come
saying, “That was awesome!” So that’s part of going to think fairly even top to bottom, some back with a contact microphone for mic’ing the
the class, we’ll show you some high-end tools, low end that you wouldn’t get on a smaller vocalist, as long as I put it in the right place I’m
but we’re not trying to say that’s the only way. condenser microphone. Even if you can’t going to get a good sound. You can give me
define the frequencies you kind of know where a microphone that would be really wrong and
that would go. I can get you in the ballpark of a good sound.
So many things are online now, and people
don’t have that same sense of community that
You give me the perfect microphone, a B52
they used to. When you’re in the same room If I’m mic’ing an acoustic guitar, maybe a for the kick drum, perfect, but you put it in the
you can point to things, and share equipment, lipstick mic is really all I need. If you’re mic’ing back of the room it’s not very good (laughs).
and people don’t do that anymore. You have a person’s voice, for a man you’re definitely It’s questions like that which help to get them
events like these to bring people together and trying to go towards that larger diaphragm pondering.
bring that sense of community back. So first unless you’re trying to roll it off. You’re using of all, how do we share that tribal knowledge microphone selection as a tool for your choices. When I interviewed at Knott’s Berry Farm
that our industry builds? How do we help Once you get to dynamic microphones you’ll they had their basic questions, like, “Three
people understand, because there is lots of get a larger dynamic range. Once you have microphones on a drum kit, how do you do it?”
June 2019
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