Thermionic Culture THE NIGHTINGALE 2 Dual mic. Amp/equaliser+ compressor - Manual (Page 14)

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6 Operational Hints
You may find that the Nightingale can allow you to try any
combination of preamp, EQ and compression very quickly.
The following situations are some examples of where the
Nightingale is well suited to the task.
1) Snare drums and toms are often recorded with top and
bottom mics. This can result in many tracks getting recorded
which can clutter up a multitrack recording, especially when
working on tape or with limited numbers of A/D converters.
The Nightingale can be used with preamp A&B summed to
the compressor to present the user with a combined single
track, which may be compressed if desired. Don’t forget to
use the phase switch on the preamp for the underneath mic.
to reverse the phase!
2) A guitar amp, acoustic guitar or vocal is often mic’d with 2
mics for a combination of their sound qualities. This can be
EQ’d, summed and compressed on the spot. The individual
mics can still be recorded for safety.
3) It’s possible to record an instrument direct to multitrack
via one preamp and then combine the direct mic. with an
ambient mic, compressed heavily onto another track.
Panning these signals gives an unusual stereo effect where
the ambience is never overpowering the direct sound.
4) During mixing the Nightingale may be used to take 2 line
signals which may be EQ’d and compressed together. The
output from the pre- amps and compressor can be used in
parallel to make the most use out of the extreme
compression available in the unit.
5) A dynamic. signal that also has some ambience may be
fed into both preamps of the Nightingale. One preamp may
be put out of phase with the other and then both can be
summed into the compressor. Use of EQ can cause
differences between the signals to cause less than 180º
perfect cancellation, which can be compressed and this can
bring out some new dimensions to the existing sound.