This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Chris Carrabba talked with Newsweek about the tech used on his new album: My home studio is Pro Tools based. My new record is centered around acoustic guitars, and I found that a mic chain that I knew I loved for recording vocals seemed to also work really well for tracking acoustic guitars.I tracked both vocals and acoustics with my Wunder CM7 microphone through a Vintech Audio 273. These two pieces of gear really were outstanding.Another great piece of gear was one that I used during the demo phase. I was trying to do things really quickly, to demo the songs on acoustic guitar to give the producer James Paul Wisner what I had in mind for us to work on together. I didn’t want to send him lousy-sounding stuff he couldn’t enjoy listening to, but I was also trying to work quickly. I was able to do both by using the Fishman Aura DI. It’s more than just a simple DI [direct input]—it does microphone simulation, creating a bit of air and space and depth to your DI sound and replicates a microphone incredibly well. more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos, tweets, etc.
It’s not actually surprising to know microphones can cost over $6k but if you asked me how much expensive microphones are, especially in home studies, not sure I’d have guessed close to 6k.
I don't think it's necessary at all to have a 6k microphone for home recording, but if I'm Chris Carrabba, I'd for sure have a few laying around
It’s his profession and he’s been successful enough to reinvest in it (and take an interest in gear/production).
I don't think anyone was shaming him? I thought someone was just expressing that they didn't appreciate how expensive good mics would be.