CJ Trinity Sessions, Rumor or Real Deal?


I have been exposed to the following two items concerning the Cowboy Junkie's "Trinity Sessions" offering and wanted to see what you ladies and gentleman thought about this.

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[1]"There has been a story going around that the female vocal solo on this is not a female at all but a Klipsch speaker. Story goes: the session is CalrecSoundfield one point miked but the singer has not enough projection to be heard in a one point mike setup where everyone is fairly far from the mikes so they let the singer sing through a separate mike plus speaker to preserve spatial integrity. If this is true the REAL test of resolution of your system(and your ears) is whether you noticed or whether you bought the is- it- live- or- is- it- Klipsch item."

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[2]"a few weeks ago, the local NPR station was playing a cowboy junkies interview which explained why. they said that the vocals for the trinity sessions were done by margo singing into a seperate mic, which was hooked to a PA speaker which played towards the ambisonic mics. they weren't happy with how the vocals sounded with her just singing at the ambisonic mics."
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What do you think? I don't own this disc, but have a couple of cuts on a CDR. Interesting, no?

Charlie

Charlie
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Showing 2 responses by creeper

So what's the story with "Whites Off Earth Now"? It was supposed to have been recorded with the same single mike/2 track digital recorder technique, only in a studio instead of a church. I was listening to this album just last night and noticed how Margo's voice sounded manipulated. I have seen the Junkies in concert several times and know what Margo's voice sounds like. Neither of these two ablums really captured her voice. None the less, they are both interesting recordings.

Erik
Ramstl,

I'm going to guess the mic's used were Neumann's, maybe the KM56, M49, KM53, or most likely the M50. These mikes were all tried for the "Decca Tree" recording technique, developed by Arthur Haddy and Kenneth Wilkinson.