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connecting cultures records l 2007



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Marcel Khalifé, oud
Peter Herbert, cb
Bachar Khalifé, perc



recorded at Watermusic
- north room, NJ / USA, June 2004
mixed at Tonstudio Robert Hafner
- Ebreichsdorf / A, 2005
mastered by Quinton Sound Services,
Andreas Rathammer & Heinrich Schläfer

recording setup:
oud: Shoeps 501 D stereo mic
bass: Neumann U87 & U47
perc: Neumann KM84, Sennheiser MD 421
oud and bass recorded M/S stereo,
preamped with old API console, recorded
in Protools 48kHz using Apogee converters.
mix setup:
Protools HD into analogue Neve VRP console, no plugs or in the box FX, mix recorded
thru DAD converters 24bit/96kHz.
Oud and bass played up to 4 overdubs
and a total of 9 M/S stereo tracks
were put in the mix (analogue on the board)
as such, for maximum transparency.
used gear:
Quantec QRS, Lexicon 960 & 480,
EMT 244 reverbs; GML, Avalon, TubeTec EQs;
Manley, Avalon, Summit, Focusrite dynamics.

Mastered with Pyramix software and Jünger hardware.
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