Che Pope w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The ’60s Recording Challenge
In this Apollo Artist Session, Universal Audio traveled to New Orleans and gave Grammy-winning producer Che Pope (Kanye West, Dr. Dre, The Weeknd) a unique challenge — record a killer, '60s style funk/soul track using the real-time processing and authentic analog emulations of the Apollo interface to record the masters of swing the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Live Tracking
Exclusively using Apollo 8p and Apollo Twin Mk II Audio Interfaces, Che and engineer Eric Corson created a virtual Universal Audio 610 mixing board by running all of the mics through Apollo's Unison-enabled UA 610-B Tube Preamp & EQ plug-in. A Fairchild 660 compressor plug-in also resided on each channel along with the plug-ins. Top and bottom-end EQ on the 610-B was boosted slightly on the drums, and a top boost was added to the brass section.
Only nine tracks were required to record the entire ensemble into Pro Tools.
Che leaned heavily on vintage mics that would be right at home on a classic ’60s funk/soul session: a single Coles 4038 on the drum kit; a Telefunken U-47 on the upright bass; a Telefunken U-48 on the Hammond B3; a Coles 4038 on the brass section (with a U47 for that section's vocals); an RCA 44BX on the reeds (with a U67 for their vocals); and an AKG C-24 stereo room mic which captured the tone, essence, and space of historic Preservation Hall, deep in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter.
The Mix
Inspired by the sound of Duke Ellington’s classic “Perdido,” Che kept plug-ins to a minimum on the final mix, relying on the Ampex ATR-102 Tape Recorder plug-in for vintage analog tape warmth and saturation. As for reverb, Che initially experimented with some plate reverb on individual tracks, but concluded that the room’s natural ambience was hard to beat. “We recorded right in Preservation Hall, which was built in the 1800’s,” says Che. “I mean, you can’t get more character than that.”
Title | “Higher Ground” |
Mixer | Che Pope |
Recorded by | Che Pope & Eric Corson |
Talent | Drums – Walter Harris Bass – Ben Jaffe Trombone – Ronell Johnson Saxophone – Charlie Gabriel Trumpet – Branden Lewis Saxophone – Clint Maedgen Organ – Kyle Roussel |
Mastered by | Paul Blakemore |
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