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7.8.2002 DEFTONES RIDING HIGH ON "WHITE PONY" - DEFTONES ADD TRUE SYSTEMS' PRECISION 8 TO RECORDING STUDIO  Old Lyme, CT: Keen on obtaining hard-hitting drums, solid guitars, and chest-wrenching vocals, the Deftones have topped off their new project studio with a True Systems Precision 8 microphone preamplifier. Forerunner to the latest generation of "neo-metal" bands, the Deftones are coming off a hugely successful album ("White Pony") and tour and hope to have their latest offering finished by July. To facilitate the recording, they converted their Northern California rehearsal space into a high-quality, low-frills recording studio so that they can track at their leisure. The eight-channel Precision 8 complements a fully-loaded ProTools rig.Deftones' production manager, Rob Kern turned their recording engineer Peter Roberts onto the Precision 8. A little bit of internet research confirmed that reviewers shared the manager's adulations and that the unit's specifications exceeded expectations. Indeed, Roberts is more than happy with the purchase: "I can't go wrong, no matter what I run through it! Even just throwing up any old microphone, I get a tone that's completely acceptable - carefully selecting and positioning the microphone yields incredible tone. The clarity is amazing. It makes drum overheads shine and increases the realism of the recording." On top of eight microphone preamplifiers, the Precision 8 delivers M/S stereo and two channels of DI. Roberts uses the DI's for bass and keyboards, simplifying their setup and speeding their sessions along. "These guys want things to happen NOW," he explained. "So it's not like they're very tolerant of the 'let's-grab-five-DI's-and-compare-tone' approach to recording. Using the Precision 8 guarantees quality without a lot of messing around. I set a level and boom, we're off and running!" The Precision 8 is designed and built by Sunrise Engineering, a design and build manufacturer located in Tucson, Arizona. True Systems is distributed in the US by Neumann. www.sennheiserusa.com www.neumannusa.com |
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