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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.
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