Sound doesn’t ask for rules. It bends, it escapes, it hides in corners where no mic was meant to go.

In this episode of Inside the Recording Studio, Chris & Jody step beyond the ordinary, exploring unusual mic’ing techniques that turn the act of recording into exploration. A guitar amp caught not just at its speaker, but at the breath of its resonance. A vocal captured through a mic not designed for voices, yet carrying emotion in unexpected ways. A drum kit reduced to three mics, sculpting rhythm with space rather than excess.

They tell stories of experiments—some glorious, some failures, all lessons. They hint at hidden features in studio gear, the overlooked angles, the magic in limitation.

Between the reflections come laughter, nonsense, and their Friday Finds—gifts tucked between the eccentricities of sound.

This is not just technique. It is curiosity, creativity, and the courage to place a microphone where convention says not to.

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Gear we used:
Jody’s Mic & Voice Chain: Telefunken C12 – Groove Tubes Vipre – Apollo – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA Studer A800
Jody’s Channel Strip: iZotope RX Spectral DeNoise – iZotope RX Mouth DeClick – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA 1176E

Chris’ Mic & Voice Chain: Slate ML1 – Apollo – UA – Slate VMR (FG12, FG73, API Eq, SSL 4kE) – iZotope RX Voice – DeNoise
Chris’ Channel Strip: Eventide Precision Time Align – iZotope RX Spectral DeNoise – iZotope RX Mouth DeClick – UA Neve 1073 – UA LA2A – UA 1176E

Master: Oek Sound Soothe 2 – iZotope Ozone Imager – iZotope Ozone Maximize.

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