I amusedly refer to myself as an analog guy living and working in a digital world. I spent my early producing and engineering days in such studios as Media Sound and Bell Sound in New York City. I even got my first apartment on 57th street above Media Sound so I’d never be far away from what was going on. Over the years my choice for vocal mics were Telefunken and AKG ultimately relying on the Neumann U47 and its foilier cousin the U58. But, my roots in tube amps and the sounds they produce has delightfully bled over to the Blue Bottle Rocket Stage Two tube mic which a friend let me try. Being into the bottle cap logo of Music Quench and the historic soda caps that influenced its graphic design, I similarly found Blue Bottle’s nine interchangeable microphone capsules a very cool way to experiment with different sounds. Give the BB2 a try next time you’re doing vocals. It rocks.
Tags: AKG, Bell Sound, Blue Bottle Rocket Stage Two, Media Sound, Neumann, Telefunken, U47, U48