I wish I knew what the vocal mic was. A Neumann U47 would be the obvious guess, but it's hard to know, since she was touring and may have had to rely on whatever the house had. Can U47's be placed above the singer, far enough away to be off-camera, but still able to catch her midrange and below? She often raises her head to reach towards the mic, but sometimes doesn't, but the low notes come through.
Can't hear the other instruments as being well-recorded, and at some points, I think that the engineer was riding the sliders on her mic, which may be why the low notes come through even when she isn't singing up to the mic. In any case, the sound on her vocal is wonderful--captures her range and subtlety. On the other hand, the mic might not matter much. She would probably have sounded almost as good on any mic.
And I just love the way that she comes in right on beat at 1:53. She hits that beat, instead of letting another beat fall, and then floats the line into several sustained notes. From what I've read about these sessions, there were loose arrangements, but no rehearsed sections. Obviously, she had played with the band a lot, and she had probably sung the song hundreds of times, but she was improvising.
Last edited by Jake Johnson (31-08-2016 06:10)