Jacquire King: UA Modeling Microphones Masterclass (Island Pop)

Learn how Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, James Bay) records pop drums and acoustic guitar with UA Modeling Microphones, using Sphere and Hemisphere plug-ins to craft energetic sounds for the breezy island tune “Bucket List” by The K Club with session drummer Logan Todd.
Learn more about UA Microphones - www.uaudio.com/microphones.html
Check out the new Coterie EP by The K Club here:
interstellarms.ffm.to/coterie
Credits:
The K Club & DSD - Bucket List
Produced by: Jacquire King, Samuel Horn, Dawson Gnewikow, Dawson March
Performed by: Samuel Horn, Dawson Gnewikow, Dawson March, Logan Todd
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Drum Setup
01:02 Drum Mic Placements
01:52 Checking Phase & Levels
03:15 Auditioning Mic Models
04:38 4-Mic Drum Sound
05:54 Room Mic Choice - Ribbons
06:33 Team Discussion of Drum Sound
10:06 Listening: Drum Tones
11:06 Listening: Drum Mics in Solo
11:52 Dawson Likes to Dance
12:25 Percussion Overdub with Stereo Delay
14:37 Acoustic Guitar Overdub
16:11 Adding Dimension with Plate Reverb

[@erickaymusic]

Loving these Jacquire vids!

[@jacquireking1154]

Thanks Eric

[@LINKPRODUCTIONS]

Sounds great. I've been loving Jacquire's production style in these videos. Luna is an amazing DAW.

[@jacquireking1154]

👊

[@EyesOfTruthmusic]

Luna for the win!

[@chatwithmichael]

The intonation of the acoustic guitar 💀🥲

[@gafarbello107]

😂 my thoughts exactly after that first strum but it fit the vibe!

[@jacquireking1154]

I find it interesting the comments on tuned instruments when things sound good in context.. there is a differance between out of tune and what feels like music..

[@chatwithmichael]

@@jacquireking1154 if it „feels like music“ to you… be my guest 😘

[@j-snell-callanen26]

the intonation isn't too bad but one of the strums is very early.

[@nicok5630]

Yes true terrible !

[@isaacalgutria]

I agree ☝️ I bought the sphere DLX and have seen no love or even firmware updates. For their flagship mic you would think otherwise

[@jacquireking1154]

Are there issues with what you have?

[@isaacalgutria]

@@jacquireking1154 No need to fix what’s not broken. I see your point, like a true philosopher. Just downloaded your stems for Luna, logic user here, being a little open-minded of the daw system

[@EyesOfTruthmusic]

Drummer is clean!

[@cartoondesignrevealed]

Incredible. Wonderful 🎉

[@jacquireking1154]

Thanks

[@alexbreyer6921]

Curious that you pick a mono delay on the mic that you set up for stereo. Does it just pick up mono on each input?

[@user-kv1hh7qj3i]

♥️♥️♥️

[@jacquireking1154]

:)

[@MrLucasMarreiro]

What is this song ? Where can I find this song?

[@mattmattson7152]

Can you only use the modeling software in Luna or is it a VST as well?

[@UniversalAudio]

Any DAW!! It's VST3, AAX, and AU.

[@mugenDelta]

why no email or youtube announcement about luna for windows? or i missed it?

[@UniversalAudio]

You missed it!! We did an email and social blast.

[@hooppes]

nice stems selection

[@jacquireking1154]

:)

[@cornerliston]

13:30 that delay is 180 out of phase. Fun to watch though, in mono, when the drummer hitting and no sound comes through.

[@jacquireking1154]

Must be an editing issue in post..

[@cornerliston]

@@jacquireking1154 Most likely, I've heard the issue in others videos too-but it's also present when you record the percussive/delay effect overdub. Weird things.

[@linkinthechain4259]

Omg it’s the track of smoldering hours of mastering for no reason!

[@mattmattson7152]

I would love to see a demo not using any of the sphere DLX. It muddys the water of the video.

[@donnas8408]

Why aren’t you using the UAD Spheres DLX mic on acoustic guitar?! What the heck UAD full of crap when they hyped this expensive DLX mic?🤬

[@ovivan79]

I'd love to see an entire video of Jacquire demonstrating the DLX for acoustic recording. Really enjoyed the video they recorded a couple of years ago with different mics and positions.

[@jacquireking1154]

@@ovivan79 I could do somehting like that soon on my own

[@ovivan79]

@@jacquireking1154 That would be fantastic! I followed that mentioned video and several other of your videos on KZbin and Puremix. I had the SP-1 and the SC-1 and followed different configurations with those based on your tips and they worked great. Then I upgraded to the DLX simply because it's a fascinating piece of technology to me and the convenience of having one mic at my desk, ready to go for different purposes is great. I got good results quickly, but since a lot of the recording tips are very much based on mic positioning, I'm curious how you would utilize it. Also in a live stream recently you mentioned something I had been wondering about: "Avoid dynamics and EQs in the Unison slot", only the 'color' of the preamp before the Sphere software. I thought that made a lot of sense.

[@weshunter3650]

@@jacquireking1154I’d love that too

[@joebleibaum]

@@jacquireking1154 Is it possible to use the Hemisphere plugin with the Sphere mics? Being able to use the SC84 would be great. Maybe UA could add some SDCs from other plugins to the Sphere mic locker