Kolsimcha and London Symphony Orchestra recording Autostrada at Abbey Road Studio 1

[@espr7564]

Wonderful musicians ! Awesome orchestration.

[@Martinchancay]

Mágico, fantástico, genial. / Martin Fiestas - PERÚ

[@AdrienneA]

Wow! Just wow!! I want to play this at my next party! Couldn't stop smiling whilst listening - and I only came here to check it out to hear the panning/mixing of a live orchestra!

[@eloa07]

Ach, wundervoll! Es ist so toll, Ariel Zuckermann beim Dirigieren zu beobachten. Das ist Leidenschaft!

[@sergeybegaikin4364]

Великолепное исполнение. И запись на Abbey Road потрясающая.

[@mohamedmaghraby835]

this is insane 😵

[@pemujakerang4571]

This is the best orchestra mixing i've ever heard.

[@Evermore2017]

You need to listen to a lot more recordings. This is not even in the conversation of a good recording or mix.

[@alexsartandmusic]

@@Evermore2017 If you think this isn't a good recording or a good mix, you have absolutely no idea about what you're talking about.

[@thegoodgeneral]

@@Evermore2017 I see why one might want to say something like this, but no, this is an incredible recording.

[@andersbostrom3745]

Fantastic!

[@zam5864]

*Now this is the kind of stuff I signed up for.*

[@audiovideosouthwest]

What a wonderful scene, in Abby Road Studios - so instructive to see all the mike positions and which microphones you've used. Goodness - how many mikes were rigged for this session!!!

[@haugstule]

amazingly high fidelity and skilled musicians

[@skymarshallmarz5573]

In my town, they drive like this sounds...but really, the sound is terrific, and clear.

[@borisaceski6401]

Wow. Now this was freaking awesome! Makes me wanna dance and jump all over my room :D Amazing job Olivier!

[@МашаКазлова-в7п]

BRAVO !!!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@stefanmeylaers1037]

Stunning!👋👋👋

[@kellynothington5257]

Hope to hear more from you! Amazing!!

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Beautiful and bonkers

[@biswafriends-wairingiinstr1839]

Amazing

[@mgsparky8870]

Stunning. LSO!!!

[@jackmontreal1]

Small is beautiful!

[@MegaMech]

This work is insane... Insanely good! The pianos a bit quiet tho.

[@kimberlymckenzie4864]

This is what I've been waiting for

[@redstrat1234]

Amazing skills

[@SanjoyDasGuitar]

Awesome 🙏

[@mikelewis8037]

This is amazingly together. It MUST have been done to a click track.

[@kolsimcha]

Actually, no it wasn’t. We recorded the whole album in 3 days. We tried with click in the first hour of the recording but that didn‘t work at all, so we just played together instead.

[@robertvasi]

Imagine mixing this thing in the post. What monitors, or how many do you need? What about ear fatigue? Nightmare. Sounds really good though 😮

[@clodmone5475]

Тут есть русские'? Это просто супер!!!!)

[@olgacaraveruiz4508]

💃👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@baroque_engineer]

So it seems that, speaking about the orchestra, they've essentially used a Decca Tree with two outriggers? Or is it "small AB/big AB"? Just curious to know how this is done at Abbey Road. What's also interesting is how many of spot mikes were actually used in the mix... Too bad there's almost no information on how to do this kind of recording, although the internet is full of advices on how to record and mix EDM, trance, etc.

[@ideeundklangstudio8283]

Decca Tree with Outriggers. All Spots used in the mix. the goal was to have the orchestra recorded and mixed with a lot of punch and details so it would melt in a good way with the band (rather than just sit behind the band)

[@baroque_engineer]

Thanks! I greatly appreciate that you took time to answer! As I've mentioned before, there's virtually no information on the internet on such topcs, and having my question answered by the people who actually did the mix is the best outcome I could have hoped for.

[@joecardello]

Check out the book Classical Recording from Routledge. Obviously not about this particularly recording, but it goes super in-depth with (mostly Decca tree-based) orchestral recording techniques.

[@baroque_engineer]

​@@joecardello Thanks! I will definitely try to get my hands on this book. As for now, I've been reading "Recording Orchestra and Other Classical Music Ensembles" by Richard King - very interesting book indeed, too. I also had a decent amount of practice for these two years (the original comment is two years old). :) Of course, I do record not a symphonic orchestra, but a string quintet of my friends (sometimes with vocals), but anyway. For this my favourite technique is the DIN pair.

[@Ardjano234]

They changed it into 4/4 for the orchestra I bet

[@mariusrincu6457]

Moldavian Folk Music

[@evenhembre1388]

Music. Music. I can't

[@masonh2501]

What are they listening too with the headphones

[@kolsimcha]

They're listening to the drums and bass which are in a booth next to the recording hall, and to a mix from the band, so they can clearly hear what is going on. Headphones with only one side on, btw.

[@Nullllus]

Hardcore Swedish porn sounds.

[@JeanIbarz]

@@kolsimcha what is this model of headphones please ? (the big white ones that most of musicians wear)

[@grimjim100]

A click track, no excuses then!

[@tripleroger]

@@JeanIbarz Beyer DT100s

[@chrisilling9137]

I did't know Jeremy Corbyn played the oboe.

[@harmadabobba179]

Take my shekels!

[@yijuncai8400]

Funny ~

[@leifj2009]

Sounded like Looney Tunes.

[@GingerDrums]

The balance feels very off

[@danielles8007]

It's Balkan music. That' the poit.

[@olgacaraveruiz4508]

Gipsy music?

[@timeltdme4355]

this must have been mixed by a drummer, sounds like a drum promo track

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Every instrument is a drum according to James Brown. You may have heard of him.