Brett Sparks

"I keep a handheld condenser mic (a Neumann KMS 105 or an AT 2010) plugged in and ready to go at all times. I use the same mic if I need to fix things later."

"I keep a handheld condenser mic (a Neumann KMS 105 or an AT 2010) plugged in and ready to go at all times. I use the same mic if I need to fix things later."

The guitar can be seen on the image

It was a pretty simple setup: ADAT, Mackie mixer, mics, with one standout unit: the Tube-Tech CL 1B. This is a very sweet Danish tube compressor. I tracked everything though this unit, even if I only applied 1 dB of gain reduction. It made the record; sweetened the tracks and took the digital edge off that ADAT.

"I also bought a used pair of Yamaha NS-10ms for the studio, which are good at diagnosing excessive reverb tails."