Alejandro Villatoro - Cabalgata Nocturna (Midnight Horse ride)

gm dear friends!

Today is day one of the production of our friend Alejandro's new instrumental album titled Siamese Tree. The first track on the album is called Cabalgata Noctura, which is Spanish for Midnight Horse Ride or Nocturnal Horse Ride.
It's such a privilege to record a beautiful instrument like this.

For this recording, we decided to go for a stereo pair of Neumann TLM103 large diaphragm condenser microphones placed at about 45 degrees and using the 3:1 rule, which states that if your first microphone is placed 1ft from the source, the second microphone should be placed around 3ft from the source to avoid phase issues.

please enjoy.

This is what they look like when viewed from the top:

The mics need phantom power which is being provided by a Focusrite Clarett 8Pre interface. Added a little bit of Valhalla Vintage Verb on an aux bus in the mixer to give it a little texture.

Recording and video produced with love right here in the studio.

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