1/2 Orchestra: “sound Engineers, treat wind instruments correctly, learn to record them»

At one of the presentations of the Schiit technique, I included a couple of tracks from the long-familiar Moscow brass band 1/2 Orchestra, and the audience was surprised at how well they were recorded, especially for the Russian band. Since then, I wanted to ask the guys about the nuances of recording wind instruments, how they came to live in an embrace with copper, about a variety of music, physical media, as well as about their side project Half Live.

There are six people in “Polorkestra”: Roman Shilepin plays first of all on the saxophone, Sergey” Sonic ” Burkov is most often found with a tuba, Ramil Shamsutdinov — with a trombone, Sergey Kashkin — with a trumpet. Continue reading →