Professionally Record a B3 Organ with a Leslie Cabinet

US 2 mic setup for a wild stereo field      09/11/24

In this short video we get a glimpse of how to record a Hammond B3 Organ which has a rotating Leslie Cabinet speaker. Ben Fowler offers his tips, as a Grammy winning producer, well versed in the ways of the spinning speaker. Here's more from Inside Blackbird: 

In this video, learn the professional way to mic a Leslie B3's Leslie speaker cabinet for best sound and more versatility in the studio by using just four microphones.  Learn from Grammy award winning producer and engineer Ben Fowler, one of our legends at Inside Blackbird!  Ben gets a wide stereo field and combines Sennheiser 421s with a FET 47 to perfectly balance the lower frequencies of the B3 organ.

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