# Voodoo and things
**URL:** https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497
**Category:** Recording & Production
**Created:** [September 12, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497 "2024-09-12T16:39:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Julien\_Asencio](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Julien_Asencio)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497/1 "2024-09-12T16:39:08Z")
Hi Russell and congrats for all your work, truly inspiring!
I wanted to ask you which microphones you used for the guitars on Voodoo? I think this one was never asked.
When/why would you use a tube preamp instead of a solid state one?
Could you explain the use of the tunnel for the bass drum?
And is there any plan to do a seminar with mwtm soon? The one that was programmed with you was canceled due to Black Messiah release if I remember well and being able to spend some studio time with you would be great.
Thank you and take care!
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### Author:  [@Julien\_Asencio](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Julien_Asencio)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497/2 "2024-09-12T18:37:12Z")
Nb: I have to add that you are the reason I have been obsessed with sound for over 20 years when I heard Voodoo for the first time at maximum volume in a musician friend’s car!
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### Author:  [@Russell\_Elevado](https://community.mwtm.com/u/Russell_Elevado)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mwtm.com/t/voodoo-and-things/9497/3 "2024-09-15T13:58:52Z")
wanted to ask you which microphones you used for the guitars on Voodoo? I think this one was never asked.
**I had a small variety of microphones that I would use. Like the 421 with a sm57 combination or sometimes I would use a single U47. I’ve also used an m160 in combination with the 57 or 421.**
When/why would you use a tube preamp instead of a solid state one?
**For Voodoo I didn’t have any tube pres available. I used the console pres, which was the rare Focusrite console designed by Neve. I also used outboard Neve 1081, 1073 and 1064. Also Telefunken v676b pres.**
**In general tube preamps tend to have more warmth or color. Sometimes i want the color and other times I’m looking for a more flat response. Also when you push a tube pre with high SPL and low end they tend to saturate quicker than a solid state pre. But I think any high end mic pre will make your recordings sound better.**
Could you explain the use of the tunnel for the bass drum?
**Some people will use the tunnel to create more of a focused sound of the mass of sound coming from the bass drum. And staggering the mics to capture the attack and sound pressure from different distances.**
**I tried this technique a bunch of times and I found that i didn’t get any radical difference or preference in the sound. I place a packing blanket over the bass drum and mics just as a cover to filter some of the high end of the cymbals and other drums bleeding into the mics. I don’t create a tunnel where there is any length, it’s more of a cover.**
And is there any plan to do a seminar with mwtm soon? The one that was programmed with you was canceled due to Black Messiah release if I remember well and being able to spend some studio time with you would be great.
**Yes I would love to do something at La Fabrique. Hopefully they’ll find some time for me in the near future.**