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Engineer and producer Matt Sime has worked with some of the biggest bands including Feeder, Moloko and Therapy? and has discovered that the complete sE range can help him solve pretty much every studio problem…
Matt Sime has always had a love of music but after realising he had more of a knack for recording it than playing it became an engineer, working at Trident 2 and Swanyard Studios. “I then went freelance to work for Chris Sheldon, Alan Moulder and Al Clay,” he says, “and gradually got more engineering work which then progressed into production.”
Matt has become a big sE fan and owns most of the range – including the Reflexion Filter, pair of SE3s, R1 ribbon, GM10 and Z5600 mics – after being recommended them by fellow producers and engineers including Gil Norton and Adrian Bushby.
“The Reflexion Filter works really well,” he says. “It’s good for doing vocals in the control room. The SE3s have replaced my normal AKG 414s or 451s for overhead drum mic'ing. They give cymbals a great impact and let them cut though walls of guitars. I use the R1 Ribbon for mono drum ambience as it gives a really natural sound that you can destroy later. I also use it sometimes on guitar amps. With the GM10 you get the same acoustic sound every take with a clear upfront sound and the Z5600a is good all around mic. I use it for vocals, drum ambience, sax, flute, cello and as an room mic on acoustic guitars with the GM10 (GM10 close, Z5600 far)”.
“The GM10 has changed the way I record acoustic guitar,” Matt continues. “I think that this could be as good on stage as it is in the studio. It'll hopefully put an end to that horrible plastic DI sound that people get.”
Most of all, though, the sE range helps Matt stick to his recording philosophy which is to “keep it all sounding as real as possible and don't over think things”.
Matt’s currently really busy with lots of new projects: “I’m really excited about a new band called Bang Bangs that I'm working with, he says. “And I’m also trying to get a little indie label going with my partner up at The Crypt Studios.” Whatever he turns his hand to though, it seems that Matt will have a piece of sE gear equal to the task…
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