rascmon
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this explains everything!
AllHipHop.com: What was it like to record in that room?
Will.I.Am: It was mad eerie. You don't understand how big this facility is. They gotta room as big as a basketball court- that's just filled with organ pipes and one organ. It's bigger than any basket ball gym. It's just got organ pipes and microphones in it. This facility is huge. A couple months ago and Fergie was singin' on the mic and I said, "What kind of mic is that?" The guy's like "This mic was made specifically for Hitler."
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Imperial_Mao
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Re: this explains everything!
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AllHipHop.com: What was it like to record in that room?
Will.I.Am: It was mad eerie. You don't understand how big this facility is. They gotta room as big as a basketball court- that's just filled with organ pipes and one organ. It's bigger than any basket ball gym. It's just got organ pipes and microphones in it. This facility is huge. A couple months ago and Fergie was singin' on the mic and I said, "What kind of mic is that?" The guy's like "This mic was made specifically for Hitler."
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mylatency
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Re: this explains everything!
wow
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Bambouche
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Re: this explains everything!
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"This mic was made specifically for Hitler."
For those interested, the "Hitler mic" is a Neumann CMV3.
Sometimes referred to as the "bottle," "bottle cap," "Little Hitler," "Nazi Lollypop" mic. It's not a big secret. Neumann was a German company. And Hitler wanted his message spread to as many people as possible. What better way to do that than by using the then new broadcast technology, which included microphones?
Georg Neumann was a German manufacturer, most notably of microphones. But he also created the worlds best record cutting lathe, ID code signal transmitters, reference turntables, batteries, and the Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) process. The CMV3 was made '28, and was the first mass produced condenser mic. The fact that Hitler used it is a novelty in the history of recording.
Read more about Neumann here:
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_neumann_celebrates_years_2/
And the Neumann/Gefell company here:
http://www.gefell-mics.com/gefell_history_1.htm
Those microphones are still in wide use today. Quite expensive, but a beautiful piece of equipment.
BLUE has a reissue of the CMV3 available for about 5 grand:
http://www.bluemic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Products&file=index&prod_id=12
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day
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Re: this explains everything!
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allhiphop.com: so why did you decide on "my humps" as single?
will.i.am: "That song was made specifically for Hitler."
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Brian
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Reged: Feb 04 2004
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allhiphop.com: so why did you decide on "my humps" as single?
will.i.am: "That song was made specifically for Hitler."
i dont know why i laughed so much at that but i did haha
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mylatency
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allhiphop.com: so why did you decide on "my humps" as single?
will.i.am: "That song was made specifically for Hitler."
i dont know why i laughed so much at that but i did haha
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