Alana Alexander & Nico Gomez - Best Part | Sphere Sessions

One mic, two singers, and a universe of emotion. Learn more about the Sphere L22 microphone modeling system used to record the performance here:

Watch this soulful, one-take interpretation of Daniel Caesar’s song ‘Best Part’ performed by Alana Alexander and Nico Gomez on a single Sphere L22 in this “Sphere Sessions” episode.

It all began with a spontaneous home studio video by our three featured artists that they posted on social media catching our attention. The two singers Alana Alexander and Nico Gomez, and keyboardist Christian Frentzen have all worked together for years and share a mutual love for groovy and soulful tunes. Nico had always been meaning to record a duet with Alana and loves singing with her. When we heard their rendition of Daniel Caesar’s Grammy-winning hit “Best Part” featuring H.E.R., it was immediately apparent that it deserved to be captured more elegantly.

Apart from a flawless, highest quality recording, the main goal for this session was to capture the raw emotion and give-and-take of the two singers.

Find out how our product expert and engineer Julian David made the most of Sphere’s patented features and our Sphere 180 stereo mode to record and mix the two singers in this blog post:

Recorded at Tresorfabrik, Germany -
Alana Alexander (vocals) -
Nico Gomez (vocals) -
Christian Frentzen (Wurlitzer) -

Recorded and mixed by Julian David
Video production by Crop Media

The Sphere® system consists of the high precision dual-channel L22 microphone, which when paired with the included Sphere plug-in (UAD, VST, AU, AAX Native & DSP) accurately models the response of a wide range of mics, including transient response, harmonics, proximity effect, and multi-dimensional polar response. Unlock the real, authentic tones of an expanding collection including more than 30 of recording history’s finest microphones.

With Sphere you can:
✔ Record with the sound of microphones many have only dreamt about
✔ Change mic type, polar pattern, and other microphone characteristics, even after tracking!
✔ Audition the sound of different microphones without tiring the vocalist
✔ Reduce bleed, undesirable room coloration, and other common issues using Off-Axis Correction™
✔ Record in stereo from a single microphone
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