We often "hear" with our eyes or with our preconceptions, so here's a sound file of eight different ride cymbals to see if you can identify them blind. The only hint is that seven are vintage and one is modern. Each cymbal is played with a Bolero stick, same mic/preamp, same mic distance, same room, generally same dynamic level, no compression or effects. Each is featured with a spang-a-lang in mid-field, shoulder shanks in mid-field, soft edge crashes, bell with tip, bell with shoulder, then a final vertical edge chime.
Feel free to guess one, two, three, all, whatever, though I'd love for you to place a guess for all of them. Also, let me know your two favorites!
Bop iT / Til U Drop iT.
