On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 18:24 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote: > > OK, this is driving me crazy. I've been a professional audio engineer > for 15 years. Hang some mics in front of the amp. If you're micing a > 4x12 listen to each cone and put the mic in front of the cone that > sounds best. Hand two mics on the two best cones and record to two > separate tracks if you want to get really crazy. Check phase and align > accordingly. Here's what drives me crazy: someone asks a very basic question, how to record a guitar, and you start talking about multiple mics! The OP isn't even sure how to use one mic. And as a professional, you know full well you don't *need* more than one. > If you're recording distorted guitar there's little need to compress on > the way in because it's already super compressed. If you have something > really fat sounding like a Distressor or a Tube-Tech or something, and > you want to fatten the sound a bit more, fine. Agreed; don't worry about compression (yet). But again, if he has to ask about how to record a guitar, do you think he owns a Distressor? Or should even be thinking about how to use outboard gear (besides the mic pre)? > I've had luck with almost EVERY mic I've ever used on guitars. U47, > U67, U87, 414, 4050, 421, KSM44, KSM27, M88. On general principle I > won't have a 57 on anything. Maybe it's stubbornness. It is stubbornness (in my not-even-amateur opinion). My advice: plug your guitar into your amp, and fiddle with both the guitar and amp until you like how it sounds. Then put the mic right in front of the speaker. Start with ALL gain controls low, and slowly bring them up. Don't worry about low cut on the pre; you probably don't need it. Leave some headroom on the mic pre (using the meter) but also leave a lot of headroom on your soundcard (use a mixer app). Don't even try to get it as loud as possible, because you wind up with digital clipping, which will ruin your recording. Just get it loud enough. You can adjust the level more precisely later. Listen to your recording. If you hear lots of rumbling, try the low cut on the pre. If you don't think the recording sounds like what you hear when playing, move the mic farther away. Maybe even put it exactly where your ear normally is. Most importantly: stop reading and writing e-mail and do it. If it sounds bad, change one thing and try again. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
