On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 13:03 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: That was basically my point, although not stated quite as clearly. Use what you have, record it, mix it, and you have a record. Rich... > > Hang some mics in front of the amp. > > ( snip ) > > 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. > > There's no substitute for taking the time to take every mic you have > access to and recording your amp in every conceivable way - right up > to the grille, a foot away, a meter away, straight on, to the left, > to the right. Record it all, take notes, then go lsten to what you > recorded, and figure out what *you* like best. > > I don't have a bias against 57s - they have their place. Heck, Wilco's > Sky Blue Sky was recorded almost exclusively with 57s and it sounds pretty > darn good. > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
