Cassiel wrote: > > > 2009/4/8 Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:wizardofgosz@xxxxxxxxx>> > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > EQ your track so that it sounds good and stands out in your MIX. > These > "cookie cutter" approaches of "do this" and "do that" have never > worked > for me until I've heard the track in the context of the final mix. > > If I've offended, tell me to go to hell. I'm OK with that. :-) > > Best, > Rich... > > > ok, rock'n'roll style: go to hell ;-) > > (serious) he said his equipment is: epiphone (not gibson les paul > custom or a fender custom shop), a 30w orange amp (not a vox ac30 tube > amp or marshall jcm), an m-audio preamp, a shure 57 (no neumann or any > other condenser mic), no mixing console. > > (humor) well, everyone knows a Ferrari is better than every other car > all over the world but would you suggest to buy one to every people > asking you an opinion about a ford or bmw? > Useful suggestions, thanks for that! Record it as mono or stereo track? \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
