<div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/9 Fons Adriaensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fons@kokkinizita.net">fons@kokkinizita.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:40:13PM +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:<br>
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> On Thursday 09 April 2009 11:15:09 Cassiel wrote:<br>
> > (serious) he said his equipment is: epiphone (not gibson les paul custom or<br>
> > a fender custom shop), a 30w orange amp (not a vox ac30 tube amp or<br>
> > marshall jcm), an m-audio preamp, a shure 57 (no neumann or any other<br>
> > condenser mic), no mixing console.<br>
> > (humor) well, everyone knows a Ferrari is better than every other car all<br>
> > over the world but would you suggest to buy one to every people asking you<br>
> > an opinion about a ford or bmw?<br>
><br>
> But that is the point, he didn't recommend a ferrari, he just said that from<br>
> his 15 years expirience he knows that it doesn't really matter whether you use<br>
> a ferrari or a big bmw or a small beatle to get anywhere, as long as the car<br>
> works, you get there. -> No matter what mircophone to use on the amp, as long<br>
> as it isn't really sh*t, it will give results. It may not sound perfect from<br>
> the start, but you have to try anyways (even with the good microphones) and<br>
> record and see how it sounds...<br>
<br>
</div></div>Which is true and good advice, no need to send anyone to hell.<br>
Moving the mic by 10cm will change the sound a 100 times more<br>
than any difference between two good mics could do. You listen<br>
and you adjust. 'Professionals' often want to use a particular<br>
mic or whatever piece of equipment not because it's better, but<br>
because they have used it before, and know how to use it and get<br>
good results in no time. BTW one good reason to us condensers<br>
for a guitar amp is that dynamic mics oftern pick up magnetic<br>
radiation from the amp's power transformers. Doesn't matter<br>
if you make lots of noise of course.<br>
<br>
Ciao,</blockquote><div><br>I've finally understood that using symbols like ;-) and put prefixes like "(humor)" doesn't work up here... <br>(but maybe a prefix-cut plugin is acting on mail bodies text channel)<br>
<br>Ciao<br>ra<br></div></div>