<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/8 Ricus Vincente <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wizardofgosz@gmail.com">wizardofgosz@gmail.com</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;">
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 18:24 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:<br>
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OK, this is driving me crazy. I've been a professional audio engineer<br>
for 15 years. Hang some mics in front of the amp. If you're micing a<br>
4x12 listen to each cone and put the mic in front of the cone that<br>
sounds best. Hand two mics on the two best cones and record to two<br>
separate tracks if you want to get really crazy. Check phase and align<br>
accordingly.<br>
<br>
If you're recording distorted guitar there's little need to compress on<br>
the way in because it's already super compressed. If you have something<br>
really fat sounding like a Distressor or a Tube-Tech or something, and<br>
you want to fatten the sound a bit more, fine.<br>
<br>
I've had luck with almost EVERY mic I've ever used on guitars. U47,<br>
U67, U87, 414, 4050, 421, KSM44, KSM27, M88. On general principle I<br>
won't have a 57 on anything. Maybe it's stubbornness.<br>
<br>
EQ your track so that it sounds good and stands out in your MIX. These<br>
"cookie cutter" approaches of "do this" and "do that" have never worked<br>
for me until I've heard the track in the context of the final mix.<br>
<br>
If I've offended, tell me to go to hell. I'm OK with that. :-)<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Rich...</blockquote></div><br>ok, rock'n'roll style: go to hell ;-)<br><br>(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.<br>
<br>(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?<br><br>cheers<br>ra<br>