miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
The other thing about perception, especially with live VS recording...is that we rarely hear things the way the mics do, or vice versa.
I know when I play guitar, I don't have my head down in front of the speaker...and often, I may be a little to the side, usually my ears are well up above the amp/cab. It can be a totally different sound....so then on playback, you're puzzled why it didn't sound like that to you when you were playing.
Last night I'm playing through an amp where I moved the cab out and turned it right at me...so that I was about 15' away in the direct line of fire...and it sounded totally different, and the upper end was annoying. Where before that, I had the cab turned sideways, and/or I was closer to it, and therefor less in the line of fire.
You would think it would sound louder closer...but it actually was louder when I was 15' away and in its line of fire.
So...you stick that mic down in front of the speaker...and you're standing up, maybe a few feet away and probably a little off to the side...and it's two totally different sounds. The mic ends up hearing things you never heard before.
I know when I play guitar, I don't have my head down in front of the speaker...and often, I may be a little to the side, usually my ears are well up above the amp/cab. It can be a totally different sound....so then on playback, you're puzzled why it didn't sound like that to you when you were playing.
Last night I'm playing through an amp where I moved the cab out and turned it right at me...so that I was about 15' away in the direct line of fire...and it sounded totally different, and the upper end was annoying. Where before that, I had the cab turned sideways, and/or I was closer to it, and therefor less in the line of fire.
You would think it would sound louder closer...but it actually was louder when I was 15' away and in its line of fire.
So...you stick that mic down in front of the speaker...and you're standing up, maybe a few feet away and probably a little off to the side...and it's two totally different sounds. The mic ends up hearing things you never heard before.