keith.rogers
Well-known member
I have to say I'm baffled by these kinds of posts. I actually went upstairs to test it (and lost 2 hours playing electric guitar, which I never do anymore it seems ).
Now, I don't have an SM57 (gasp), but I have a Beta 57a. Admittedly, a little hotter, but I put it an inch or two in front of my Blues Cube, set on 0.5w, plugged into my Saffire Pro, with the gain straight up, and I'm easily pushing -12dB.
Now, as for hearing myself in monitoring headphones, well, it's hard because the amp's only 5ft away from me, but I can hear the first track recorded well enough to play along, though I probably had the headphones higher than advisable for long periods of time!
Now, I don't have an SM57 (gasp), but I have a Beta 57a. Admittedly, a little hotter, but I put it an inch or two in front of my Blues Cube, set on 0.5w, plugged into my Saffire Pro, with the gain straight up, and I'm easily pushing -12dB.
Now, as for hearing myself in monitoring headphones, well, it's hard because the amp's only 5ft away from me, but I can hear the first track recorded well enough to play along, though I probably had the headphones higher than advisable for long periods of time!