TheNightman77
New member
Hi All,
In my patrolling of these forums, I see it repeatedly stressed to both newbies and home recorders in general that room treatment is essential to a good mix, even more so than hardware and mics in many cases. In fact, it seems to be arguably the second most important factor, after the performance itself.
I currently record guitar in an untreated basement that has at least 3 foot thick concrete walls on all sides. Great for a practice room, not so great for recording due to reflections. I do a good amount of recording down there, micing my amp with an SM57 approximately 1 inch from the grill. Considering I am using a dynamic cardiod mic right up against the grill of the amp which is at pretty high volume so as to reduce the pre-amp coloration, what are the chances that these reflections from the concrete walls are coming through in the recorded track? My assumption is that room treatment is more apparent for things that aren't so close mic'd: vocals, drums, mic'ing a foot away from a cabinet, etc. Is the impact of the room still significant when close mic'ing an amp?
Obviously the easy answer would be to use my ears, but since I've never recorded in a treated room, I don't know how much of the difference between my home recorded guitar tracks vs. commercial releases can be attributed to untreated room noise.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
In my patrolling of these forums, I see it repeatedly stressed to both newbies and home recorders in general that room treatment is essential to a good mix, even more so than hardware and mics in many cases. In fact, it seems to be arguably the second most important factor, after the performance itself.
I currently record guitar in an untreated basement that has at least 3 foot thick concrete walls on all sides. Great for a practice room, not so great for recording due to reflections. I do a good amount of recording down there, micing my amp with an SM57 approximately 1 inch from the grill. Considering I am using a dynamic cardiod mic right up against the grill of the amp which is at pretty high volume so as to reduce the pre-amp coloration, what are the chances that these reflections from the concrete walls are coming through in the recorded track? My assumption is that room treatment is more apparent for things that aren't so close mic'd: vocals, drums, mic'ing a foot away from a cabinet, etc. Is the impact of the room still significant when close mic'ing an amp?
Obviously the easy answer would be to use my ears, but since I've never recorded in a treated room, I don't know how much of the difference between my home recorded guitar tracks vs. commercial releases can be attributed to untreated room noise.
Thanks in advance for any insight!