Dude, it's about all you need right there. A mic stand might help... Of course, if it's serving you well as a mic stand then so be it!
Alright, dudes.
As you know I need a totally mobile set up for recording. Check out this shambolic mess... I did find a use for the Boss HM2 though.
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Unfortunately, that's what constitutes a "studio" for me these days!
How important is room treatment really if you're just close micing with a single dynamic?
I've never had much luck with any of my condenser mics either Shan. Something you might try is use your '57 for the high end, & put a condenser toward the edge of the speaker for the chunk, then blend 'em to taste...But your condenser mic(s) might not handle the SPL's your dynamic mic(s) will either, none of my condenser mics will handle the SPL's my cab puts out when I get it wound up moving some air, which to me is the whole point of mic'ing it up to begin with, so I just use my dynamic mics...
Cool Shan, what are the parts involved in making that bad-boy anyway???
If I could pad my condenser mics down, I could probably use 'em on my cab, the reason I don't is because by the time I get my amp loud enough to get "that" tone, it clips the mic(s), even if the pre-amp gain on my interface is all the way off...
Yes, please do find out what's in between the XLR plugs, as I've already got some XLR ends, cable, & other shit lying around. I might be able to rig something up pretty easily....Yep, both of mine do the same thing. they clip and got really really nasty.
I orginally looked at something like this but buddy was like, hell no, i can make that, it's basic electronics.
I honestly do not know what parts are in it. I sat there and had a beer while he worked on it took him about an hour or so. He is really into that stuff. It's impressive as hell. I can ask him if you want? All i know is he and his coworker found the schematics on google and then built it out of stuff they had laying around. I had to pay for those male and female XLR ends.
LOL....You should see my "talkbox"....it's a set of earbuds I have taped to part of a coat hanger, which attaches to my mic stand. I send the output of a track to the earbuds (& crank up the volume on that track, which is usually an ampsim), then I put the earbuds in my mouth, & record into the mic....LOL...While it obviously won't get the low-end sounds a real talk-box will, I can actually blend that track with another & it actually sounds kinda cool....It doesn't sound like a real talkbox obviously, but it's a different effect to have in the arsenal....I just plug that into my interface and then connect my mic cable to and it just does it's thing. it isn't ergonomic and takes up room on my desk but it's a great little piece of gear and a wonderful conversation piece.
Actually, all that info is in the tone thread dude, the Gerg suggested a bunch of stuff to me when I was using the home-made ISO cab. He suggested I throw a condenser mic behind the speaker, then flip the phase in the daw....Low & behold, I had the bottom end I'd been looking for all that time using the 1w Marshall & a single 12" speaker....I am totally going to try the darker areas of my cab with it. I think it'll sound amazing. Still can't beleive i didn't think of that.