best mic placement?

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Hey Sewickley. Welcome.

There are a lot of people around here who'd be glad to help you, but I've seen a few of your questions; There's nothing to bite onto.

Give as much detail as you can and try to be specific about your needs. I'm sure someone will help you out.
:)

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Maybe the kind of music you play, the kind of tone you have. Things you've already tried and what was good or bad about them....
Stuff like that.
 
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Steenamaroo said:
Hey Sewickley. Welcome.

There are a lot of people around here who'd be glad to help you, but I've seen a few of your questions; There's nothing to bite onto.

Give as much detail as you can and try to be specific about your needs. I'm sure someone will help you out.
:)
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ok, thanks!
 
If you place the mic at the center of the cone, and point it straight at the speaker, you get a brighter sound.

As you move the mic from the center of the cone towards the edge of the speaker, the sound gets "less bright" and "more warm". Someone else might describe it as "dull."

If you angle the mic, you'll get a "less bright" sound.

A combination of mic position and angling, creates a bunch of possibilities.

Which spot is best is not possible to answer. It's more of an opinion thing, not a right-or-wrong thing. It's also heavily dependent on the sound the guitar/amp/player is creating to begin with (this is likely the most significant contributing factor to the recorded sound). It's dependent a other things as well (mic, recording chain, etc.).
 
Yeah....I've learned to factor you in as the exception, Henry.
 
Just don't talk about lobsters - it'll get cha the ban! :D
 
My advice is not to take any advice. Spend an hour placing the mic, playing a few second then moving the mic a half inch and playing again. Note down where the mic was for each take. Keep going until you have a good range of positions and angles. Then make a coffee (or open a beer) and sit back and listen critically. Push your chair back a bit and close your eyes and just listen.

One take will hopefully be the sound YOU want rather than some advice from a bunch of people who don't know your style or tastes.

Me? I start with the mic about half way between the centre and edge of the speaker cone, angled about 45 degrees towards the centre....but that's just me and that's just a starting point for my playing around.
 
moresound said:
Am all for that 1% of weirdness one finds in the back. :facepalm:
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From what I hear about your playing Henry, I recommend at the back in the next room....

(Which works for me too. I tried to learn guitar at about 14 and still shudder at the thought of the sounds I made.)
 
I'll add to get the cabinet up off the floor and set it on a chair or a road case or whatever to decouple it from the floor.
 
Spend some time moving that mic until your a happy as you can be with the monitored sound you get.
Try differant gain staging.


Psssss can we talk cray fish?
 
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