Recent content by Axemaster G

Okay, thanks for your feedback guys! That's reassuring to hear.

Well thanks Dave, that's good new I suppose! I appreciate the feedback 'cause I'm not always sure whether I've got things right at the recording stage. Having an ear for these things comes with experience I guess. I didn't really capture any of the amp noise on it's own. Any that was there I...

Thanks for your suggestions. I've got a couple of recordings that I did with a condenser for your listening displeasure. There's loads of noise that's audible in the sustained chords. That noise is coming from my amp, it's present when I'm not playing anything. If I turn my amp off or switch to...

I do have a 57 as luck would have it. I know it's the obvious choice for heavy guitars, I suppose I was just trying to do something... not obvious. The room with all my gear in it is like a sauna at the moment (experiencing a heat wave where I am), can't really function in those conditions but I...

I'm not exactly sure what the original speaker is. It's an Eminence 16 Ohm custom made for the cab (a Jet City one). It's rated at 100W which I thought would be okay so long as I didn't crank the amp all the way up. I've used a load box/speaker sim type thing with my amp in the past which has an...

I guess it'll be going to the balanced line in on my interface. I've got a mixer that I've been using to monitor from and dial in the tone and that's how I've been listening to it. I'll try and upload a clip next time I get the chance. You know, I swapped the speaker that was already in it for...

My signal chain is as follows: Bugera 6262i > Iso Cab w/ V30 speaker > SM27 > ART TPS II Pre. I intend to record to digital too but I've determined the issue as being at the Mic/Preamp stage. I have the pad engaged on the mic and I'm told that the mic can handle high SPL's, so I'm ruling that...

I'm trying to record distorted electric guitar with a condenser mic and cab. The problem I'm having is that the sound seems to "tear up" with a sort of crackling sound, particularly on sustained notes/chords. I was wondering whether this may be due to an inappropriate load presented by the...

Not sure, it's just what I was told. :confused:

Thanks Dave, I'll look into it. 😉

Thanks for the advice, I'll give the transformer a shot if this doesn't do anything worthwhile (which seems likely)! Do you mean one of those trimmer pots? Sounds intriguing, might be a good idea in future...

The plan is to wire a variable resistor in parallel with the path of the mic going into the pre. I got the idea from a DIY Recording Equipment video. Maybe it's not such a great idea, but I've committed to buying the components now so it'll make an interesting experiment if nothing else! Might...

Thanks for the info. So you don't think there would be much benefit to using something like this on a condenser? What's this 'stop' resistor that you mentioned? The design that I saw didn't feature one of those. :unsure:

Hi there, new to the forums, how's it going? I was hoping somebody might be able to answer this basic audio question for me: I've seen some simple designs for a DIY variable impedance control for your microphones which is comprised of some XLR sockets, a potentiometer and some connecting wires...