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I love the b52. One in the hole, and one on the beater side, out of phase, sounds fan-f'n-tastic. I've been debating using this configuration live, where I usually just use one in the hole, and EQ up the high end to compensate for the lack of "whack".

Try moving the mic back about 2 inches... or further towards the outside of the speaker. I had some guitar tones that sounded great at home, and then total crap on club systems. Turned out my home system doesn't do much to reproduce around 80hz. Maybe your monitoring environment is an issue. I...

Studio and live are very different. Live in small clubs is usually about choosing the best compromises. One common way of mixing live is gating on channels and comping on groups. 4 gates (kick, and the three lowest toms), and 4 comps (drum shells, bass, vox, backup vox) usually does the trick...

I find the pre's in the Mbox to be, not bad, but just boring. If you're gonna start buying good pre's, start buying *really* good pre's. There's no point in a very small step up. Just record as hot as you can without clips (to minimize noise floor), and choose microphones well. I don't like to...

Get a good mic pre. I've had the good fortune of getting to play with some distinct sounding Pre's recently. They all have their good attributes, and their bad attributes, but I can guarantee you this. The difference between the $2 pre in a DJ mixer and the $20 (in parts) pre in a more expensive...

After re-listening.. I just realized there are two boosts on the *broken* 58's.. One significant one in the HONK zone (around 1k), and another in the sibilant zone (around 5k). Can the internal windscreen be replaced on these mic's? Any ideas on where to get a replacement in toronto, and how to...

This weekend I was lucky enough to take home an entire microphone kit from a local club. It wasn't the best kit in the world, but it did have some good mics, and also had a lot of 58's. The 58's were the most fun to play with. I put on a pair of headphones, and listened to each 58. To my great...

Yeah.. I avoided putting much reverb on vocals directly .. most of the reverb is on the delays. I kinda like the drippyness, and I think it suits the genre. I probably could have slowed the attack of the kick compression to get some more kick. Something about the tune just screamed "epic" to...

OH.. I forgot to mention.. no edits on the source material in this version.

Am I too late ? Haha I'm clearly too late for the competition, but I wanted to try something out. I'm a live sound engineer, so the biggest challenge in my job is getting an acceptable mix quickly. Before I even hear a musician strike a note, their sounds must be good enough that the audience...

I don't mean to rock the boat, but I don't think the problem is your mics. It's your placement. I'm not saying that there isn't a better mic, I'm just saying that a better mic will do the same thing. It will pickup mostly the things that are close to it. If your goal is to pick up the entire...

Of course, you'll notice that the pre-amp probably doesn't have a low-pass filter button. That's cause low frequencies eat more power than any other frequencies. Rolling off the highs isn't going to help much. Rolling off lows can save one third of your power on some instruments that have no...

If you're trying to figure out how to get their snare sound, "pointed at the rim of the snare" might be more important than what type of mic it is.

I find the d112 works better for kicks without holes. The 52 sounds VERY nice in a hole, with the diaphragm flush with the head.

Cut a hole, and place the mic with the colored band flush with the skin. I get great results with that mic in that placement 95% of the time. Pull the mud out at the EQ, and optionally boost the high end or high mids for a more metal sound, or reduce them for a kick you feel more than hear...

I might record one or two more. Again, these aren't really intended to be listened to critically. Just background music at a busy club. I'll revisit this thread and post the setlist as soon as it's finalized. Rehearsals will start next week, and I'm eager to work with a group of proffesional...

Me likey! Can I burn a copy of this and play it at one of my local clubs?

The words are a bit muffled, but the overall sound is great. My first guess would be to notch a bit of 2k or 3k out of the bass to bring out the vocal pronounciation a bit. Maybe notch the sibilant frequencies out of the guitar for the same reason. Really very good. I'm impressed. I very much...

I'm curious too. It doesn't sound bad. Could use some stereo room mics to provide some more space in the sound.

I didn't. This is a plugin acoustic guitar with some sort of pickup in the bridge (I assume). It's considered criminal to record a guitar in the studio this way, but this is how they're going to be plugged in for the live show, so i figured it would closely resemble the feel of a live show (part...