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I'm dumping the room mic :) On the weekend I found a good solution by adding a room impulse with SIR2 to my close-mic'd SM57. Sounds great, and works the same way every time. :D The result craps over anything I've tried to do with a close Mic blended with a room mic and I'm sticking with it...

Here you go - even better than the golf crap, a quick A/B sample. Tuner vs ear tuning I recorded two samples of the top E and Bottom E being plucked together. The first sample (A) I tuned the guitar with a tuner. Yes very carefully. The second sample (B), I tuned it by ear which involved...

Yes, my bad. There are two octaves between the E's. Yes, but I haven't got a specific A/B comparison of tunings. The guitar used in this song is tuned as previously mentioned. All my guitars have been tuned like this for years so any of my recordings have this tuning. (You better ignore the...

Fair enough Mike B. Thanks for your replys anyway :) That's "the thing" right there though, isn't it. It's going to be hard to get across in a forum because everyone is going to have a different amount of 'ear'. You're either have a good ear, be it natural or learned, or you don't. And...

I don't *have* to adjust everything sharp or flat. I choose to adjust everything sharp or flat because it sounds nicer to the ear. Im saying my instruments sound "more in tune", most noticable by listening to the combination of the top and bottom E being played together, by ignoring the tuner...

Hi guys, https://homerecording.com/bbs/equipment-forums/guitars-basses/guitar-tuning-temperament-primer-revised-290728/ I finally read this sticky - yeah, I was wondering about the Buzz Feiten system. Obvioulsy it's not a total solution to the native temperament issue. Whether or not it gives...

My amp is off the floor. FM

Tone? I was more referring to the compressor, de-esser, reverbs etc. They seem to have less options than other plugins or real life products but this may not mean they're sub-par. I noticed some shocking clippping type noise the other day and tracked it down to the VST compressor. Made me...

Ahh, well the answer is yes. *I* like the sound - I wouldn't know anything different. I was just interested in knowing if the sound I've come to like was punishment to a studio engineer's ears! Just curious at the quality of the Line 6 plugins. Cheers, FM

All good advice here, and food for thought. Yes, I have a treated room that I mix in (where my pc and monitors sit). Well worth doing the treatment cause it made the bass issues (more) acceptable. But this room is carpeted and tends to be dull fr recording instruments. Then I had an isolation...

I spent some time just with the condenser mic (as opposed to blending with the SM57). I got up close, I got further out to get a nice balance of room and cabinet. I spent a few hours. I couldn't get a good "tone" from it at all. So I don't think it's a position thing. I think it's the mic. It...

Oooh, the minister of finance hurts. She'd throw things at me if I bought another mic ;) Thanks for your reply. FM

Hi all, I've been using the POD farm VST plugins that came with the POD X3. I don't hang out with musicians or engineers so I need some scope from you guys. When I use the compressor, delays and reverbs do I assume that these are the lowest quality crap I can add to my sound? Where do these...

Hi all, I've been mic'ing the guitar cab up close with a SM57 with "ok" results. Recently I've been trying to capture some of the room with a condenser mic with crap results. The room actually sounds pretty good, so I think the problem is the (cheap) condenser mic I'm using. It does capture the...

Yep. I record this way at the moment. I have a close mic and a room mic recorded to a mono track each. I then send both of these to a group track which allows good flexibilty to choose a giutar sound by adjusting the balance of room to close. I guess I'm not confident enough to choose a sound...

Hi all, I remixed this today after the first mix on creation 18 months ago. Turns out I've learned something (at least!) cause I ripped out all of the effects and garbage I had on it from before and applied what I know now. A world of difference and for the better. But still, as far as mixing...

Hey Bulldog - home recording by Fusionman on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free Take a listen if Ur interested. There's a whole bunch of people responsible for this output in the way of good advice here at this forum - thanks to you all. I've learned a lot. I'll list...

Hi all. Fairly new to strats, got me an American standard. Love it. I've been through a few variations with both 9 gauge and 10 gauge and I'm just returning to factory default setup so I can get back to basics. I need to lower the strings a touch. I can either lower the saddles of each string...

Ahhh, now you're just showing off :) Thanks for your advice. Definitely good advice. When I get around to it, I'll post the results in the MP3 forum. FM

12" to 24" from the cab ? Would I use my SM57 for this, or my LDC? Yeah, never thought of that, must try it out. You'd lose a fair bit of bass out of the signal though (In comparison to up close next to the cloth) FM