Amp mic'ing

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That's a pretty neat idea. I never thought of that :)

I suppose if you're looking for accuracy, then treat it like a tape calibration; Reference points and comparisons and all that.
 
Steenamaroo said:
That's a pretty neat idea. I never thought of that :)

I suppose if you're looking for accuracy, then treat it like a tape calibration; Reference points and comparisons and all that.
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it works really well for me. I rarely take more than maybe 15 minutes getting my mic placed.

You have to have some accurate cans also though.
 
Lt. Bob said:
I run pink noise thru my guitar amp and then listen to the mic thru headphones and move it around until I get the pink noise to sound the same with and without the headphones. Then I can pretty much count on the sound I'm hearing in the room to be captured pretty accurately.
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This is probably a n00b thing, but...pink noise? Never done a thing with it.
How do I do that?
 
Yeah, I have heard the pink noise thing as well. I will probably go with that actually. As for the gain issues, I don't use much when recording but I probably still have to much. I am thinking about quad tracking my guitars, so that's alot of gain. What do you guys think about high pass and low pass filters on guitars?
 
How does the question 'how do i get pink noise through my amp' get answered? That sounds like a whole other thread.....

And a long one....
 
Nathan, You can't really plan it out on paper.
Just try it and see what works.

If you record 4 tracks, don't just turn them all up and call it a day. See what two sound like.
See how it sounds if you pan them different ways.

Same for high and low pass - We don't know if you need it or if you'll like it.
Try it yourself.
 
loveofjazz said:
This is probably a n00b thing, but...pink noise? Never done a thing with it.
How do I do that?
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I forget the definition differences between pink noise and white noise ..... one is equal energy from octave to octave and the other is equal energy at all freqs if I remember correctly. I'm far too lazy to look it up but the definition should be easy to find.
As for getting it thru your amp ..... I use a pink/white noise generator that came with my old Goldline RTA and plug it into the amps' input.

I bet there's a phone app that'll give you a pink noise generator.

Also ..... for this particular purpose I imagine white noise would do just as well since you're not looking for measurements but just need a sound to compare with 'phones on and 'phones off.
 
Yeah, white noise reads a flat frequency and pink has even power at all frequencies IIRC.

Most daws have a generator too, so you can run a line out from your interface into your amp.

Line isn't ideal for reamping or whatever, but it'll do for this purpose.
 
I calibrated the EQ for the control room at college. I remember using pink noise and a strange type of microphone.

G
 
Plug-in wise I would use Compression and reverb. EQ isn't need ALL the time but if it seems to sound better with some EQ than good deal.
 
I am after a tone similar to like Veil of Maya, The Black Dahlia Murder, or a band called Wretched. I would love to get that tone to shine in my mix. Probably more so the last two bands. If you can help, that would be awesome. I also have been using free sims like poulin le456, pod farm and such. I guess I really don't care how I get that kind of tone, as long as I get it.
 
BigRed360 said:
Something I just tracked tonight...



Let's just talk guitars: the bass is compressed, the acoustics (there's only a little acoustic in this) and the rhythm and lead electrics have no compression at all. (Though the finished mixed is compressed.) The rhythm guitars have a touch of eq--just a single bump in the upper mids. The lead and bass have no eq. And there's no gates anywhere.

You may hate this sound, but my point is that I'm getting a sound that I like by getting my tone down first, and then capturing that tone. It's simple--but not easy. :)
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You are a sick player. But this distortion sounds a bit like a Line 6 Pod to me. Not that this is a bad thing.
 
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I agree with guitaristic. I have been home recording for almost 10 years and have not found that "magic setting". I experiment with different input eq settings and use the best two instruments in my collection - my ears and my brain.
 
the guitars sound ok. There is a build up in the low mids. I would cut out some low mids on the guitars, but not much, and merge the bass low end in with the guitars.

G
 
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