callipygian
New member
Hello,
I've been trying for the past two days to find some nice spots to place my mics to catch the sound at a decent quality. If i'm playing clean, slower or picking notes I can get it to sound satisfactory, but when I'm strumming chords the distortion really comes out when i playback the recording, which would be the desired thing if it didn't sound so terrible. I'm just trying to save myself from more hours of experimenting than needed by seeing if there's anybody out there that can give me suggestions according to the gear I have. So, here it goes:
*Peavey Bandit 112 (original speaker replaced with a celestion)
*Cad 95 (small diaphragm condenser, I've been using this to close-mic the amp)
*Studio Projects C3
*Audix Fusion drum mic set, which consists of:
- 2 - small diaphragm condensers with responses aimed for the high end
- 3 - tom mics which can probably be used if I want to mic the amp with more than the 2 mics I'm already using (ie. mic the back of the amp)
- 1 - mic aimed for the lower frequencies of bass drums or floor toms
*2 omnidirectional shure mics that may come in handy in times of desparation
Mics run into a Mackie, then to the soundcard...
I haven't tried micing the back of the amp yet, nor have I recording the same track twice and panning them and whatnot, because I figure that if I'm not happy with the original sound, then when I add more to it I will be equally as unhappy at best.
So, does anyone have any suggestions, or should I just keep trying, maybe add some compression or other misc plugins.......or should I give up, consider it a lost cause, sell all my crap and buy something a little less complicated like a pet snake? Or maybe I'll just become a mime.....
Oh yeah, and what exactly are you doing when you're swapping the pin phase?
I've been trying for the past two days to find some nice spots to place my mics to catch the sound at a decent quality. If i'm playing clean, slower or picking notes I can get it to sound satisfactory, but when I'm strumming chords the distortion really comes out when i playback the recording, which would be the desired thing if it didn't sound so terrible. I'm just trying to save myself from more hours of experimenting than needed by seeing if there's anybody out there that can give me suggestions according to the gear I have. So, here it goes:
*Peavey Bandit 112 (original speaker replaced with a celestion)
*Cad 95 (small diaphragm condenser, I've been using this to close-mic the amp)
*Studio Projects C3
*Audix Fusion drum mic set, which consists of:
- 2 - small diaphragm condensers with responses aimed for the high end
- 3 - tom mics which can probably be used if I want to mic the amp with more than the 2 mics I'm already using (ie. mic the back of the amp)
- 1 - mic aimed for the lower frequencies of bass drums or floor toms
*2 omnidirectional shure mics that may come in handy in times of desparation
Mics run into a Mackie, then to the soundcard...
I haven't tried micing the back of the amp yet, nor have I recording the same track twice and panning them and whatnot, because I figure that if I'm not happy with the original sound, then when I add more to it I will be equally as unhappy at best.
So, does anyone have any suggestions, or should I just keep trying, maybe add some compression or other misc plugins.......or should I give up, consider it a lost cause, sell all my crap and buy something a little less complicated like a pet snake? Or maybe I'll just become a mime.....
Oh yeah, and what exactly are you doing when you're swapping the pin phase?