FALKEN
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I have been experimenting with 2 mics straight to stereo for band rehearsal recording. for those who have experimented, what are your best setups?
FALKEN
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I figure this deserves its own thread because most bands rehearse in small rooms and fill up the whole room...its not the same as most "live" recordings where the band is on stage or in a stage area projecting outwards.
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MadHatterTCM
Eternally Striving
at band rehearsals.. we record everything to see what we should change/keep or whatever...
i usually just stick one mic on everything.
1 mic on a drum overhead,
1 on a guitar cab
1 on vocals etc
if you're only using two mics though.. move them around.
that's all I can tell you
record....
are you getting too much drums?
move the mics away from the drums
are you getting too little vocals?
move one closer to the singer and let things bleed it as needed
I don't really know if this is answering your question.
i usually just stick one mic on everything.
1 mic on a drum overhead,
1 on a guitar cab
1 on vocals etc
if you're only using two mics though.. move them around.
that's all I can tell you
record....
are you getting too much drums?
move the mics away from the drums
are you getting too little vocals?
move one closer to the singer and let things bleed it as needed
I don't really know if this is answering your question.
starbuck26
New member
This is what I do...
I picked up to Behringer ECM8000s. I space them 7" apart, and then set everything up as we would if playing a show in that room (in a line or a u-shape, etc) Then I record the entire practice, bump it to garage band, chop out all the dead space, and pan each track hard left/hard right.
I don't have a proper manikin head, but this works pretty ok. I actually take a tape measure and make sure the capsules are exactly 7", which seems to help. Everything rings through clear enough to record rehearsals.
I wouldn't bother putting mics on individual instruments, though. It's time consuming, and in the end I'm just trying to remember what the fuck happened during jams, etc.
What mics are you using? In this case (I used to record practices by just hanging an sm58 from the ceiling, very crappy) I would consider any dynamic mic to be totally useless. You can get a pair of naiant small omni condensers for about 75 bucks, I believe. They'll do the job.
I picked up to Behringer ECM8000s. I space them 7" apart, and then set everything up as we would if playing a show in that room (in a line or a u-shape, etc) Then I record the entire practice, bump it to garage band, chop out all the dead space, and pan each track hard left/hard right.
I don't have a proper manikin head, but this works pretty ok. I actually take a tape measure and make sure the capsules are exactly 7", which seems to help. Everything rings through clear enough to record rehearsals.
I wouldn't bother putting mics on individual instruments, though. It's time consuming, and in the end I'm just trying to remember what the fuck happened during jams, etc.
What mics are you using? In this case (I used to record practices by just hanging an sm58 from the ceiling, very crappy) I would consider any dynamic mic to be totally useless. You can get a pair of naiant small omni condensers for about 75 bucks, I believe. They'll do the job.
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Alfred E. New
New member
go for the shure mics, i personally love the sm57, u can use it on anything, and its a cheap mic, for vocals try the sm58
starbuck26
New member
Thanks for the words. Who knew you can use a sm57 for almost anything?
In this case, I would say that though "u can use it on anything," it's too directional to capture an entire band.
Therefore I reiterate my earlier post, that if you are recording the whole band on 2 mics, you want those two mics to be omnidirectional.
IMHO.
Charva
Shower Time
Audio Technica pro 24 into a MiniDisc recorder.
FALKEN
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I have been using omni's...ev635a's, spaced close together like in your post. They seem to capture things a bit muddier than I would like to have them. Not to say that this is not an accurate representation of what the room really sounds like, but directional mics do tend to sound more, well, direct.
in a small warehouse space we used to put condensers in the two corners above/behind the drums and angle them across the kit towards the amps. that seemed to work well but its been a few years and I dont have those mics...I was thinking about getting some and trying this again.
in a small warehouse space we used to put condensers in the two corners above/behind the drums and angle them across the kit towards the amps. that seemed to work well but its been a few years and I dont have those mics...I was thinking about getting some and trying this again.