Hello all,
I'm new to this forum and relatively new to recording as well. I recently found this forum in a Google search and have found the information posted here to be very helpful! I am putting together a portable recording rig that is compatible with my brother's Sonar/PC based home studio. I have a laptop with a 1.8GHz P4, 512MB RAM, and 40GB HD. The audio interface is a Lexicon Omega USB. Software platform is Sonar 3 Producer.
Most times I do not have the ability to play at performance volume at home and so I have been experimenting with low volume guitar amp recording - which brings me to the subject of this post. I had an opportunity to test four different mics for low volume recording last night and I was wondering if you guys could give me some feedback.
I used the same guitar (PRS CE24 w/ Seth Lover PU's) through the same amp (Fuchs ODS 50 SLX 1x12 combo w/ Emi Wizard speaker) and the same settings (Guitar: bridge pickup at full volume & tone / Amp: jazz setting, deep switch and mid boost on, OD gain set to 3 o'clock, master low enough to not disturb sleeping family, all other controls at 12 o'clock).
I recorded about 1 minute each with four different microphones (AKG C1000-S small diaphragm condenser, CAD M39 large diaphragm condenser, CAD KBM-412 dynamic kick drum mic, & Shure SM57 dynamic instrument mic) each placed in exactly the same position (positioned just outside the edge of the dust cap, perpendicular to and right up against the grill cloth). I'll leave the file names generic and make this a blind taste test.
NOTE: I didn't tune my guitar before hand - hope it doesn't offend the ear.
If you have a moment please give a listen and post your thoughts.
CAD KBM-412 dynamic kick drum mic
AKG C1000-S small diaphragm condenser mic
CAD M39 (same as M179) large diaphragm condenser mic
Shure SM57 dynamic mic
Thanks!
I'm new to this forum and relatively new to recording as well. I recently found this forum in a Google search and have found the information posted here to be very helpful! I am putting together a portable recording rig that is compatible with my brother's Sonar/PC based home studio. I have a laptop with a 1.8GHz P4, 512MB RAM, and 40GB HD. The audio interface is a Lexicon Omega USB. Software platform is Sonar 3 Producer.
Most times I do not have the ability to play at performance volume at home and so I have been experimenting with low volume guitar amp recording - which brings me to the subject of this post. I had an opportunity to test four different mics for low volume recording last night and I was wondering if you guys could give me some feedback.
I used the same guitar (PRS CE24 w/ Seth Lover PU's) through the same amp (Fuchs ODS 50 SLX 1x12 combo w/ Emi Wizard speaker) and the same settings (Guitar: bridge pickup at full volume & tone / Amp: jazz setting, deep switch and mid boost on, OD gain set to 3 o'clock, master low enough to not disturb sleeping family, all other controls at 12 o'clock).
I recorded about 1 minute each with four different microphones (AKG C1000-S small diaphragm condenser, CAD M39 large diaphragm condenser, CAD KBM-412 dynamic kick drum mic, & Shure SM57 dynamic instrument mic) each placed in exactly the same position (positioned just outside the edge of the dust cap, perpendicular to and right up against the grill cloth). I'll leave the file names generic and make this a blind taste test.
NOTE: I didn't tune my guitar before hand - hope it doesn't offend the ear.
If you have a moment please give a listen and post your thoughts.
CAD KBM-412 dynamic kick drum mic
AKG C1000-S small diaphragm condenser mic
CAD M39 (same as M179) large diaphragm condenser mic
Shure SM57 dynamic mic
Thanks!
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