Having fun micing amps

[WhiteStrat]

Now that the studio's done, I'm having fun tweaking mics and dialing in sounds (and messing with superfluous buttons and lights). Worked on the Legacy today. Thought I had it dialed in before, but I was using 3 mics then--seemed like overkill. I was pleased to get what I think is an even better (or at least "more me") sound with just two (an MD421 and a cheap ribbon).

 

[Sonixx]

nice and thick tone but it also sounded distant.

what speakers?

 

[WhiteStrat]

nice and thick tone but it also sounded distant.

what speakers?

Wow...you're right it does sound distant. Two causes: 1) I'm stuck in the 80's; 2) I was playing with this in the wee hours. Combine those two and you get too much in the way of fx!

Next time I'll put my inner 80's child to bed and stick closer to the raw sound--it was very close and upfront.

Thanks for the listen and comment.

 

[WhiteStrat]

what speakers?

Sorry--almost missed that. It has the stock Vintage 30 Celestions.

 

[ocnor]

Don't apologize for being stuck in an era of great music. Most of the music after 1990 just plain sucks. I would be interested in hearing the dry sound from each mic separately and then both together.

 

[WhiteStrat]

Don't apologize for being stuck in an era of great music. Most of the music after 1990 just plain sucks. I would be interested in hearing the dry sound from each mic separately and then both together.

Sure I can do that. I've got a long day, but I'll try to post those up tonight--so check back.

 

[Lt. Bob]

I've started using a technique I read about somewhere when dialing in my amps and it seems to work quite well.
I take a pink noise generator and plug it into the guitar amp ........ after listening to it and getting very familiar with the sound ....... I put on headphones and listen to the mic as I move it around.
It's SUPER easy to hear where it gets thin or loses sparkle ...... every little mic change really comes thru in the change in sound of the pink noise you hear in the 'phones.

 

[WhiteStrat]

I've started using a technique I read about somewhere when dialing in my amps and it seems to work quite well.
I take a pink noise generator and plug it into the guitar amp ........ after listening to it and getting very familiar with the sound ....... I put on headphones and listen to the mic as I move it around.
It's SUPER easy to hear where it gets thing or loses sparkle ...... every little mic change really comes thru in the change in sound of the pink noise you hear in the 'phones.

Cool tip. I'll have to give that a try!

 

[WhiteStrat]

Don't apologize for being stuck in an era of great music. Most of the music after 1990 just plain sucks. I would be interested in hearing the dry sound from each mic separately and then both together.

Sure I can do that. I've got a long day, but I'll try to post those up tonight--so check back.

Here you. Dynamic dry, ribbon dry, both combined dry. Note that the individuals are centered, but the combination track is dynamic panned hard L and ribbon panned hard R. Combining them both in the center definitely makes a thicker sound, but panning them makes it thicker and wider at the same time.

 

[ocnor]

That really does create a nice sense of space. It's much better than resorting to some phony sounding reverb plugin. How high was your volume set? around 2? And how far back did you place the ribbon mic?

 

[dodgeaspen]

I've started using a technique I read about somewhere when dialing in my amps and it seems to work quite well.
I take a pink noise generator and plug it into the guitar amp ........ after listening to it and getting very familiar with the sound ....... I put on headphones and listen to the mic as I move it around.
It's SUPER easy to hear where it gets thin or loses sparkle ...... every little mic change really comes thru in the change in sound of the pink noise you hear in the 'phones.

That's good advice Lt. I'll be trying that the next time I record. Have some rep points.

 

[Sonixx]

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