Marshall MXL V69 Tube Mic..new to mic'n

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Hi All,

I am new to mic'n...I just bought my mic a few days ago...I have been recording for 4 years and been using Pod ,I made some ok recordings.

recorded with Xt


But as time go on I wanted to see what was all the fuss about mic'n cabs..
so I bought a Ampeg Vh 140 c and a Marshall MXL V69...This is what all the fuss was about..my sound is unreal...

Couple of ??'s

It looks like the head of my mic sits around 5inches away from the speakers.

is this to far??

Do I have to cut a hole in the cloth?

What is on Axis and Off Axis?

If my amp is in stereo and I only use 1 mic ,It seems I am only recording a mono signal and turning it into stereo..won't I get a deeper rich signal if I use another mic?

Thanks JoeyDahlia
 
The tone is good. There's no rules for distance, and no you don't have to cut a hole in the grill! It sounds a little muddy in the rythmn track. You might want to pan things a little and control the balance.

Sounded at first like there were some drums in there, but they went away. sad! :(
 
HAHA! You used those John Bonham drum mp3's for your drum track!!!

The tone is pretty good. As said, pan the guitars, or atleast double both tracks and hard pan them left and right. It will open up the track and take away some of the mud. Also, cut SOME of the lows on the rythm track and boost some mids and mighs. It will make it jump more. Also, bring the bass track up a little!
 
Thanks,

I just want to know if 5 inches away from the speaker would be to far...If I need to get closer I would have to cut hole in the cloth...

what would it sound like right off of the speaker,Like 2 inches away....lol

JoeyDahlia
 
for a IN YOUR FACE sound, get the mic as close to the grill as possible. DONT cut the grill. If you work on eq, you can get an awsome guitar sound.
 
It looks like my mic has a lolly pop head on it,how should I point it at the speaker ?

JoeyDahlia
 
joeydahlia said:
It looks like my mic has a lolly pop head on it,how should I point it at the speaker ?

JoeyDahlia
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The V69 is a side adressed mic, when you look through the grill you'll see a very small kind of snare drum, that's the capsule, the front of the mic is where the logo is, so point het logo side to the speaker and you're 'on axis'.

We speak of 'off axis' when the sound enters the mic from the side.

And indeed one microphone will give you a mono signal, for stereo you'll need two mics in a stereo placement. You'll find all about stereo placement at www.dpamicrophones.com (microphone university)

Peace, Han
 
Han said:
The V69 is a side adressed mic, when you look through the grill you'll see a very small kind of snare drum, that's the capsule, the front of the mic is where the logo is, so point het logo side to the speaker and you're 'on axis'.

We speak of 'off axis' when the sound enters the mic from the side.

And indeed one microphone will give you a mono signal, for stereo you'll need two mics in a stereo placement. You'll find all about stereo placement at www.dpamicrophones.com (microphone university)

Peace, Han
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This is some great info...thanks

JoeyDahlia
 
wow this is an old thread...I created a new company this day....wow..!!!!

doing our 1st winter Namm in Jan...
 
well its so cool...
this was the day I started building my company..I just did not know it..lol

I had a 4x12 cab and I did cut a hole in the tolex..I ripped it off the cab..then I was able to get the mic closer and pik up more waves..but the 4x12 cab had to much mud

I went down to a 2x12...and then I cut it in half...with a sawzall...then I got into 2 1x12's cabs...

this is where it got interesting..

Now in 1x12 cabs I ..found a way to mount a speaker on the same size drum shell..they are mounted from the outside..

also I lined the inside with 1/2 inch padding and using a soft pillow you can adjust the volume inside the drum and tune it to your amp's wattage...

this has to be day 1...on my original post...

and I am doing my 1st winter Namm in Jan
 
Now that is WAY COOL Joey.

Do you have any sound clips that you can post here?

Wait till I tell the rest of the guys here about this.
 
Great stuff there Joey. I looked a bunch of other vids and found them all very interesting. Shaping the tone via air flow is a nice recording tool.
I hope you do well at the Namm show.

Be sure and check back in from time to time with updates.

Also take a look at the *New tone thread* here under the guitar forum.
 
I cant wait to show the rockers and recording guru's the drums...

we are testing a high power speaker selector switch now..

so in a studio ,you can select a speaker in real time ..so you can audition a vintage 30 and at a flick of a button you can go to a texas heat without leaving your seat..

so both the guitar player and engineer can discuss the best speaker for that part or that song rhythm or lead...

and your correct adjusting the volume inside the cab is awesome...you can clear up every bit of mud and wind...lol
 
I've all ready talked to a few guys in the guitar forum section here at HR and they are those rockers and recording guru's of whom you speak of. It's gonna be hard to teach some of those old dogs new tricks though they were very open minded about the idea.
 
you dont need any eq at all ....ever...post or pre ...they are mud less...

inside that cab are corners for air and waves and they bounce back on the paper cone...

and the driver was not meant to be a barrier..

so when air and waves come off that driver..we kill it...
 
Do you have any good A/B clips on sound cloud or other mediums? I can hear the youtube demos alright but a good few clips would be great to listen to on good speakers other than my computer set up speakers.
 
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