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mcolling
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Ok folks,
My band and I, based out of Victoria, BC, want to try recording ourselves using close-micing techniques, but also with mics far off in a large room in order to capture the natural reverb of the environment. You see, we are big fans of My Morning Jacket, who use rooms and silos as reverb chambers in order to give their records a nice, unique aural quality. However, where as MMJ record their albums "traditionally", layering tracks upon a click or whatever, we want to record live. We want to set up in a big room and play.
The question is, then, what do you all in your infinite wisdom suggest using for the "far away" mics? This board is full of suggestions for close-micing (and since we're on a budget, we'll probably be using: a couple of Chinese condensers over the drums with a SM57 on the snare and maybe another in the kick, an SM57 on the guitar and bass cabs, and an SM58 or another Chinese condenser for vocals). So, what do you suggest? Should we use small or large diaphram? Keep in mind we're on a budget-- say, under $500, and we'll want a pair probably.
Thanks,
Michael Collinge
My band and I, based out of Victoria, BC, want to try recording ourselves using close-micing techniques, but also with mics far off in a large room in order to capture the natural reverb of the environment. You see, we are big fans of My Morning Jacket, who use rooms and silos as reverb chambers in order to give their records a nice, unique aural quality. However, where as MMJ record their albums "traditionally", layering tracks upon a click or whatever, we want to record live. We want to set up in a big room and play.
The question is, then, what do you all in your infinite wisdom suggest using for the "far away" mics? This board is full of suggestions for close-micing (and since we're on a budget, we'll probably be using: a couple of Chinese condensers over the drums with a SM57 on the snare and maybe another in the kick, an SM57 on the guitar and bass cabs, and an SM58 or another Chinese condenser for vocals). So, what do you suggest? Should we use small or large diaphram? Keep in mind we're on a budget-- say, under $500, and we'll want a pair probably.
Thanks,
Michael Collinge