wesley tanner
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I'm starting a project that will be modern folkish sounding... just one acoustic track, one or two vocals, and some sparse mandolin... here's my question.
I've got a 414, a sm 57, and a cheap marshall LDC. My board is a small beheringer, and I run through a tascam 428 into sonar, then mix on some alesis monitors (relativly cheap).
I have some money to throw around, and am wondering what's the best way to improve my chain. I will also soon be recording some full band stuff-- a shure beta 91 and some 421's on the way for that... although I've not seen anyone on here say anything about the beta 91, so that's in the air, I guess...
also, with what I have, in a small kinda shitty souding room-- 13'x18' some baffles and traps... how should I record each part? The 414 is by far my best mic, and the singer is incredible-- a baritone with a decent range (to the b or so above high C--7th fret of high e for us guitar players), and a supurb fullness in his low end. so, basically, I'm planning on using the 414 for acoustic, but I'm unsure of placement (ok, I have some clues...) but the bass roll off, the pickup patterns, etc, I am still unaware... mandolin I have NO idea how to mic, and the same roll off/pickup pattern thing I'm unsure of for vocals... is there another mic that would do me better for his voice (I plan on recording it a lot for quite a while--he's like my brother), or should I start somewhere else in the chain? I've heard good things about the tlm103.
I've got a 414, a sm 57, and a cheap marshall LDC. My board is a small beheringer, and I run through a tascam 428 into sonar, then mix on some alesis monitors (relativly cheap).
I have some money to throw around, and am wondering what's the best way to improve my chain. I will also soon be recording some full band stuff-- a shure beta 91 and some 421's on the way for that... although I've not seen anyone on here say anything about the beta 91, so that's in the air, I guess...
also, with what I have, in a small kinda shitty souding room-- 13'x18' some baffles and traps... how should I record each part? The 414 is by far my best mic, and the singer is incredible-- a baritone with a decent range (to the b or so above high C--7th fret of high e for us guitar players), and a supurb fullness in his low end. so, basically, I'm planning on using the 414 for acoustic, but I'm unsure of placement (ok, I have some clues...) but the bass roll off, the pickup patterns, etc, I am still unaware... mandolin I have NO idea how to mic, and the same roll off/pickup pattern thing I'm unsure of for vocals... is there another mic that would do me better for his voice (I plan on recording it a lot for quite a while--he's like my brother), or should I start somewhere else in the chain? I've heard good things about the tlm103.
