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I'm gonna be tracking my band pretty soon and I'm trying to put together a game plan. We're gonna record the drums and one guitar live to 1/2" eight track (Tascam 38). I am thinking about trying two mics on the guitar amp since I've got good results with mic'ing two speakers in 4x12 cabs, but this 1x12 is sort of a different animal.
How would you mic this amp? Would you just throw one dynamic on it and be done with it? Or is there a multiple mic technique that I can try? I was thinking of trying an LDC on the back, what do you think of that?
I ask because in the past, I have had trouble getting decent guitar sounds with only one mic, or maybe to put it more accurately, I feel I get much better sounds with two mics. I usually use the trick where you move the second mic around the front of a noisy 4x12 cab until the noise cancels out in your headphones, then flip polarity on one mic. I have been really happy with guitar sounds that I get with this mic technique, is there a similar trick to placement on open back cabs?
A further complication is that I'm sort of limited with the number of mic preamps too. I only have four built in pres on my Mackie Onyx 1220, a Rane MS 1b and I just bought a GT Brick. So I will need a bunch of pres for the drums (oh yeah, I have a crappy Behringer mixer for close mic'ing toms). Where do think I should throw the Brick, as that may be the most lethal weapon in my arsenal? I'm thinking its either between the kick drum or the guitar, and leaning toward guitar...
Music is raunchy, trashy guitar driven punk rock'n roll. what do you think?
any thoughts?
How would you mic this amp? Would you just throw one dynamic on it and be done with it? Or is there a multiple mic technique that I can try? I was thinking of trying an LDC on the back, what do you think of that?
I ask because in the past, I have had trouble getting decent guitar sounds with only one mic, or maybe to put it more accurately, I feel I get much better sounds with two mics. I usually use the trick where you move the second mic around the front of a noisy 4x12 cab until the noise cancels out in your headphones, then flip polarity on one mic. I have been really happy with guitar sounds that I get with this mic technique, is there a similar trick to placement on open back cabs?
A further complication is that I'm sort of limited with the number of mic preamps too. I only have four built in pres on my Mackie Onyx 1220, a Rane MS 1b and I just bought a GT Brick. So I will need a bunch of pres for the drums (oh yeah, I have a crappy Behringer mixer for close mic'ing toms). Where do think I should throw the Brick, as that may be the most lethal weapon in my arsenal? I'm thinking its either between the kick drum or the guitar, and leaning toward guitar...
Music is raunchy, trashy guitar driven punk rock'n roll. what do you think?
any thoughts?