I think you'll find a surprisingly large improvement going to the 57.OK, well you should have guessed out loud!!!!!
One out of two, actually. It is really loud, volume isn't the issue. But it must be the condenser. Problem is, I've tweaked so much that I'm sure just changing the mic won't be the only solution right now. I have to go back to the 57 but also play with the sound a lot. But I'm recording right now with the 57, so we'll see what that does as a first step.
Cheers, mate. Thanks a lot
I agree with you guys. I always used a 57. I tried to get too cute. I have a use for every one of my mics, so I was just trying to find an excuse to use that condenser on something. Kind of stupid, but I'm kind of obsessive that way.
That sounds much better. You can really pick out the guitars now. Personally I like the gain. I can still hear what everything is doing and it sounds lively.
OK, great. Thanx for taking the time, man. At least I have something I can work with again.
I agree ..... TS better than SD ..... both together sounded best to me.
Those sound great. Just out of curiosity, would you cut some bass on those in a mix? It sounds to me that there's a low end build up that I would cut if I heard it. But I'm wondering if what I'm interpreting as a little muddy is actually nice fatness that you need in a mix.
That's a good question, and as always, it depends. I probably would not cut any bass, but if it were a problem I'd slap a low shelf on it instead of a cut or high pass. Also, I like to pan my guitars out wide, so that low end becomes less problematic way out to the sides. It almost vanishes actually, but the fullness remains. And really these are tones I probably wouldn't use anyway. I wouldn't normally run my bass setting up that high, but the volume was low-ish on these clips so it helped fatten it up some. Normally I'd use more volume and less bass knob.
That sounds pretty much on-par with what you usually do. I would probably still like a little more high mids, but it's pretty good as-is.
