tin-can effect

[jdrockweller]

I am trying to record an electric guitar (amp) using the miking technique found here:
http://www.alexandermagazine.com/re...eq/rw/tip7.html

My setup is one Shure AXS4 placed near the center cone and a Studio Projects C1 about 12" behind it and a couple inches out from the center. I am running the mics into two separate channels though an Aark DP 2496 and into Nuendo. I am recording in a padded closet.

The mix sounds pretty good on headphones - but that's a faux pas. The mix of the two tracks sounds like ass when I play that same mix on my monitor speakers. The sound is hollow and makes me think I am hearing it thru a tin can. I keep thinking it's a phasing problem, but reversing the phase on either track does very little to help.

The send effects I am using are the following (in this order):
BBE Sonic Maximizer [amount: varies]
Compression [amount: 25%]
StereoEcho Delay (8ms left channel, 16ms right channel) [amount: 30-80%]
Reverb (50% wet, 50% dry; small room size) [amound: 20-30%]

I cannot seem to overcome the catch-22 of either
a) recording with one mic and getting a very small sound
b) recording with two mics for a bigger sound and getting the hollow, tin-can effect during the mixing

I posted the two tracks for you to download here:
www.survivingdisasters.com/mp3/index.html
In case you want to try some mixing yourself and/or give me feedback.

Help!! Advice? Ideas?
Thanks!
Allen

 

[roman]

while you were crossposting this message, it has been answered in the recording section allready

 

[jdrockweller]

crossposted indeed

I included my mixing/mastering settings on this post (because it's in the mixing section) and left them out of the other one because it's in the recording section. I am curious to see what different replies I get in each section. The more ideas and advice I get, the better my solution will hopefully be.

 

[roman]

eh, didn't get that far while reading

 

[TexRoadkill]

Getting a big sound isn't about the number of mics. If you can't get a good sound on one mic then adding another just makes it more complicated. Work with one mic until it sounds good.

Adjust your amp so that the guitar sounds good through the monitors. The sound you get live and the sound you get on the recording can often be different.