to anyone who has the SP B1

[revamp]

i am trying to mic a guitar amp does anyone have any suggestions of placement of the mic (SP B1 condenser mic). my room has hardwood flooring and i am playing out of a Line 6 Spider II amplifier.

 

[Markd102]

experiment.

For a starting point.... walk around the room while playing and find the spot where it sounds best. Put your mic there and see how it records.
Also try blankets on the walls and mats on the floor.

This goes for any mic.

 

[mrface2112]

yep, do what mark said and get the amp off the floor while you're at it, otherwise all that good cabinet vibration's going right into the floor. and do a search on micing amps using the search function above--you'll get plenty of responses that way.

as a rule of thumb, the amp has to sound good in the room first. if it sounds mediocre in the room, it's gonna sound mediocre at best on tape. make sure it sounds good in the room. hardwood floors could be good and they can be bad--YMMV.


wade

 

[revamp]

i dont have a cab though, just a regular amp.. if i get it off the floor i was thinkin of setting it on top of a wooden chair, will that help at all..?

 

[acorec]

i dont have a cab though, just a regular amp.. if i get it off the floor i was thinkin of setting it on top of a wooden chair, will that help at all..?

Yep, that's what Joe Walsh does..............exactly.

 

[mrface2112]

yeah, he does........but joe walsh also has gear to die for and massive tone in his hands--putting your amp on a wooden chair won't give you either of those other two things. :b

still, a wooden chair is better than a floor.


wade

 

[revamp]

for mrface2112, did u read the mail i sent you..

this is kind of what it said:
"Hi I own a SP B1 and record in cooledit pro. i believe i may have a phase problem but im not sure. You know how there's a horizontal line in the middle, well when i record vocals the wave doesn't seem to come out balanced, it "swerves" to the bottom, but when i mic guitar amps, it seems to be fine. the waveforms are not lining up or something please help."

 

[jshebell]

I've had better luck using a Behringer DI (the one with the speaker emulator switch that comes in a red aluminum housing and sells for about $37) and putting it right across the speaker leads in the amp. You have to use the DI pads to drop about 40db, but the resulting sound is very nice and doesn't require you to tie up a mike and fool around with placement. I'm actually very surprised how well it works. Read the reviews on Harmony Central.

Hope that helps....John