Re: [LAU] how record electric guitar?

Cassiel wrote:
>
>
> 2009/4/8 Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden>>
>
> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 18:24 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
> OK, this is driving me crazy. I've been a professional audio
> engineer
> for 15 years. Hang some mics in front of the amp. If you're micing a
> 4x12 listen to each cone and put the mic in front of the cone that
> sounds best. Hand two mics on the two best cones and record to two
> separate tracks if you want to get really crazy. Check phase and
> align
> accordingly.
>
> If you're recording distorted guitar there's little need to
> compress on
> the way in because it's already super compressed. If you have
> something
> really fat sounding like a Distressor or a Tube-Tech or something, and
> you want to fatten the sound a bit more, fine.
>
> I've had luck with almost EVERY mic I've ever used on guitars. U47,
> U67, U87, 414, 4050, 421, KSM44, KSM27, M88. On general principle I
> won't have a 57 on anything. Maybe it's stubbornness.
>
> EQ your track so that it sounds good and stands out in your MIX.
> These
> "cookie cutter" approaches of "do this" and "do that" have never
> worked
> for me until I've heard the track in the context of the final mix.
>
> If I've offended, tell me to go to hell. I'm OK with that. :-)
>
> Best,
> Rich...
>
>
> ok, rock'n'roll style: go to hell ;-)
>
> (serious) he said his equipment is: epiphone (not gibson les paul
> custom or a fender custom shop), a 30w orange amp (not a vox ac30 tube
> amp or marshall jcm), an m-audio preamp, a shure 57 (no neumann or any
> other condenser mic), no mixing console.
>
> (humor) well, everyone knows a Ferrari is better than every other car
> all over the world but would you suggest to buy one to every people
> asking you an opinion about a ford or bmw?
>
Useful suggestions, thanks for that!

Record it as mono or stereo track?

\r

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Received on Thu Apr 9 16:15:03 2009