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Topic Started: Aug 18 2006, 12:14 PM (284 Views)
+ atc228	Aug 18 2006, 12:14 PM Post #1
Retired Posts: 136 Group: Retired Member #4 Joined: June 24, 2006	when you record do you mic your amps? do you have a favorite mic to use or do you just use whatever is there? do you have any special techniques for micing amps and having them sound good? i.e. having them in a slant towards the center of the speaker cone.
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Admin	Aug 18 2006, 04:19 PM Post #2
Admin Posts: 1,669 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 24, 2006	Well, I don't usually mic my amp, but that is because I don't like the sound. When I get my Marshall, I will start again. But I use a Shure SM57 and I do close up micing (at least that is what I call it). Basically, it is completely staight pointing striaght at the cloth as close as possible whitout touching it. I put it about 2 inches to the left of my top left speaker on my cab.



+ Impure	Aug 19 2006, 12:38 AM Post #3
Top Contributor Posts: 261 Group: Retired Member #7 Joined: June 24, 2006	for me it sounds better when i put the mic a little far from the amp and raise the volume level.



JeDi	Aug 19 2006, 11:32 AM Post #4
Music.Pwns. Posts: 99 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: July 30, 2006	I always recorded on my 256mb Mp3 player then the screen broke so now i can't.
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roast	Sep 4 2006, 01:25 AM Post #5
Posts: 550 Group: Co-Admin Member #59 Joined: September 2, 2006	Simple as this. A large diapraghm dynamic mic, like a shure sm57/58 will do. Mount the mic about a half foot from the cab, pinted to the centre of the speaker cone, no slants, no angles. Raise the volume if you need to. If your workin in a studio, might be cool to put a decent pop shield between the mic and cab.....suppose that dosent matter though...
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edwardhimself	Sep 6 2006, 05:25 PM Post #6
Newbie Posts: 8 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: September 6, 2006	^ that only matters if there is wind coming from whatever u want to record that would cause unwanted noise. I have a shit mic which i put right next to the bottom-left corner of my amp. Obviously micing is important but if ur trying to imrove ur sound, try recording the same guitar part twice and putting each one in one speaker. And using compressors and EQ's somwhere between ur mic and ur recording is also good.
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roast	Sep 6 2006, 06:59 PM Post #7
Posts: 550 Group: Co-Admin Member #59 Joined: September 2, 2006	True dat. But, if your micing a bass amp with a standard SM57 (which i wouldnt use for bass), theres gonna be a little wind from the amp. Pop shields could help a little, i only use them in rare occasions in my studio, but as i said, dosent really matter.
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rejected_people	Sep 6 2007, 11:12 PM Post #8
Member Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #1,438 Joined: September 6, 2007	for recording and live i close mic my 4x12 with a Rode NT1-A it was £120 but sounds amazing. Condensers sound good but make sure they have a high SPL!


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