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Originally Posted by Brad McGowan  By the way...I now understand why I read about CLA boosting +gazillion at 8k on guitar tracks he mixes. It's because people put mics right up on the grill but point them at the parts of the cone that are all bass and low mids.
Hey Jim--any tips for miking up a 2x12 or 4x12 cab from a couple feet away? I do agree you get the full sound of the cab and speaker but you also get strange interractions between the two speakers. It seems that there is a focal point, but sometimes it's hard to find. Any tips?
Brad |
Just move the mic until you're pleased with the results. For me, usually it's a single mic, I start with a modified 414B and place it pointing to the center of a speaker cone, 2 feet back and tilted 10 degrees off axis. Then move it to taste. For 4x12's I sometimes will move it a bit further back to capture all the interaction of the speakers. Sometimes with single 12" speakers I'll place the condenser 6" back, but never closer. I don't like the clouds of low end bumps from proximity effect. Somehow adding + 6 to 12 db at 110 hz never seems to work for me on electric or acoustic guitars. Switch to omni, and that problem goes away. But then you get to deal with back room leakage. A large dead room works best for me if that's done. Another reason I don't use dynamics or ribbons on guitars is I want them to sound right without any EQ. To add 8k is counter productive when you can just capture the right amount of that with mic selection and positioning.
Jim Williams
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