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tmcconnell · 18th July 2006

It won't hurt and it might help so why not? My only comment is that using it as close as possible ("up its ass"?) may not get you the tone you want. Put it where it sounds good. The r84 does have huge proximity effect, so too close could easily be too bassy - but it works close for a lot of players because they assume that the amp sounds like what they hear when they are standing next to it - so they dial in too much high end which the average engineer compensates for by dialing in too much low end. Someday you'll run into a player who actually knows what his amp sounds like, and for that player you'll make a muddy track most likely if you just put the r84 right on the cone. (Apologies for the making an obvious point).

18th July 2006	#7
tmcconnell Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 552	Use the pop filter It won't hurt and it might help so why not? My only comment is that using it as close as possible ("up its ass"?) may not get you the tone you want. Put it where it sounds good. The r84 does have huge proximity effect, so too close could easily be too bassy - but it works close for a lot of players because they assume that the amp sounds like what they hear when they are standing next to it - so they dial in too much high end which the average engineer compensates for by dialing in too much low end. Someday you'll run into a player who actually knows what his amp sounds like, and for that player you'll make a muddy track most likely if you just put the r84 right on the cone. (Apologies for the making an obvious point).