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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
If I can have two, I'll add a character mic - a ribbon for more low mids, a room mic for space, another 57 set to get more fizz and grind...
In principle if the '57 isn't working I'd try something else as the primary mic, but genuinely across maybe a dozen amp models I've miked it's never happened - and I have tried SM7b, RE20, Okt 012, Audix I5, MD421, AT4050, C414, even SM58 (obviously the 58 is pretty close...).
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For recording both a 57 and an MD421 as a starting point. Also have an i5 and e906 but I prefer the 57/421
E906 just hung whilst space saving difficult to get in the sweet spot and have a habit of moving during performance due to the cable not being properly secured.
Have sort of become quite attached to my SE R1 ribbon for recording.
It's warm, detailed and things sound good through it. I'm mainly using it in front of an offset 2x12 Matamp cab and it has a lovely depth to it. You can capture great 70's saturated growl and it's a joy to dig into with a good eq. It can be a bit dominant on it's own so lately I've been sticking a SM57 next to it, but you know what, I can't get on with sm57 all that much.
I've got a few other mics lying around, most are well suited to t'other half's beautiful folk vocals but lack the character I'm looking for. Can't name them without rooting about but I have tried most of them, nothing fancy just bog standard stuff really
I've been trying to mic up a John Birch bass recently (with Magnum, / Biflux) and still to find anything that can do it justice. The harmonic content it puts out is overwhelming.
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Any dynamic vocal style mic you have will work, the guitars ferquency range is well within those limitations. But tith guitar cabs mic position makes the single biggest difference to Eq bar none. Squashing say an sm57 somewhere against the grill gets a sound, but most engineers will fiddle with position to get the best tone before they even touch the desk Eq controls becaus eit makes than much impact. Ever seen cabs with felt pen marks or tape or paint on the grills? Thats because X marks the spot to try first and usually that is it for any touring band for a consistent good tone.
Actually, coincidentally, last weekend for the first time in 10 years a sound guy asked me if there's a mic placement I prefer - but even that was only prompted by me telling him the left speaker hole on my amp is boarded up!
I think with live sound, at least at my level, there are so many variables that any mic somewhere in front of a guitar speaker is going to sound enough like a guitar to call it good and move on.
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In the richer bands I've got 906, in the poorer bands I've got 57's and in one band a fake 57. The best performing mic at rejecting spill is the 906 .... personally I've no preference between the sound of the mics ...they both sound fine
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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