Micing techniques for multiple mic's on an amp!

[Quencho092]

Somebody give me some good advice on getting a fat clean tone from my deluxe using multiple sm57's. Why sm57? because that's all i have. I tried hanging one in front and putting one on a stand pointing 4 inches from the center of the cone, 3 inches from the grill. It sounded alright, but i want fatter. TIPS!!!! Give angles, placements, whatever you guys have tried and had success with!

 

[xerxes]

Re: Micing techniques for multiple mic's on an amp!

double track it and pan it

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: Micing techniques for multiple mic's on an amp!

If you can phase reverse at the board, you might try one in front and one behind. Or try one from behind only. It's a delicate balancing act, but it can yield good results. You'll get tremendous depth from inside the cabinet, and then your positioning can affect how much of that low end woof from the cabinet gets into the mic head.

You can also try one dead center, about twice as far away as the cone is deep. So say the speaker cone is 4" deep from the face of the cabinet, you'd be 12" out from the center of the cone, but 8" out from the front of the cabinet. You want to be far enough for the lows to come out from around the perimiter of the cone, and disperse to the center position. Too close, and you are just getting the sound of the paper at that location. There might be a sweet spot for you on that paper somewhere, but I imagine you are wanting a sound closer to what you're hearing from in front of the amp. Close micing is great, but for what you're describing, I'd suggest coming back like that.

If you really wanted to get nuts, you could pry the head/diffuser off, and stick a foam pop filter on it.

 

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Re: Micing techniques for multiple mic's on an amp!

Also, angle the SM57 at a 45 degree angle to the grill about an inch from the cloth. It's best to try and get the tone out of the amp first.

 

[J Moose]

Re: Micing techniques for multiple mic's on an amp!

For starters...

Get the amp up off the floor.

"Borrow" a milkcrate from the deli or 'yer friendly neigbourhood bodega.





There's several theorys on how to make multiple microphones sound "good" together.


Good being a subjective thing based on personal preferences, taste & experience....of which nobody can really account to anything meaningful there.


Ask 10 people about this and you'll get at least 8 answers.




I subscribe to the "just kinda do it" theory these days, but I've been doing plying the trade of hanging microphones for a bit...



I'd suggest starting with getting one mic to sound "good" before adding others to the fray.





Sometimes (alot of times) I'll use other recordings as reference while I'm working on a given record to keep things in-check so to speak.