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krueger · February 13th, 2012, 03:47 PM

Hi!

I was experimenting yesterday to find the best position for my microphone quickly on my combo amp. I found a pretty easy way that I thought I might share. Nothing sensational but somebody might find it useful.

1. Place your mic on your cab
2. Get the mic into a mixer
3. Put on a pair of headphones monitoring the mic from the mixer
4. Turn up amp to a nice but not overbearing level
5. Start playing yer guitar ;)
6. Adjust the amp tone to your liking
7. Turn up level of headphones so it just overpowers the sound from the amp when standing around 10 ft away, facing away from the amp
8. Stand where you only hear the headphones (see 7)
9. Turn around and move closer to the amp so that the amp sound overpowers the headphones (or take them off)
10. Adjust mic and repeat from step 8 until you are satisfied

What I wanted to accomplish is to find the same sound in my headphones as I have "in the room". I thought it worked quite well, actually.

The difference in sound between very subtle mic positions is vast. More than I expected, but I'm almost a complete noob in this area...

64Strat · February 13th, 2012, 05:19 PM

yep! that'll work!

then there is the 2 mic method using a dynamic in close proximity to the cone but off angle about 20-30*....and then a condenser about 16" away facing the cone.

Use the same method you describe to be sure there isn't any phase issues.

woodman · February 13th, 2012, 07:51 PM

The time you've invested in learning good mike placement will save you hundreds of software headaches down the line!

73Telecaster · March 25th, 2012, 08:58 AM

Worked very well for me. Found the sound, then put a couple of strips of duct tape for future reference. Thanks for the tip!

SilentCityRob · March 26th, 2012, 05:41 PM

Yep, great method! I use a similar strategy in the studio every day!

The technique works espscially well for heavily distorted tones and gives you a good grasp of how EQ varies across the speaker cone. I like to find out all the sweet spots so I can EQ out nasty frequencies just with mic placement.

Rob

woodman · March 26th, 2012, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentCityRob

I like to find out all the sweet spots so I can EQ out nasty frequencies just with mic placement.

And there you have it! Take minutes to save hours.

February 13th, 2012, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
krueger Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sweden Age: 41 Posts: 115	Good way of finding a nice mic position on your guitar amp all by your self quickly Hi! I was experimenting yesterday to find the best position for my microphone quickly on my combo amp. I found a pretty easy way that I thought I might share. Nothing sensational but somebody might find it useful. 1. Place your mic on your cab 2. Get the mic into a mixer 3. Put on a pair of headphones monitoring the mic from the mixer 4. Turn up amp to a nice but not overbearing level 5. Start playing yer guitar ;) 6. Adjust the amp tone to your liking 7. Turn up level of headphones so it just overpowers the sound from the amp when standing around 10 ft away, facing away from the amp 8. Stand where you only hear the headphones (see 7) 9. Turn around and move closer to the amp so that the amp sound overpowers the headphones (or take them off) 10. Adjust mic and repeat from step 8 until you are satisfied What I wanted to accomplish is to find the same sound in my headphones as I have "in the room". I thought it worked quite well, actually. The difference in sound between very subtle mic positions is vast. More than I expected, but I'm almost a complete noob in this area... __________________ /Fredrik http://www.youtube.com/user/MrKrueger71 http://soundcloud.com/krueger71 http://www.salvationofsound.se/

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woodman Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 67 Posts: 13,075	The time you've invested in learning good mike placement will save you hundreds of software headaches down the line! __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... It pays to appease all the gods — Gnossos Pappadopoulis YouTube channel • Originals

March 25th, 2012, 08:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
73Telecaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 273 14 Photos	Worked very well for me. Found the sound, then put a couple of strips of duct tape for future reference. Thanks for the tip! __________________ I wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well...

March 26th, 2012, 05:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
SilentCityRob TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: UK Posts: 35	Yep, great method! I use a similar strategy in the studio every day! The technique works espscially well for heavily distorted tones and gives you a good grasp of how EQ varies across the speaker cone. I like to find out all the sweet spots so I can EQ out nasty frequencies just with mic placement. Rob __________________ Silent City Productions Recording Studio, Leeds http://www.silent-city.co.uk/ http://www.private-guitar-tuition-leeds.co.uk/

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February 13th, 2012, 05:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
64Strat Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,669 47 Photos	yep! that'll work! then there is the 2 mic method using a dynamic in close proximity to the cone but off angle about 20-30*....and then a condenser about 16" away facing the cone. Use the same method you describe to be sure there isn't any phase issues.

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