Guitar Speaker Miking / Mic Placement - 5 Most Common Positions - Best Way to Mic Guitar Amps
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Dave gives us a tutorial on the 5 most common positions of Cabinet miking for Guitar Amps.
Featured in this video are the Eminence Legend V128 Speaker, and the Audio-Technica ATM650 Hypercardioid Instrument Mic.
this has been the most straight forward, right to the results video I have seen on how to mic a cabinet, thanks for posting dude
What a great short/sweet and TO THE POINT vid!
Despite the shameless product plugging this is a SUPERB tutorial - really clear method, excellent results!
honestly, one of the better metal mic'ing videos ive seen to date.. simple, explained and not filler crap. just this is this, and this is this.. now listen.. really well done thank you
I chose this cabinet and mic because...they paid me to! Ha ha, joking aside, fantastic video. 8 years old but the information is as relevant now as it ever was. Thanks for your help. Now I'm off to record some quiet clean guitar tones. :)
wow .... superb... im a self taught recording engineering .. basically a guitarist, composer, one man band, studio... so this is gold !
Good video. not much talking. right to the point. this is the way tutorials should be. good job.
Great vid! You mic'd the amp and ACTUALLY PLAYED! That alone puts you head and shoulders above the rest of the demos Ive seen.
Personally, I like a Heil PR 22 "on-axis but 3/4 of the way to the edge" 3-6 inches away from the grill, with a dark voiced condenser 2 meters away "on axis" for room sound.
Anyone else love/hate this?
Kudos/ Advice?
Go!
Great thing about your last combination is you have a great tone already, then rear cab position only really noticeable on the chunks, right where you wanna hear it! Great work!!
Rear and Off Axis sounds awesome! Wow never thought about this that much but it's incredible. Thanks man!
very informative demo, and I deffinantly agree that the last mix sounds the best, the blend of the mics and the triple track makes it a pretty chunky tone!
Excellent choice for mic. And speed of demonstrations!
Great video man, I will be sure to use your mic positioning technique the next time my wife is at work! Merry axemass!
I fucking love this rubbery sound! You can feel the material of the speaker!
Perfect video. What I think I don't like become my favorites when double tracked. Good comparisons
I liked the center blended with the rear position- it sounds like it'd cut through the mix really well, plus it seemed to have more attack than the other positions. Thanks for the vids
Great information about on-axis vs. off-axis. thanks for sharing your knowledge. we appreciate it.
Great video man !! One of the best videos about mic placement that i've found !! It helped me a lot !! Thanks!
Loved the video. Subscribed!
LIked this 90'" video quality atmosphere too
Dude, badass! Thanks alot! I just recently got an open back combo amp, and I've been turning it around and liking that boomy sound that has been coming from it! Bit never thought to record it.. This just sealed the deal! Hell yeah, great job!
Excellent video. This demo is dead balls on!
I have an ancient vintage mic and I used that behind the cabinet facing the wrong way - it has super bass and and the waveform is of course inverted so it is in-phase with the front mic. You can use a condenser the same way too. Try it, it really phattens things up! :o)
Ace video BTW!
Great video, love the various examples!
This is very informative.
Thanks for uploading!!
3:02 : Axis
1:53 : Edge
2:17 : Edge/angle
2:40 : Far edge
3:27 : Rear
3:57 : Edge + Rear
4:09 : Edge/angle + rear
4:21 : Far edge + rear
4:37 : Edge, Edge/angle
4:48 : Far Edge + Edge
5:08 : Edge/angle+Edge+Rear
It's wrong. U trolling bro?
this is an awsome video. thanks soo much for this, u really hit the nail on the head!
I also like the low-end produced by the rear position and I like the combo of Center/Rear & Off Axis/Rear depending on whether you the tone they each produce. It also depends on your gear as well.
Off axis edge / rear for the win, good call man.
This is a really informative video! Thanks a ton
Great job man! I love ATM650 as well. It works great for single mic recording - personally lilke the "between position". I like the way it boosts high mids (not just the 5-7 kHz harsh treble). IMHO gives better translation to what we hear live from the amp
@brandonberg I would record the amp with the different mic positions and blend them together, after that I would send the Blend to an Aux Return and EQ the blended sound
Great vid really helps and and gives me some good options. thanks
This really helps. now i can go back to recording some songs. Though i'm gonna need a job to buy yet some more expensive equipment. Thank you for the upload!
Very good video, well done chaps!
Very informative and to the point! Thank you for this video!
Edge and Rear were awesome, nice video man!
AMAZING VIDEO. thank you for the information. I love my eminence speakers!
all positions sound great!
this guitar riff is stuck in my soul dreams.
Excellent video! Thank you Sir
very professional video, great job
Well done, thank you. Very helpful, lots of useful information in this video.
good video man, im not sold on eminence speakers. I prefer the Vintage 30's myself, but you got a decent sound out of these and your info was helpful, that's a great thing. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us,
Very interesting. My buddy has a tele. when we are playing live his guitar is always too treble. His ear is shit so he thinks he is getting edge, but it's just harsh painful lack of tone. I set up all the P.A. I'm going to try miking his crappy digital amp from the rear. Thank you very much sir!!
Best amp micing video on youtube. Period. Hey, would the Eminence Legend V128 be a good speaker to pick for a bright high-gain boutique amp that needs to be smoothed out and fattened up? My Soldano hates my Vintage 30s hahaha.
Way wicked stuff man! Super helpful!
Great! Thanx for sharin' , I will try this at home!!!!
ahhh this is very important stuff for me.. thank for share dude...
Thanks. Really appreciated.
Perfect demo. thanks!
Hurm, it would be awesome if you can demo with different take for each left/right.
Very good video and explanations
Nice never tried rear miking gonna try that one!!!
Interesting video, more interesting would be to know what kind of amp head you are using? Or did I miss that?
The off-axis and rear mixed was pretty nice! I have been dual micing my amps for my recent recordings, but I am using a pair of condensers. A Rode NT-2 and an SE X-1. Both at the front, but twisting them to get the mix of highs and low I am after. I dig that sound you got though! Awesome. :D
I think the ultimate situation is where is fullstack miced with 4 different mics with 4 of each of them in different positions. There is really where to decide.
That's spot-on what I was looking for! Thanx a lot. One question, the takes labeled "double tracked" are really only two signals each of a different take? Panned far left/right? Or how do you place double tracked guitars in your mixes?
great video and very helpful
Glad you liked it!
Wow, thanks for the demonstration. I love this. What song are you playing. I want to hear the whole song. :)
Very good sound, thanks!
that's the stuff I'm looking for... Thanx!
Very useful. thanks a bunch for the time and effort. :):)
Man thanks for this great video! is there any chance we can know what is ur Head Amp used here? sounds killer.,im planning to build my own isolation.
cool demo. i have a question... how do you check the phasing issues and how do you correct them? thanx!
GREAT video!
@5:11 are you using 3 mics then? Your presentation looks like there's an off-axis center mic, then an edge mic, and lastly the back-end mic. Thanks for your time.
@Jimztoob I'm very certain that the SM57 would sound muddier due to its capsule's exaggerated proximity effect.
I like how the ATM650 allows for much closer miking due to its attenuated LF response. Coupled with the hyper-cardioid pickup pattern, I get insane isolation on very tight stage setups!
Awesome! you should try using the effects loop out as a Preamp, then use impulse responses in your DAW. use a speaker box to carry the load tho!
your voice is awesome!
try using both! A dyn at the cap close to the grille, and Con back a few inches and a little more on the paper for the warmth
Awesome VIDEO! Now I see the light in hard rock e.guitar recording!!! I just have some questions.. When you mic 3 positions simultaneously (off axis, edge, rear), do you separate the tracks of each mic (TRACK 1 - OFF Axis, TRACK 2 - Edge, TRACK 3 - Rear)? And how do you pan them?
@Jimztoob The amp is a Peavey Valveking. They kinda flew under the Radar. People wrote them off as a cheap tube amp, when really, they slay!
Great Video, Thanks.
Awesome!!!! Thanks a lot!!!!
+ExesForEyesMusic nice Vid. How did you recorded the double tracks? Have you played the guitar twice (left and right?) on the same mic position?
awesome video
Instant sub.
Got one question though: when creating the mixed sounds of at least three (or any odd) positions, where do you pan each one? Are they always hard panned?
@DereksGuitarLessons Same here, it sounds much fuller. By the way is there any post processing involved in this video?
No reamping. just played the same riff over and over using a click. the only post audio used was a bit of limiting so I could maximize the volume.
Awesome tones man, Wich guitar did you use for the video?
What micing technique would you use for a Linkin Park type tone,? Awesome video man!
awesome vid..helped alot
thank you. very useful.
great video!!
hahaha thanks man. Openback cabs FTW!
Pretty FN awesum!! Thx!
Try having it face the wall in a corner, and use a kick drum mic to pick up the low end that builds up there. pretty cool gutteral sounds get stuck in the corner ;)
Thanks a bunch!
This is awesome. Will room size/sound dampening affect the tones?
Really great! but i have a question, i have a Audio Technica AT2021. It will works like ATM650? Thanks.
alot of variables could be getting in the way. the preamp on the VK is rad, so try tickering with your settings. Studio is Studio, Live is Live. Dont use settings you're used to just cause thats how it sounds when you jam. hone in on it and tweak!
I really like this video. Would you recommend this speaker for an oversized 4x12 cab? Would you call it a generally warm sounding speaker, so suitable for nice crunchy blues too? And do you think that it is as good as celestion v30? Thanks!
nice, thank you. Very informative
ok..great advice...thanks very much...but..does that mean i have too now buy a dummy load or something with an output which then goes too the DAW which i dont have yet,,,or just keep my amps combo speakers connected or will that mute the set-up you just told me too use...flat out affording new strings tomorrow dudes :(..this computers' sound card and motherboard connections are old & fried..currently using a usb external soundcard..
Thanks for the video. How does this Audio-Technica sound in comparison to Shure Sm57?
how about another video with mic's blended with DI from the amp?
"MIX AND MAAAAATCH!!!"
You probably wouldn't double track a jazz guitarist because he's unlikely to play the same thing twice. But it's pretty much standard in rock/metal, at least on rhythm tracks. Any semi-skilled guitarist should be able to play a riff the same way twice. But it's the subtle variation from take to take that make double tracking so effective. It makes the sound bigger. I'm sure you can hear the difference in this video. Stereo doubling is a way to achieve something similar with just one take.
I think:
Rear+rear condenser+center+edge off axis blend may create a very full tone, unfortunetly mics aren't cheap :/