The art of microphone placement

The biggest problem with great guitarists of his fans is bad, and it is the first, what you want to correct before we can begin, a microphone for recording. Get down and listen to your guitar amp and micro-level association - that is where the microwave is, in case of the shooting. Always noise, so you can happy with him, but remember one thing: the bottom line is increased with a microphone close to the source of knowledge as Nahbesprechungseffekt.

Like any other piece kit, the same microphone can give very different results depending on how it is used. For the sound you looking for a bit of know-how and experience a lot. Even the best microphones for his “boomy” and useless, if not used correctly.

Therefore, the micro-position is an art or a science? Well yes, it’s a bit of both, but often the only question, to experiment until you hear what you want.

First, a lamp-lit and push it against the towel to your amplifier. In the midst of cone speaker when you are located in the centre, select it with a pencil or a bit of chalk. Depending on the mark in the margins of the speaker.

Take the microphone and it is perpendicular to your amplifier within an angle of 90 degrees, and they show in the center selected the past, it is known, as in the axis. Some of the shot and listen to audio files. You will notice that the sound is aggressive, full of trembling, and maybe even a little harder.

Now, move the microphone to the second, outward signs that you have made. In addition, some tracks host and listen to the results. You will notice that the sound is much more mature than the first with less than high-end, but may seem a bit deaf or muddy.

The next step for a third with a boom microphone and moves onto a corner of the points you made, it is known as an off-axis. This noise is a mixture of both, and is not as aggressive as the first but not as deaf as the second. Re-listen to the tapes and you see what you want.

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