Robert
May 12th, 2009, 10:38 PM
Well, first time with a SM-57.
http://www.box.net/shared/2ljt24h0ec
My usual way to show off my gear is with the video camera, of course. But this time, I wanted to try micing it with my SM-57. This means playing it fairly loud. Did I mention my wife wasn't home this evening...? :D
I didn't have much time and made just a short demo. It's a very simple E blues shuffle, which later changes into C# minor, where the lead comes in. I would have liked to crank the amp louder but our 5 year old kid wouldn't have liked that. I played at half volume or so of the amp, I think. I wasn't sure if she would wake up crying from all the noise, but it appears she slept like a rock. :)
I used my Suhr Classic, and unfortunately it has 4-5 month old strings and should be changed. However, since I had so little time, I just wanted to try something and use all the time available to actually record something at least... next time I will change strings! You can hear some buzzing when I bend notes, and that's because the strings are completely dead and just buzzing. Oh well.
I recorded 2 rhythm guitars, one on middle/neck pickup position, and the other one on the bridge pickup. I panned them right/left a bit, so the listener can get an idea of how the amp sounds on different pickup positions.
A third guitar comes in after a while playing a lead, on the neck pickup only.
I used NO effects at all when recording. Just guitar, cord, amp, SM-57 into my Toneport UX1, where I used a mic preamp model.
I added some reverb on all guitars in Garageband, as well as some delay on the lead guitar.
The bass was recorded through the Toneport as well.
I did no eq-ing of the mixdown - it's just plain true to the bone sound coming out. I thought that is better (or more true) perhaps since there is no "mixing wizardry" masking the real sound.
I put the SM-57 right on the cone on the top Eminence Wizard in my Avatar 2x12.
cabinet.
What do you think? Just trying to get decent amp tones, nothing more.
http://www.box.net/shared/2ljt24h0ec
My usual way to show off my gear is with the video camera, of course. But this time, I wanted to try micing it with my SM-57. This means playing it fairly loud. Did I mention my wife wasn't home this evening...? :D
I didn't have much time and made just a short demo. It's a very simple E blues shuffle, which later changes into C# minor, where the lead comes in. I would have liked to crank the amp louder but our 5 year old kid wouldn't have liked that. I played at half volume or so of the amp, I think. I wasn't sure if she would wake up crying from all the noise, but it appears she slept like a rock. :)
I used my Suhr Classic, and unfortunately it has 4-5 month old strings and should be changed. However, since I had so little time, I just wanted to try something and use all the time available to actually record something at least... next time I will change strings! You can hear some buzzing when I bend notes, and that's because the strings are completely dead and just buzzing. Oh well.
I recorded 2 rhythm guitars, one on middle/neck pickup position, and the other one on the bridge pickup. I panned them right/left a bit, so the listener can get an idea of how the amp sounds on different pickup positions.
A third guitar comes in after a while playing a lead, on the neck pickup only.
I used NO effects at all when recording. Just guitar, cord, amp, SM-57 into my Toneport UX1, where I used a mic preamp model.
I added some reverb on all guitars in Garageband, as well as some delay on the lead guitar.
The bass was recorded through the Toneport as well.
I did no eq-ing of the mixdown - it's just plain true to the bone sound coming out. I thought that is better (or more true) perhaps since there is no "mixing wizardry" masking the real sound.
I put the SM-57 right on the cone on the top Eminence Wizard in my Avatar 2x12.
cabinet.
What do you think? Just trying to get decent amp tones, nothing more.