Hi Davi,
Hi guys!
A few days ago I heard a engineer saying that the best way to record the guitar amp is putting the cabinet (speaker) up something like a rack, chair, etc.
Is it really true?
Why?
Is there some acoustic problem on this?
Thanks everyone, and sorry for my english.
Hugs
Davi
I got confused for a minute because the title of the thread mentions micing but the idea of putting the amp's speaker cabinet up on something is a separate subject.
In my experience, the answer depends on the amp and on the sound one wants to capture. In my own work, some amps might get placed on a chair, some might just get tilted backward and others are left as they are. My experience has been that in most instances, getting some air under an amp's cabinet improves transient attack (partially due, as DonH50 mentions, to reflection from the floor).
Here's a view from a session I did for Jason Vitelli's
Confluence, where the guitar and bass amps wanted what I described above (note one amp remains on the floor but is tilted back):
As to micing, as you can see in the photograph, my own approach is to *not* mic any instruments (or voices). Instead, I mic the *event*, using only a single pair of high definition microphones (separated by a baffle of my own design). This is a different type of recording which omits overdubs and mixing and mixing desks but provides something else in exchange. (I like both the more typical way of recording and I like this method. Both provide their own rewards.)
Best regards,
Barry
www.soundkeeperrecordings.com
www.barrydiamentaudio.com
