1: When Micing a two-speaker combo amplifier (Marshall Jcm 2000 Tsl602), would it be beneficial to mic both speakers in different ways? If so, please advise me on how this could be best done. I have a medium-high grade AKG condenser, a RODE Nt-1, a Shure SM57, a Shure SM58 and a Sennheiser E845. Which of these would be the best for recording a guitar combo amplifier?
2. I have a Mackie 24 track digital console and optional rack compressors, reverb units and noise gates. I record onto hard disk. Do I really need to use Pro Tools to get great drum/guitar sounds?
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Take a flashlight; use it to find the center of the speaker cone
Take a flashlight; use it to find the center of the speaker cone. Point a 57 at outer edge of the of speaker cone. I usually have mine nearly touching the grill cloth. A few cm either way will change the sound drastically, so listen, and take what you like. Each speaker will sound different so try them both. If you want to add another mic do it, but be cognizant of phase issues and the 3:1 rule.
1.KISS... keep it simple stupid... why go looking for problems w
1.KISS... keep it simple stupid... why go looking for problems with the multimic idea... 57...
2. no... lottsa great sounds were recorded long before profools...