crankyrayhanky
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Cool trick I thought I'd share, you hear it everywhere in modern music
So I recorded a tune with an intro that is lo fi guitars going into super heavy guitars, and I wanted a big impact during this transition.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9899869
In the studio, I already had my main guitars mic'ed using a ribbon close up on a 4x12
For the intro, I took the mic and brought it out of the room, down the hall and into the laundry room- leaving the doors open. Pointed the mic at the wall, cranked up the mic preamp- and wha-la, success on my first attempt. (A studio friend of mine used to do this with drums to get that JBonham sound- compress with a UA all buttons for that one)
How to pull this off live? I've tried pedals- I think Korn had some lo fi pedal, but that thing sounded awful when I tried it in the store a few years ago...
So I took my PeteJTM and put it in the clean slot (replacing my beloved PeteBlackface)
For cleans, the gain is down around 9 oclock. But for this application, I put the gain up to about 2 oclock, and lowered the bass from 1 oclock down to ZERO. Not only did this nail the tone I needed, it also kept the volume levels even as the lack of bass offset the increase in gain.
Here's a mic that will do all of this for you- something I will have to own one day
http://www.placidaudio.com/the-copperphone/
Use this studio technique on Vocals, Drums, Electrics, Acoustics- when the "real tone kicks in, it sounds like $$$
So I recorded a tune with an intro that is lo fi guitars going into super heavy guitars, and I wanted a big impact during this transition.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9899869
In the studio, I already had my main guitars mic'ed using a ribbon close up on a 4x12
For the intro, I took the mic and brought it out of the room, down the hall and into the laundry room- leaving the doors open. Pointed the mic at the wall, cranked up the mic preamp- and wha-la, success on my first attempt. (A studio friend of mine used to do this with drums to get that JBonham sound- compress with a UA all buttons for that one)
How to pull this off live? I've tried pedals- I think Korn had some lo fi pedal, but that thing sounded awful when I tried it in the store a few years ago...
So I took my PeteJTM and put it in the clean slot (replacing my beloved PeteBlackface)
For cleans, the gain is down around 9 oclock. But for this application, I put the gain up to about 2 oclock, and lowered the bass from 1 oclock down to ZERO. Not only did this nail the tone I needed, it also kept the volume levels even as the lack of bass offset the increase in gain.
Here's a mic that will do all of this for you- something I will have to own one day
http://www.placidaudio.com/the-copperphone/
Use this studio technique on Vocals, Drums, Electrics, Acoustics- when the "real tone kicks in, it sounds like $$$