olc english channel pedal clips

exhausted

pedal settings:
gain: 3 o'clock (for 1, 3, 4) (dimed for 2, 5)
bass: 2 o'clock
treble: 11 o'clock
cut: 1 o'clock
master: 2 o'clock (for 1, 2, 3, 4) (dimed for 5)

amp: deluxe reverb dual miced with one condenser about 1 foot on axis and one about 3 feet back slightly off axis. i don't really know how to mic.
settings:
vibrato channel
volume: 4
treble: 4
bass: 6
reverb 2
attentuated with a weber mini mass set at about half.

recorded with protools LE. clips were normalized only. no other processing.

guitar: telecaster with fender SCNs
neck and bridge in parallel for 1, 3, 4
neck and bridge in series for 2, 5

http://www3.telus.net/exhausted/ec/1.mp3
http://www3.telus.net/exhausted/ec/2.mp3
http://www3.telus.net/exhausted/ec/3.mp3
http://www3.telus.net/exhausted/ec/4.mp3
http://www3.telus.net/exhausted/ec/5.mp3

ianvomsaal

exhausted wrote:

amp: deluxe reverb dual miced with one condenser about 1 foot on axis and one about 3 feet back slightly off axis. i don't really know how to mic.

Great clips
How to mic an amp . . .
Most studios just use a simple SM57 or similar MIC pressed right up on the grill, usually slightly off axis of the best sounding speaker.
Some studios also place a mic behind an open back cab, and some also place another one mic in the middle of the room for proximity.
This way you can get 3 different sounds.
But again, most of the time studios use 1-MIC up against the amps grill, just off axis of the best sounding speaker.
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

WES

good ol' airbag

ianvomsaal

WES wrote:

good ol' airbag

Is that a quip at my expense???

exhausted

ianvomsaal wrote:

Great clips
How to mic an amp . . .
Most studios just use a simple SM57 or similar MIC pressed right up on the grill, usually slightly off axis of the best sounding speaker.
Some studios also place a mic behind an open back cab, and some also place another one mic in the middle of the room for proximity.
This way you can get 3 different sounds.
But again, most of the time studios use 1-MIC up against the amps grill, just off axis of the best sounding speaker.
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

thanks. i used to have SM57s and could never get anything i was happy with. perhaps that method has a much smaller margin of error. i find the condensers pretty forgiving but i still have a lot of trouble, especially with distortion sounds.

i'm going to do some more today with a strat so maybe i'll play with the mics too.