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Mic Placement
Aloha Trevor,
I agree w/ everyone else. Mic placement experimentation is where it's at. You have a really fine recording signal chain, Trev. I have confidence that you will be able to achieve the desired results with some work. So experiment w/ all the mic typical miking patterns & then move outside the box as you compare recordings w/ different placements in different settings. It's educational & a lot of fun to do. RE: mic/preamp combo's. I agree, there are much larger differences w/ mic placement than through preamp change-outs. The onboard pre's on your Quartet are excellent & pristine sounding & should work well w/ your Microtech-Gefell 300's. I paired some M-G M294's w/ my Ensemble preamp & loved the sound. If you are preamp jungle curious, then do your own shoot-out's in your home studio, or rent some time at studio's, or at high-end suppliers (bring your guitar & 300's next time you go to a big city). If curious, PM me & I'd be glad to tell you how I did it, even though I'm isolated out here in the Islands where there are no high-end suppliers. It is doable & it is fun to do. Good Luck, Trevor! alohachris PS: A few years ago, I conducted four mic-preamp comparison shootouts at home using some 20 high-end preamps w/ my favorite recording mic's. I had lotsa fun over a few weekends. My preferred Schoeps CMC641's particularly liked the Pendulum MDP-1a tube preamp, the great sounding A Designs Pacifica & the preamps I already had on the Apogee Duet1 & Ensemble interfaces. But they also sounded great (different flavors of nice in different configs. & placements) with several other high-end pre's I auditioned: Great River MP-2NV, John Hardy M-1, Siemann's V72, NPNG QMP-4NW, Pendulum SPS-1, API 3124, Grace 101, Neve 1073, Chandler, Aurora GTQ2, Forsell, etc .) . I love the subtle differences of mic-prep combinations. However Trevor, my conclusion is that you can dial in the more dramatic differences & fresults w/ mic placement. Enjoy! -alohachris- Last edited by alohachris; 02-25-2015 at 01:39 AM. |
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Thanks, Alohachris, for the input, advise and, most of all, encouragement. My little issue re: "to external preamp or not to external preamp" my signal chain hasn't dampened my spirits or diminished the enthusiasm and good old fashioned fun I'm having in my new/old studio.
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Contrary to many, I believe preamps have an important effect on the front end signal chain. I don't see it so much as a matter of a greater or lesser effect, but as a different effect than, say, variation in room, mics, instrument or player. |
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I'd be interested in hearing more of your views about preamps. Last edited by Trevor B.; 02-24-2015 at 10:44 PM. |
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One thing you may try is to get a helper who can move the mics while you play until you find some sweet spots. Keep you eyes closed and use your ears. If you're totally solo, finger pick and open tuned chord while you move the mic until you hear what you like. You can use capos with the open tuning to get to the pitches you prefer. Good luck in the chase...
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