5150, Les Paul Custom, API pres and a bunch of mics - SAMPLES !

[Sly]

Here are a few audio extracts of heavy guitars, recorded in the studio, during a short microphone test session, with the following gear :

GUITAR : Gibson Les Paul Custom
AMP : Peavey 5150 Mk1, with meds a little scooped (we tried to keep a sufficient amount of them, which is proper to the Les Paul sound), bass and treble boosted a bit.
CAB : Randall
MICS : SM57 2 centimeters from the HP cone, a little excentred and inclined ;
MD421 in the same position, in front of the down-right HP ; Royer R121 just in front of the SM57 HP ; C414 TL2 1,50 m from the cab, pointing the center of the cab ; Soundelux U95, 3 meters from the cab, 30 cm above the ground, pointing the center.
MIC PRES : API 512c for every mic, except the U95, which was run into a 512b.
CONVERTERS : MOTU HD192 (without the BigBen clock we now have)

All the tracks were played 2 times and panned at the extreme right and extreme left into Logic.
I do not have any pics of the session, so that doesn't mean a lot for you, but I think it's always enjoyable to listen to these kinds of tests.

When mixing the song from which those extracts belong to, I decided to keep only the 57, Royer and MD421.

Download here :

SM57 :
http://sylvain.raulin.free.fr/guitar.../57API512c.wav

C414 TLII :
http://sylvain.raulin.free.fr/guitar...414API512c.wav

MD421 :
http://sylvain.raulin.free.fr/guitar...421API512c.wav

Royer :
http://sylvain.raulin.free.fr/guitar...121API512c.wav

U95 :
http://sylvain.raulin.free.fr/guitar...U95API512b.wav

 

[SymbolicSV]

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[chadsxe]

borken links don't sound good

 

[KillDivision]

This link works:

guitartest

 

[kaomao]

I'm not Sly but this link works
The guy probably had a problem cuttin and pasting the link

Maurizio

 

[chadsxe]

This link works:

guitartest

Yes it does....

 

[GeertSamuel]

Really like the sound of the SM57 and MD421...killer..
Used any effects on it? Any EQ?

 

[Sly]

Sorry for the broken link.

No effect, it's totally raw.

 

[perimetron]

All 4 are interesting i think. preference to the Royer mixed with SM57 ! Hail to Studio77 !!

 

[STINNETT]

Thanks for the samples!

Sorry if this is obvious to everyone else, but could you tell me what you meant by "HP Cone" when you were talking about mic placement?

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

HP means speaker in French

 

[STINNETT]

HP means speaker in French

Ahh. Thanks

 

[ltratt]

> HP means speaker in French

In Britain, HP is a ketchup manufacturer. One can only imagine the recording disasters that have resulted from French bands asking their British record producers to mic the HP just off centre.

 

[Black neon bob]

Hahaha... one can only imagine indeed...

 

[Sly]

loool, i didn't know that !

HP cone = speaker

 

[perimetron]

HP : Haut-Parleurs. that's why. I always knew that french records sounds a bit ketchupy.

 

[perimetron]

by the way, Sly will never have the battery skills of Mr Bigot, master of blasts and mullets.

 

[FASTFISTS]

Its the 57 for me!
Second choice 421
The royer sounds a bit like a 57 just with a blanket over it!

 

[Kazrog]

HP : Haut-Parleurs. that's why. I always knew that french records sounds a bit ketchupy.

But they dip their french fries in mayo!

 

[KeithRT99]

i liked the 57, md421, and the royer, in no particular order, either mixed with the 57 would be good.