clip: Savage+5150 (and on their own)

[Nebulous]

It's annoying: my results at the cap aren't thin at all. The lows are full and tight there. It's just the overbearing fizz that is so present there that forces me away and yields a dull muddy tone.

 

[Frankzappa]

You're misunderstanding

Ok, but he still needs to put more mids on the ENGL clip

 

[Brandon E.]

by contour switch in you mean you have to set to scoop a lot of the mids? I get confused about which way is on/off

 

[Lasse Lammert]

by contour switch in you mean you have to set to scoop a lot of the mids? I get confused about which way is on/off

yeah, I'm confused, too....

there's only one position that makes the amp sound like an amp (i think that's "off"), the other position makes it sound like a booger thrown into a tin can.


about the mic position:
unfortunately I don't have a good enough camera......but it's really almost dead center, perhaps a couple of mm to the side, but there's still like 5mm between the edge of the DC and the outer rim of the mic. distance to the cloth was about 4cm

This is my favorite sm57 though, some of the others are fizzier, less full sounding....
I can only recommend to try all of yours, they'll all sound different

 

[ForefrontStudio]

Ok here are my recordings of a single guitar with the settings you're using. There is a difference though. Since I record at home I'm using Lead Level at 9:30 and Master at 9:00.
Two separate clips with different pickups and tuning:

Seymour Duncan JB Tuned Drop D - http://www.oep.se/ljud/JB.mp3

EMG 81 Drop Bb - http://www.oep.se/ljud/EMG.mp3

I don't have the freshest tubes in my amp(probably like 6 years old).

My settings that I normally use are like this for rhythm guitars:

Crunch Gain - MAX
Lead Gain - 12 to 2 o clock
Bass - 12 o clock
Middle - 12 o clock
Treble - 12 o clock
Lead gain 12 o clock
Presence - 9 o clock

Depth Off
Countor On
Smooth Off


When playing live I usually just turn the treble knob depending on what cab I'm using.

wow. that sounds siiiick!

 

[Djabthrash]

Ok here are my recordings of a single guitar with the settings you're using. There is a difference though. Since I record at home I'm using Lead Level at 9:30 and Master at 9:00.
Two separate clips with different pickups and tuning:

Seymour Duncan JB Tuned Drop D - http://www.oep.se/ljud/JB.mp3

EMG 81 Drop Bb - http://www.oep.se/ljud/EMG.mp3

I don't have the freshest tubes in my amp(probably like 6 years old).

My settings that I normally use are like this for rhythm guitars:

Crunch Gain - MAX
Lead Gain - 12 to 2 o clock
Bass - 12 o clock
Middle - 12 o clock
Treble - 12 o clock
Lead gain 12 o clock
Presence - 9 o clock

Depth Off
Countor On
Smooth Off


When playing live I usually just turn the treble knob depending on what cab I'm using.

Sounds killer.