Metal Mic Position!! HELP!!!!!!!!!

[gainfreak12]

Hello all. This is my first official post. Yep, another newbie. Anyway, I'm struggling with capturing my amps true character when I record. Just to let you know what my chain consists of,,,,ESP MII with Duncan SH6's in the bridge and PAF's in the neck position - 5150 ll - BBE 362 in the loop - into a Marshall 4X12 loaded with G12T-75's. I use an SM57 into a Behringer XENYX 1002FX Mixer/Pre into a MAudio Delta 44 sound card. I'm not even at the sound card yet in the chain though. I'm trying to get my tone down before it reaches that. I've tried pushing the mic right up to the grill cloth in the center of the cone, off center, between the cone and the speakers edge, etc. Anyone have any suggestions? I play metal and want to capture the grind and low end chug this amp is very capable of producing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

 

[-Gavin-]

Hello all. This is my first official post. Yep, another newbie. Anyway, I'm struggling with capturing my amps true character when I record. Just to let you know what my chain consists of,,,,ESP MII with Duncan SH6's in the bridge and PAF's in the neck position - 5150 ll - BBE 362 in the loop - into a Marshall 4X12 loaded with G12T-75's. I use an SM57 into a Behringer XENYX 1002FX Mixer/Pre into a MAudio Delta 44 sound card. I'm not even at the sound card yet in the chain though. I'm trying to get my tone down before it reaches that. I've tried pushing the mic right up to the grill cloth in the center of the cone, off center, between the cone and the speakers edge, etc. Anyone have any suggestions? I play metal and want to capture the grind and low end chug this amp is very capable of producing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

How loud if your amp?


Turn the amp up and set the mic back an inc, try that?

 

[sumairetsu]

Move the microphone back away from the amp a couple of inches. If you want low end, move more towards the edge of the speaker. You'll get more highs toward the speaker's center. You may also want to try another microphone that has a lower frequency range, though the SM-57 should be able to capture most of the frequencies of the guitar, no matter how low you tune.

You can also try mixing more low end in when you mix, but you run the chance of having a muddy sounding mix.

 

[Warheart666]

this isn't a professional recommendation, but what works well for me is to have two mics, one in the front, right in front of the speaker cone, to catch the treble sound and "grind" and then a second mic, either somewhat above the speaker, or in the back if you have an open back, to catch the bass. And then mix it together into one track. I can get a very full but clear sound doing that.

 

[sumairetsu]

If you do mic the back of an open back guitar cabinet, it's usually recommended to turn the mic and point it away from the speaker cabinet to avoid phase cancellation.