Micing an Orange cab

[CatharsisStudios]

i love holy springs disaster

 

[::XeS::]

you can use the flash off a camera to see where the speaker is in relation to your mic but its a little impractical because you have to keep taking photos of the dam thing and sooner of later your cab will become big headed thinking its made for fame and glory in which case it will develop an ignorant mood and fail to deliver enough sound unless you bring it to acting classes...which would cost quite a lot of money

I used my camera flash last week...prety annoying procedure. But I notice that if you put the lens between the sm57 and the grill, like it is the mic and shot a photo, the center of the photo is the point where your mic points

 

[Line Level Recordings]

i love holy springs disaster

yea, one of my favorite bands
they changed my life

 

[J.DavisNJ]

I used my camera flash last week...prety annoying procedure. But I notice that if you put the lens between the sm57 and the grill, like it is the mic and shot a photo, the center of the photo is the point where your mic points

Dude, just get one of those super cheap, super bright LED flashlights. They work perfecetly for this!

-Joe

 

[greyskull]

ok... so NO ONE is going to listen to my top tip.
Sheesh.
why do i bother.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Try this for micing cabs when you cant see the cone...

Turn the preamp gain ( not on the amp as in what you plug the mic into) up high,
Stick a mic in front with headphones on so you hear nothing but hiss; move the mic til the hiss sounds like the character you want to hear in the tone.
Micing cabs by eye is bad practice.

+1
I learned that from Nick Blagona (Alexisonfire/Protest The Hero, etc)

 

[nwright]

ok... so NO ONE is going to listen to my top tip.
Sheesh.
why do i bother.

This is usually how I mic anyway, but I generally start with eyeballing the cone and dustcap locations and set the mic first. Then from there find the sweetspot using the noise from the upped pre.

 

[Josh Burgess]

oh and bro.
just so you know
for metal, its really hard to get a good tone from an orange
the only metal tone you will succeed in without busting nuts is getting a "hollysprings disaster" tone
but for rock genres like the trews (yuck) or the darkness ( old darkness kicks ass) it will rattle your balls man

its got a balls-y tone
if you notice how marshall cabinets are so thin ( most of em, compared to oranges and mesa's) they have a thinner sound
the fatter tone, you want a bigger cabinet without a sound pressure hole, like the orange does.

read up on it
its awesome

.. but you might want to start saving up
that or start sucking alota dick/pussy ( whichever gets you more money, ^^ )

good luck man

Hmm, well I don't really agree. I think the Orange cabs can sound great in the room for metal also. It's still V30s after all... just a bit smoother than normal, but mic'd up.... I don't know....

I've owned the Orange 4x12 before, but never attempted micing it up. I have a Bogner 4x12 right now..... might be selling it to try to get something else...

 

[Line Level Recordings]

Hmm, well I don't really agree. I think the Orange cabs can sound great in the room for metal also. It's still V30s after all... just a bit smoother than normal, but mic'd up.... I don't know....

I've owned the Orange 4x12 before, but never attempted micing it up. I have a Bogner 4x12 right now..... might be selling it to try to get something else...

yea but
its not just the speakers you have to think about.
some marshalls too have V30's and i hate marshalls

its the dimensions itself
and im not saying you cant get a good tone.
maybe i did say that by accident, my appologies
but its just kinda hard, i can get a great metal tone but its ball bustin work.
it would be much easier to DI. which im new to and im going to start experimenting on that shit.