Recording guitar w/ 2 mics on a cab

[vile_ator]

There you go! Cant miss. Remember the way to test to see if the two mics are in phase is to put mic one to unity on mixer. Then add second mic to mix by slowly upping the fader. When you get near -12 or whatever, and as you keep upping that second mic fader, your master fader should show that the levels are going up. Your addition of the second mic should make the total output louder. Also it should make the whole sound more bassy. If you are finding that by adding mic 2 you are getting lower total volume or that the tone is thinner with the two mics, you are out of phase. Move one mic a half inch forward or back. There is not a perfect phase situation. Its a matter of how much phase cancelation you will have. The less the tighter the sound and better the total tone. If you end up with two mics that are in phase while recording, even if you have to do some eq'ing to one or the other in mixing, your cool. If the tone is phasey and you record like that, youll end up having to scratch one of those mics and youre fucked. Also you can add some insurance by using a Reamp.

Colin

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

There you go! Cant miss. Remember the way to test to see if the two mics are in phase is to put mic one to unity on mixer. Then add second mic to mix by slowly upping the fader. When you get near -12 or whatever, and as you keep upping that second mic fader, your master fader should show that the levels are going up. Your addition of the second mic should make the total output louder. Also it should make the whole sound more bassy. If you are finding that by adding mic 2 you are getting lower total volume or that the tone is thinner with the two mics, you are out of phase. Move one mic a half inch forward or back. There is not a perfect phase situation. Its a matter of how much phase cancelation you will have. The less the tighter the sound and better the total tone. If you end up with two mics that are in phase while recording, even if you have to do some eq'ing to one or the other in mixing, your cool. If the tone is phasey and you record like that, youll end up having to scratch one of those mics and youre fucked. Also you can add some insurance by using a Reamp.

Colin

Thanks for the help Colin. By the way, are you only doing death metal mastering? The band I'm dong is like somewhere in between guns and roses and metallica. If this sucker turns out well I can refer the band to you if you're interested, if nothing more than getting the levels as loud as possible and adding a little dynamics to it (not my expertise at ALL). Lemme know.