Using an analyzer while setting up amp/mics?

[Wolfeman]

Has anyone ever tossed on an analyzer in their DAW while prepping your amp/mics for recording?

I was thinking that this might be a good way to position mics and all that, specifically if your computer is in the same room as your amp.

I suppose you would need to know what a 'good' spectrum should look like.

 

[AudioPhile777]

it would be different with every amp, cab, set of tubes... its faster to use your ears, a good set of cans and just go for it.

 

[Wolfeman]

Yeah that's my problem, I have horrible headphones. I get what sounds like an amazing tone in the phones, but after i lay down some tracks and replay them, they sound nothing like what the cans gave me....

And I'm poor now so good headphones are a no go.

 

[Aaron Smith]

Find a little segment of a "soloed" guitar riff in a mix you like, and loop it right behind a little segment of a DI track playing something similar. That way when you're down in front of the cab messing with the mic, you have an idea of how a good tone sounds through your crappy cans, and thus how to adjust your mic accordingly.

 

[Wolfeman]

Find a little segment of a "soloed" guitar riff in a mix you like, and loop it right behind a little segment of a DI track playing something similar. That way when you're down in front of the cab messing with the mic, you have an idea of how a good tone sounds through your crappy cans, and thus how to adjust your mic accordingly.

LoL go figure I don't even think of something as simple as that.

Thanks for the tip Aaron.

 

[gabriel g.]

An analyser helps when you are doing long sessions and your ears arent objectiv anymore.

cheers

 

[ahjteam]

I do that for drums, not so much for amps, but I still use my ears

 

[Trevoire520]

If your headphones are that bad then you might aswell stop messing about with analyzer's and just shell out for some new headphones.

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

always have, always will... good too both compare visually as well as audioally (is that a real word???) against my reference tracks

 

[AdamWathan]

always have, always will... good too both compare visually as well as audioally (is that a real word???) against my reference tracks

Aurally is the word you're looking for