Variation of mic placement on guitar cab! Interesting!

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Our forum friend 'Matta' shared this interesting video on FB, and I thought it illustrated the point its trying to make really well.

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Josh-Hayes

? That is such an eye-opener!

I know that mic placement is important, but I never realised that there was such a massive range of tonal possibilities.

Thanks for the share.

psyx

Woah! The sounds differ drastically... Thats probably why its better to use 2 mics in different locations... Or more

AlanRatcliffe

The tonal variation shouldn't be surprising to anyone who has spent any time experimenting with miking things up.

However, the remote system for moving the mic around is very, very cool and will cut a lot of time and the need for a second/third person to move the mic around on instruction.

psyx wrote: Thats probably why its better to use 2 mics in different locations... Or more

Actually, thanks to phase issues, it's almost always better to have one mic in the right position than two or three. The exception is having ambient mics further away to capture more of the room.

Psean

Cool stuff. Thanks ?

Mo-Facta

The options are, of course, endless. Over the years I've simplified the process to two approaches:

1. If you need a darker, warmer tone move the mic toward the edge.
2. If you need a brighter tone, move the mic toward the centre.

It's as simple as that, really. The first trick is to get the tone you want to hear FIRST IN THE ROOM. If I record myself or someone else, I'll move the amp into the room and move it around and play with the knobs until we get the sound we want.

Then I'll move the head into the control room (where I have speaker cable run from) and we'll set up in there. I'll then, based on what the amp sounds like in the room, pick a starting point to the put the mic, generally somewhere near the centre of the cone if the tone's not too bright. If it's not working, I'll just move it one way or the other. It's not really rocket surgery.

With things like this, don't get obsessed with the knowledge that there are a million possibilities with mic placement. I would spend more of my time working on tone at the amp and, of course, at your fingers. If you get those two right most of the time you can put a good mic in the centre of the cone and you're good to go.

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