This is a newby question on keeping my warm tube sound when recording. Advice pertaining to the use of a sm57 would be the most helpful.
I admit I am doing a few things wrong. Where I am recording I am forced to record at lower than optimal volumes. Also the room I am recording in is acoustically horrible. To counter the room I have stuck more to my close miking options.
I've been trying a wide variety of mic placements, but the options tend to provide me with either skull splitting hi's or flat muddy tones. What I want is my recordings to have presence and warmth and not sound like direct in recordings. Any advice and options to look into are greatly appreciated. I am currently checking out tube condenser mics.
Recording gear:
mesa rocket 440
sm57
fostex vf160ex
Recorded clips http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSGZEO2U
I admit I am doing a few things wrong. Where I am recording I am forced to record at lower than optimal volumes. Also the room I am recording in is acoustically horrible. To counter the room I have stuck more to my close miking options.
I've been trying a wide variety of mic placements, but the options tend to provide me with either skull splitting hi's or flat muddy tones. What I want is my recordings to have presence and warmth and not sound like direct in recordings. Any advice and options to look into are greatly appreciated. I am currently checking out tube condenser mics.
Recording gear:
mesa rocket 440
sm57
fostex vf160ex
Recorded clips http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSGZEO2U