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test tracks
2005-02-04 11:18 pmFinally did some comparative tracks for guitar and vocals with different mics and positions. I'll have to get ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chaoswolf, who has younger ears, to go over them as well, but the results mostly confirmed my guesses:
The vocals sound best with the CAD large-diaphragm condenser mic, slightly off-axis; the small-diaphragm AKG C1000S works best on the guitar (the CAD sounds a little muffled on guitar, and the AKG is too thin for voice). The Ovation, going direct in, sounds horrible -- there's a twang to it that's really obnoxious. I'll have to try another vocal sample with a tube preamp.
Nice to know I was doing it basically right the first time. Voice does need a windscreen, though, to filter out the pops.
chaoswolf, who has younger ears, to go over them as well, but the results mostly confirmed my guesses:The vocals sound best with the CAD large-diaphragm condenser mic, slightly off-axis; the small-diaphragm AKG C1000S works best on the guitar (the CAD sounds a little muffled on guitar, and the AKG is too thin for voice). The Ovation, going direct in, sounds horrible -- there's a twang to it that's really obnoxious. I'll have to try another vocal sample with a tube preamp.
Nice to know I was doing it basically right the first time. Voice does need a windscreen, though, to filter out the pops.
