recording: mic or in-line ?
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Topic: recording: mic or in-line ?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: recording: mic or in-line ?
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 12:36
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i can't see any significant advantage to using a microphone on an instrument if that instrument can be plugged directly into the recording device. i've always gone in-line for recording. with a mic, you've got the possibility of picking up ambient noise, etc. |
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 16:42
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There's some debate about this- now that amp/speaker modelling is so advanced, you can get a great electric guitar sound directly....but there a lot of people who maintain that it's still no substitute for a 'real' speaker sound. If possible, I like to go for a mix of the two...but I have no complaints about the sound of my POD. Plus, I'm too cheap to buy all those amps anyway. I'm more in favor of using mics on acoustic instruments; I'd rather hear an acoustic guitar recorded with a mic than one of those horrible electric-acoustics. I can understand using them on stage, when there's feedback concerns, but I never liked that bitter piezo sound. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 17:34
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good considerations JL  .don't you think however, that the quality of on-board equipment / mics has come a long way since they first began to develop electric-acoustic guitars ? |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 18:28
Oh yeah- modern electronics are a million times better than the goofy pickup & EQ that I had in my Ovation back in '87. I could get a better acoustic sound from a Parker solidbody now. Still, there's all sorts of neat acoustic resonances that pickups fail to...uh...pick up.  Same goes for drums- there's such a huge difference between putting a mic on an isolated piece of a kit and getting the sound of all the drums ringing against each other. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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