SixStringSurfer
Joined: Sep 23, 2014
Posts: 1344
Memphis, TN
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Posted on May 11 2017 03:50 PM
Hey guys, I have been doing a little recording at home lately. I am using a 76/7 Princeton amp, Shure sm57 mic, Focusrite 2i2, Audio Technica M50x headphones, and for my DAW Mixcraft 8. I have noticed when I play rapid tremolo picking on the high E string, I can hear the "click" sound while wearing headphones. Is this normal? Didn't I hear Dick Dale say he wanted to hear that noise in an interview once?
Also, I have the mic right in front of the speaker, almost touching the grill cloth. I have noticed in some original surf recordings, it sounds like the mic is a little ways back from the amp. Where do you guys place your microphone? Thanks for your help.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1013
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on May 11 2017 11:21 PM
If the DAW inputs are overdriven very briefly a click noise can result. This is not normal. A click can also be caused mechanically if the string hits the pickup or leaves the bridge (or saddle) and returns to strike it.
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ArtS
Joined: May 09, 2008
Posts: 1249
Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on May 12 2017 08:11 AM
I've been playing around with Mic position lately for our new CD. I usually place the sM57 about 2-5 inches from the better sounding cone, then put a second mic about 12-15 inches away. Still not happy with the lack of the surfy guitar sound.
Clicking-pick technique, or per Squid overdriving DAW input.
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Syndicateofsurf
Joined: Oct 08, 2014
Posts: 1073
Northern Ohio
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Posted on May 12 2017 09:07 AM
ArtS wrote:
I've been playing around with Mic position lately for our new CD. I usually place the sM57 about 2-5 inches from the better sounding cone, then put a second mic about 12-15 inches away. Still not happy with the lack of the surfy guitar sound.
2 mics 1 guitar hmmm.... why can't I think of things like that??? 
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on May 13 2017 05:06 AM
ArtS wrote:
I've been playing around with Mic position lately for our new CD. I usually place the sM57 about 2-5 inches from the better sounding cone, then put a second mic about 12-15 inches away. Still not happy with the lack of the surfy guitar sound.
I've done almost this very thing & real happy with it, although the close SM57 is about 3/4" off the grill cloth. However, it is not directly on-axis with the cone. It's angled in slightly, and about 2" off the center of the cone. That was arrived at simply by walking/sitting around the amp one day and answering the "where does this sound really good?" question.
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