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flat hot dogs..genuis !
though people have been building isolation chambers
for thier amps for a long time like you described.
living in NYC a few years ago i was very close to
doing this mysielf, and retrofitting in the top of my
closet. Then i said F - it, and went DI with my POD. I
went to the guitar store the other day though and saw
the VOX tonelab, which im interested in hearing.
So Brian ever consider DI ?
--- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
> Ya know what someone should invent?...a fully
> enclosed speaker with built-in microphone. That way
> those of us who live in condos and apartments could
> record our amps at a decent volume without
> disturbing the neighbors. I'm thinking a design
> along the lines of the talk-box effect that Joe
> Walsh and Peter Framp-tone used in the '70's. If yer
> not familiar, their talk-box had a completely
> enclosed speaker (in a box) with a surgical tube
> coming out etc...We don't need the surgical tube
> part, but we do need the fully enclosed speaker and
> a mic enclosed with in the same box to record the
> speaker. That way the speaker isn't blasting so loud
> and free throughout the house, condo, or apt.
>
> I'm gonna have to put that idea down with my other
> greatest idea, hot-dogs made flat so you can put 'em
> in hamburger buns.
>
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Neal
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:23 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Recording Question:
> Microphones, Levels, etc
>
>
>
> So I'm screwing around trying to record some
> guitar parts with my
> digital 8 track recorder. I'm a total novice with
> this stuff. I got a
> microphone with the recorder as part of a package,
> so I am sure it's
> just an el-cheapo. I am finding it very difficult
> to get my levels to
> sound right. I've been experimenting with mic
> placement, volumes, and
> the trim control. Here is what I am finding:
>
> It's very easy to overload the digital recorder
> and cause it to clip.
>
> It is very hard to get the guitar to sound "loud"
> on the recording.
> I've got the showman just edged up to 4, just to
> where it's starting
> to get slightly painful directly in front of the
> amp. I have to pull
> the mic away from the speakers a bit and just turn
> down the trim a
> hair so it won't clip. Even so, on playback, it
> has lost a lot of the
> immediacy and the "in your face" edge as the sound
> coming out of the amp.
>
> Any suggestions? Get a better mic?
> Recommendations? Do I really have
> to crank the amp to get a good recording? If so,
> I'll have to wait
> until the family leaves the house, I'm already
> pushing things as it
> is... :)
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> BN
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