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Post by RefD » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:14 pm

*adds "used M160" to wanted gear list after TranzPort*
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Post by apropos of nothing » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:23 pm

Acoustic: SM58 at 12th or 15th fret
Electric: Guit->Moog ring-mod for tremolo->Rat distortion->solid state head with spring 'verb->SansAmp bass driver->board->MOTU 1296

I do it the old fashioned way: I cheat.
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Post by Brett Siler » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:55 pm

apropos of nothing wrote: Electric: Guit->Moog ring-mod for tremolo->Rat distortion->solid state head with spring 'verb->SansAmp bass driver->board->MOTU 1296
Do you go from the speaker out or do you has a preamp out on the head?

I almost never put a mic directly in the center of a guitar amps speaker cone. The high mids are almost always too harsh there. If I was to record some old school sounding black metal, that would be a totally different story...
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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:05 pm

RefD wrote:*adds "used M160" to wanted gear list before TranzPort*
fixed it for you.
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Post by apropos of nothing » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:09 pm

InvalidInk wrote:
apropos of nothing wrote: Electric: Guit->Moog ring-mod for tremolo->Rat distortion->solid state head with spring 'verb->SansAmp bass driver->board->MOTU 1296
Do you go from the speaker out or do you has a preamp out on the head?.
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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:24 pm

but that isn't the right way to do it. the impedence is going to be all wrong. if you were serious about your music you would spend $15,000 and have a professional record your guitar correctly at a proper studio.

i'm just saying.
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Post by apropos of nothing » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:31 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:but that isn't the right way to do it. the impedence is going to be all wrong. if you were serious about your music you would spend $15,000 and have a professional record your guitar correctly at a proper studio.

i'm just saying.
b-b-But it sounds so lovely coming back from digital run to the Electribe for rhythim-gating and bpm-synched delayed weirdness.

Should I reamp it, too, then? :shock:
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Post by RefD » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:36 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:
RefD wrote:*adds "used M160" to wanted gear list before TranzPort*
fixed it for you.
:lol:

but now the M160 will pick up my recording computer...

besides, i doubt i can scrape together the $ for a used M160 before next summer, whereas i already have the bread for the TranzPort.

unless i finally sell some of the gear i have up for sale, that is. :?

how much gain do i need to get the M160 to play nice?

cos my pre selection is pretty damned limited...

okay, sorry for the thread hijack!
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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:47 pm

apropos of nothing wrote: b-b-But it sounds so lovely coming back from digital run to the Electribe for rhythim-gating and bpm-synched delayed weirdness.
i bet that sounds awesome!
RefD wrote:how much gain do i need to get the M160 to play nice?
not that much really. 10 o'clock on a sytek? i dunno. i think the sm7 has less output than the 160...
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Post by ??????? » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:26 pm

m160 output higher than most ribbons. No special preamp needed.
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Post by RefD » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:05 pm

brad347 wrote:m160 output higher than most ribbons. No special preamp needed.
sweet!
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Post by inverseroom » Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:45 am

??????? wrote:m160 output higher than most ribbons. No special preamp needed.
Especially in front of a guitar amp. And the tiny ribbons don't flop around too much, it can handle some decent SPL's...
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Post by theBaldfather » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:48 am

I was gonna ask on the 160. Could I stick that in front of a more metal rig and get tones I like, or would the poor ribbons explode?
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Post by drumsound » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:20 am

theBaldfather wrote:I was gonna ask on the 160. Could I stick that in front of a more metal rig and get tones I like, or would the poor ribbons explode?
Chris Garges' favorite engineer used to use a 160 in front of Hendrix's amp...

For me (and I said this recently) I've got about 35 mics and all but the one that I just got a couple weeks ago has been in front of a guitar amp. The one I just got will make it there soon enough.


I've done a ton of things on acoustic too, but I often come back to AT Pro37r in x/y around the 12th fret, often into a Great River MP2H.

RefD I'm with you I need an M160 (and a 201 while we're mentioning Beyer)
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Post by evilaudio » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:22 am

...just don't put it under a snare drum!!! heh heh heh....
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