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First of all, what kind of mic's do you already have on hand?

Second, consider this: place a cardboard tube about 12 inches in diameter 3-4 inches in front of the speaker. Then place a mic at the end of the tube for capture and 1 up close on the speaker (like you would a guitar cab).

Izotop's Ozone 3 does it for me.

Cool tune, Rockin' guitars, great engineering.

Zeppelin all the way baby!

I was lucky enough to see Page and Plant on the No Quarter tour and they blew my head off...completely.

They are definitely called "gods of rock" for valid reasons.

703 Fiberglass is fire resistant, easy to handle and you can cover it with fabric, leaving a lot of deco options open to you.

Here's one of the most comprehensive and easy to understand articles I've read that's really useful: http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html

In my humble opinion it's just a matter of how wide of a stereo image you want. XY config gets you a very tight stereo image that's very straight forward and up the middle. I find ORTF especially useful tracking acoustic guitars. Phasing doesn't have to be an issue either. As long as one mic has at ...

The Sound Room does a pretty good job at providing matched capsules. For instance, if you have an un-matched pair of MK-012's (like me) you can order a hand matched set of capsule pairs for chump change.

It's a quality place to shop too. They care.

http://sound-room.com/customer/home.php

Yeah, my brutha, we don't worry too much about humidity here in the high desert. We're still begging for humidity here. LOL

Right on, Trodden. Yeah, sometimes a rowdy lookin bunch of boys moving in next door can put a damper on the brady bunch expectations of modern society. Especially when there's drums and guitar amps involved. And I mean that in the nicest way; don't want to get Mr's Cleaver's panties "in a bunch". Ke...

Great links guys; all of them. Very useful. Thanks

I agree with P, and I run my mic's into my pre's before the mixer too. Your mixer is your control over levels, EQ and balance while tracking and your pre's are how you breathe life to the mic's. Some don't like a mixer between the pre's and the DAW. I'm agree with you and consider my mixer a valuabl...

>I'm surprised nobody suggested your room is the culprit< Maybe because no one can tell it like you do Ethan. I've been reading alot of your articles recently and your expertise has been a huge help to me. I'm in the phase of setting up an informal control room after finishing a nicely usable isolat...

NAD,

What are you tracking? Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, etc.?

I just finished building an "isolation" room in my house and removed all the carpet and installed a parque wood floor. The acoustics are fantastic but there's a lot of work involved. But it's not like any of us are short on sweat, right? I recommend removing at least half of the carpet if not all of...

So far I've bought all of my cable's through Musician's Friend at www.musiciansfriend.com

I typically buy Mogami cable and assemblies and they have the best prices I've found so far.