Oh my... quoting Wikipedia from a Sweetwater source. Very enlightening. Hey, do they happen to sell a tape measure at Sweetwater too?@?,*???&? wrote:*cough*ashcat_lt wrote:Then why don't you enlighten us?@?,*???&? wrote:Dude, you're so wrong with your definition it's almost insane.Nick Sevilla wrote:3:1 rule was born eons ago.kRza. wrote:nice pic.
I knew this would open up a can of worms. Thanks for all the replies, i think. Okay voodoo masters, I'll give, what the fuck is 3:1?
To clarify: I am recording myself drumming, so can't do the listen while recording trick. I totally understand the math and logic of phase - have done this shit countless times, but what I'm after here is preventing the phase prob before mixing.
I've got a project starting soon & am going to try out several different combined micing tricks (mccarthy's Spoon snare trick, etc...), all of which mean adding extra mics that I don't normally use.
It has to do with LEVELS. There will be here some who don't have a clue, and say it has to do with where the microphone is. This is the furthest thing from the 3:1 rule ever imaginable.
This is the rule, paraphrasing here so don't shoot me...
Your DIRECT SOUND SOURCE MUST BE 3 TIMES LOUDER THAN YOUR INDIRECT SOUND SOURCE.
In plain simple terms, the thing you are trying to record should be, AT LEAST, three times louder than anything else the microphone is hearing, ie background noise, room noise, another instrument, such as another tom, etc.
And, just for kicks, because I know someone is going to say I'm wrong, I will say it again, so I can be properly "ridiculed" :
The 3:1 rule has nothing to do with distances, only with levels.
Cheerio.
Buy the book and you will be educated.
Somehow you're confusing the Inverse Square Law with this.
And the flag goes up. That definition comes from a guy working professionally in Los Angeles.
How does all this dick waving - saying "I know the 3:1 Rule better than you!" - help anybody or contribute anything useful to this thread?
Do you get royalties or commission from the sale of that book?
http://www.wikirecording.org/3_to_1_Rule
and
"Inverse Square Law - States that direct sound levels increase (or decrease) by an amount proportional to the square of the change in distance. "
I just will do everyone a favor and piss off, since apparently you all know what you are doing... as is usual on the interwebs.