Jp22
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JP22 does not own a tube amp, Reapersaurus does not own a brain.
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[edit] The Original Post
[edit] As written
- Hi, i'm looking for a few expert recording engineer sugguestions on how to possibly improve a guitar sound a bit. Firstly, i'll give a little background on my setup. I'm running three mics: One cardioid to isolate the sound, one condenser for a little bit of crispness and a tube in the room. I am happy with the initial sound i'm getting running two of these mics (one compressed) from a processor into two separate analogue mixer channels and one mic directly(condenser) to a mixer channel. I then send all three of these mics out together bussed (one line) as a stereo pair (L&R), compress again, then to an external converter and go optical into a single track into my multi-track software. My question is would I be better off running more than one stereo pair to my converters (separate for each mic) into my software, recording more than one track simultaniously? I'm wondering if i'll achieve a slight bit better edge on my sound somehow that way.. or perhaps I should also compress the other two mics and stick to running them all together as one line into a single track. Thx for any helpful sugguestions, opinions or info from any knowlegable engineers. ~Jp, "The Box", Minnesota, US
[edit] Explained
Summarized to no longer be tl;dr
- I am recording one guitar with three microphones. In a long and convoluted process, I ignorantly squish the sound from all microphones into one monophonic and over-produced track. I would like help from knowledgeable engineers to make this sound good please.
[edit] The Lulz
JP22's second reply, still on page one, became argumentative to the point of being nonsensical.
- Compress a clean sound? Uhh.... sorry to break it to you but for the most part you're almost completely defeating the purpose of using compression doing that.
- if you've even bothered to read my initial posts i'm not dealing with "tape"!
At this point it became clear that this individual had a lot of expensive gear and no idea how to use it. After gaining some helpful advice, the onslaught escalated.
- Compression doesn't "tighten up dynamics" imbecile
- People who say "tape" when they don't actually mean "tape"? Thats twisted. You need psychological help buddy.
- Those are all fake rumors!
- You need to learn how to cooperate, loser.
- I could easily give back any minimal dynamics lost compressing with a bit more eq on my mixer
This last quote would be like an oil painter saying "I can easily replace the paint I took off the canvas by running a #2 pencil over it."
- I'm not Canadian. And furthermore my mother isn't a hermaphroditic crack-smoking porn queen.
- I don't own a tube amp! HAHA!
- I do use Compressor(s)/LIMITER(s), but not to control the dynamic range. I use EQ(s) for that. ... Lost yet? I think so.
- WHAT ARGUMENT?!?! Who the hell is arguing!?!
- Excuse me? The "hole i'm digging"? To where?
[edit] The Legend
Although limited to a specific niche on the internets, his influence on this subculture is profound and wide-spanning. JP22 is ultimately not known for his lack of knowledge, but the ferocity with which he protected his precious stupidity.
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