Music Recording & Production at SHStudios

Gettin' Heavy With Guitars - amp & mic setups 2    Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we like microphones - they are somewhat of a passion of ours - why we have so many & so many different types .  But - you don't need a whole gamut - nay plethora ! - to make things sound big, bad & beautiful - with just two of the same mic (like the sm57 as used here) you can achieve a vast array of differing spaces & tones. This particular setup is pretty superb at adding well a defined bottom end to whatever you use it on - in this instance it's a guitar cab - but you can use it on vocals / drums / bass / horns etc. Take two identical mics - & tape or cable tie them together so that one of the capsules is one capsule depth in front of the other: The one closest to the sound being recorded will be the main mic if using them in mono - you fade in the second mic to add body & tone - this second mic will be out of phase with the fi

Gettin' Heavy With Guitars - amp & mic setups 1    Here at The Coolest Recording Studio In London Town - we do a Lot of guitar tracking - funk, jazz, soul, reggae, metal - you name it - we record & produce it. Today we're recording an alt metal band who utilise a mix of Meshuggah like heaviness with clean jazz / psyche tinged chordal flows - so we need plenty of options at mixdown. First thing you do - turn the gain down on your pedals or amp - we're going to layer the takes which will compound the overdriven tone - plus we'll be adding distortion at the mix stage - so Turn Down the gain ! - you want to hear some clarity. Always put three mics on the cab - One should be a dynamic like a Sennheiser 421 - the next should be a ribbon mic - & the third can be another dynamic or a condenser mic. The 421 will give you bottom end, a slight mid scoop & a warm top end, the ribbon will give you a clear image with a soft top end - plus since they are

Recording Drums, Percussion - & Dealing with People Who Like to Hit Things 10 .  Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town we got a lot of faith in abstract thought . So ...... there are general ways of doing things - & there are less common practices , which some folks might be a tad nervous about trying - for WHY???? Aint audio capture in a music studio supposed to be part of the creative process? Here - we have a few methods of capturing drums developed a ways back in some Nashville studios.  Both are only concerned with ambient miking techniques using only 3 microphones .  The first has two microphones (no.s 2 & 3 - preferably ribbons) placed behind & to the side of the drummers shoulders - facing slightly down (experiment with your angles - deeper angle = more kick drum) & towards the third microphone (no. 1) which is placed approx 6 -8 feet in front of the kick drum. So your stereo field is generated by the two reverse mics - & your