This week Ryan tries out several mic positions to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon reviews his new Yamaha monitors.
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All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.
The answers to the mic shootout in #39:
1 4060 -b
2 414 -e
3 Sputnik -a
4 Solaris -c
5 2035 -d
6 Nova -f
This week Ryan takes 12 different microphones of varying types and polar patterns to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon brings us part II of the vocal microphone shootout this time with a male vocal.
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All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.
All the files used in Jon’s vocal segment can be downloaded here.
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This week Ryan talks about swapping out preamp tubes to get different tones out of guitar amps and Jesse does his first segment on how to simplify your recording sessions.
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This week Jon has some fun with some bass distortion pedals, and Ryan talks a bit on how he uses MIDI in his studio.
Please leave us comments if there is anything you would like for us to discuss in future shows.
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Obscure Canadian indie band Jon was talking about
This week Des talks about parallel compression, Ryan compares the GLS Audio microphones against the comparable versions of the Shure mics, and Jon discusses choosing the right microphones for the job. As always, you feedback is appreciated.
If there are any topics that you would like us to discuss, please let us know.