Go Back   Cockos Incorporated Forums > REAPER Forums > newbieland

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-16-2021, 08:14 AM   #1
for
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,384
Default WHy place microphones so close to Cabinet?? for guitar recording

why do engineers place the microphones so close to the cabinet?

like literally on the cabinet only few inches apart
for is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2021, 08:17 AM   #2
citizenkeith
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Ohio
Posts: 978
Default

Proximity effect
citizenkeith is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2021, 08:34 AM   #3
ernzo
Human being with feelings
 
ernzo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 715
Default

Because they're hard on the ear..
ernzo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2021, 08:41 AM   #4
beingmf
Human being with feelings
 
beingmf's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Jazz City
Posts: 5,065
Default

bc it sounds different from the far mic position?
__________________
Windows 10x64 | AMD Ryzen 3700X | ATI FirePro 2100 | Marian Seraph AD2, 4.3.8 | Yamaha Steinberg MR816x
"If I can hear well, then everything I do is right" (Allen Sides)
beingmf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2021, 08:45 AM   #5
serr
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,560
Default

And isolation. Just because might as well keep the room sound separate. Some people of course mic further back precisely to do the polar opposite and get some room sound into the track.
serr is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2021, 09:11 AM   #6
DVDdoug
Human being with feelings
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Posts: 2,779
Default

Simply because it usually sounds better with more direct sound and less reflected room sound.

And if the whole band is in the same room yes, to maximize isolation so you can control the mix.

Acoustic instruments are often recorded in a "nice sounding" room with the mic positioned for more reverb/room sound or multiple mics may be used to pick up the direct sound and room sound.

If you've ever recorded a live band from your audience position you've probably noticed that there is too much reverb and it doesn't sound very good. The amount of reverb that sounds great coming from all directions live in a music hall usually sounds unnatural coming from a pair of speakers in your living room. (In a live situation, the crowd noise also "sounds worse" then heard played-back that it sounded live, so again separate mics are often used to separately record/control the applause/audience noise in the mix.)

But put your speakers in a music hall and play a recording with very little reverb and that recording might sound great with the natural reverb in the larger space.
DVDdoug is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:00 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.