.....I don't like just about everything I have recorded in the past.
listening through the rockits I am hearing way to much compression, especially on the bass side, making the guitar sound small and squashed rather than big which is the way it sounds in the room when playing.
I know it is my recordings as comparing to other youtube tracks does not have the same issues.
So the rabbit hole just got a bit bigger, I assume mic and mic pre amps will be affecting this, I normally use an SM57 that I have compared against other units and it seems good, so I need to go fiddle about with pre amp settings etc Do good pre amps make that much of a difference?
I also tend to record at high volume where everything sounds different, maybe now I have the monitors will try record at listening volume with the speaker in another room, will probably change the way I EQ the amp too.
If you have any thoughts on this please chime in.
Thanks
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And yes, being able to hear what the mic hears and adjust as appropriate is a big help.
Be careful when making comparisons to other music. Like, I'm sure you've thought this through but if you have an amp that's got tight low end naturally and you're comparing it to a bunch of recordings where they used a totally different amp setup, much fatter sounding speakers and cabs, different mics etc... you might end up going down the rabbit hole. Just make sure you know what you're comparing and what you're actually hearing.
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
You can mess about with multiple cabs multiple Micings and compare against IRs
you can get a real sense of what mic placement does in a virtual live room
even if you end up doing it the analogue way it’s good practice
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a high cut of 6-8 kHz and a low cut of 100 might let the music breathe?
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