Hi folks
i have a pretty good home studio based around a Mac with top of the line Presonus, neumann monitoring, loads of valve outboard and good mics
But i also have some really special valve amps that inused to gig with a
lot that are sitting idle ( 1959 clone, Park 1210 , Trainwreck and Dumble clones and i would really like
to start using them in the home studio.
At the moment i just use a
little Blackstar amp close mic’d or a Tweed in a Box into my valve preamps and compressors and into the Presonus Although i get good sounds i want to get the big amps going.
Ive been watching Tim Pierce and Pete Thorn on YT use their bigger amps with either load boxes or isocabs mic’d up
i have a roof void space about the studio big enough to build an isolated cab but wonder if its worth the effort. If i go down the load box and cab sim
route i want it to be as good quality as i can get.
What would anyone recommend ?
Those amps need to sing!!
Cheers
pete
Comments
One trick if the amp has a loop is to record into the amp as normal but come out the effects send into the DAW and put a cab sim on it. Then get a great take just monitoring that.
Then take the cam sim off, send it back out of the DAW into the effects return of the amp and mic that cranked up a bit. This means you get the full flavour of the amp and speaker but the loud volume only lasts for the length of the track, not for the hour or so it might take to get a decent recorded track.
Guitar - Peavey Classic 100 head - Capture Loadbox - Scarlett interface - Laptop
I either use my studio monitors or headphones for recording.
I don't have the space for an iso can.
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