KVR Audio

kemik · Post by **kemik** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:05 pm

Yep sounds like a stupid term I know. But...

Ok here is the problem: When I mic my tube amp with an SM57 I get a nasty room depth which I hate. It gets better if I place the microphone closer to the amp but room is still there a bit.

How can I get rid of that room depth captured by the mic?

I guess the answer is doing some tricks by impulse responses. Like taking the impulse of the room and...dunno the rest!! De-convolution??

Is there anyone who could help me? I think it is possible (at least to a certain degree) but how?

Thanks in adavance.

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:17 pm

Make it simpler... limit the room around the amp and the mic. Curtains, blankets, etc...

Build some kind of "box" around the amp and the mic and your issues should be gone.

adydub · Post by **adydub** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:19 pm

try putting a thick blanket over the amp and mic while recording. or moving the amp to another room/cupboard etc. it'll be much easier than trying to remove the reverb using some 180 degree phase cancellation convolution crazyness.

a bit of careful gating/expansion can tame the reverb on percussive sounds, but you're mostly out of luck trying to remove reverb after it's been recorded on anything vaguely sustained..

kemik · Post by **kemik** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:22 pm

Indeed. And I would be able to crank it up much more louder so that I get that fancy power tube saturation. Yet I am too lazy to build that damn box!

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:24 pm

the acoustic barrier (ie. mattresses, thick blankets, furniture) always helps and is your first line of defense against bad sounding rooms.

If this fails you could try gating the recorded track. Depending on the style of playing and the guitar sound, it might do the trick just fine.

...then again it might not.

[edit]

..blah mine was a useless post. adydub already said everything I did.

Jason Brian Merrill · Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:41 pm

did anyone mention blankets?

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:16 pm

Blankets made from Alpaca-wool give the best result...

Kiwburger · Post by **Kiwburger** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:45 am

Foam mattreses.

3*s · Post by **3*s** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:55 am

South African sea sponges.

Reverse Engineer · Post by **Reverse Engineer** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:18 am

Record inside a small whale.

Jason Brian Merrill · Post by **Jason Brian Merrill** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:27 am

Reverse Engineer wrote:Record inside a small whale.

you mean, not THE big whale?

FF4 - Magical Ship/Big Whale

A giant spaceship used to travel to the moon; you can rest inside or visit a free Chubby Chocobo.

Reverse Engineer · Post by **Reverse Engineer** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:35 am

Jason Brian Merrill wrote:A giant spaceship used to travel to the moon; you can rest inside or visit a free Chubby Chocobo.

Well...if you went to the moon then the problem would be fixed 100%.

Jason Brian Merrill · Post by **Jason Brian Merrill** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:39 am

Reverse Engineer wrote:
Jason Brian Merrill wrote:A giant spaceship used to travel to the moon; you can rest inside or visit a free Chubby Chocobo.
Well...if you went to the moon then the problem would be fixed 100%.

someone has to make a moon-sim plugin.

kemik · Post by **kemik** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:42 pm

We got a lot of funny idiots here in this forum eh?

Reverse Engineer · Post by **Reverse Engineer** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:16 pm

kemik wrote:We got a lot of funny idiots here in this forum eh?

I dunno, i didn't find myself laughing at any of your posts. sorry.

I do understand the idiot part though.

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