harmonicanick
321 posts
Jul 28, 2009
1:45 AM
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My band is going to do a recording and I want to get a good full sound on the harp.
Should an amp be used or not?
What sort of mic? etc
Any help would be appreciated
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GamblersHand
62 posts
Jul 28, 2009
2:53 AM
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Just set up an instrumental mic in front of your amp. Use a small amp if you've got one so you can get a good sound at lower volumes.
I've also heard of using one close-mic and one further away, but have never tried that.
Also, I would recommend recording the harmonica (and any other solo instrument) on a separate track, so you can easily tweak (if digital) or re-do.
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Buddha
876 posts
Jul 28, 2009
5:44 AM
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Whatever you normally play through is what you should use unless you're doing an acoustic recording. Then you want a Neumann U87 the Sennheiser 441 works great too.
The one thing you should tell the mixing engineer. Most mixing engineers like to give each instrument it's own space meaning its mix a little more to the right or left. You want it mixed dead center for the fullest richest sound.
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jonsparrow
671 posts
Jul 28, 2009
8:17 AM
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its up to you if you want to use an amp or not. depends on what sound you want. but if you do use an amp alot of people will mic that with an sm57. if you want a pure acoustic sound then i would say go into the vocal booth an use the condenser mic.
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DevonTom
8 posts
Jul 28, 2009
6:30 PM
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All the above suggestions are good. Yes, it depends on what kind of music you play , and also which harp sounds on record you most like. even if you record digitally , you can mix to tape if that's the sound you like. Another trick is to record the whole song through a small tube amp after you have recorded it and then use that as a slight overdub , mixing it with what you already have. Kind of the same idea as a far away mic and a close up mic and mixing the two sounds to your liking. Even the mixing compression was tube back in the day, so it really adds a flavor.
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jonsparrow
675 posts
Jul 28, 2009
6:35 PM
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to avoid confusion i ment they record the amp with an sm57. not you playing through an sm57.
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Patrick Barker
367 posts
Jul 28, 2009
9:09 PM
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I mic up close and one further away works well-- for the close up mic, follow Adam's youtube tutorial on how to mic an amp
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