Recording guitar with multiple mics - Dan Austin's Pink Noise method get's it all in phase!

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  • čas přidán 20. 11. 2022
  • Top British engineer / producer Dan Austin shows his PINK Noise method to get great guitar sounds. In this video shot at Otterhead Studios Dan shows Oscar Ball how to do this and we can hear the effect of this as he moves the mics on the cab around.
    Edited by Ellis Powell Bevan
    Technique by Dan Austin
    Questionmaster - Oscar Ball
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Komentáře • 59

  • @schance1666
    @schance1666 Před rokem +88

    Clearly, unlimited blow and limitless studio time are a lost art combo.

  • @WokeUpScreaming
    @WokeUpScreaming Před 5 měsíci +16

    I have to admit that's the most info in the shortest time I've ever seen regarding mic'ing a cab. No muckin about! That room mic trick was naughty, I'll definitely remember that one!

  • @andrewraphael3800
    @andrewraphael3800 Před 11 měsíci +14

    This is a Gil Norton method - I learnt this from Sean Genockey back in 2007. I use it every time and it never fails to get a great sound.

  • @Palefirecreative
    @Palefirecreative Před rokem +15

    This guy rules.

  • @gastonjabaly
    @gastonjabaly Před 6 měsíci +5

    I position the mics where i think i will get what i need (knowing your mics sound is a plus) I just record a pluck on a muted string and zoom in that tells me wich mic is behind move the mic then i flip phase lower the amps volume get my heaphones tight with a bandana and fine tune the position it's a pretty quick thing but i only use two mics

  • @dannycesena1584
    @dannycesena1584 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Phase is real isn't it! Amazing how just a touch of a finger on one mic alters the tone of the pink! Great video!!!!!

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Thanks for watching - hope this was helpful :-)

    • @user-nf3np7nf9m
      @user-nf3np7nf9m Před 6 měsíci +4

      Yes a touch of a finger on the pink is amazing, or so i've heard.

  • @HandWiredAmps
    @HandWiredAmps Před rokem +8

    Will have to give this method a try and the distorted room mic trick = nice! Looking for plugins for auto align and ended up here. I use a few different methods, but this gives a different perspective. Thanks for sharing!

  • @rossermatthew
    @rossermatthew Před rokem +3

    Awesome thanks for sharing, what a wealth of Gtr tone knowledge, Thank You !

  • @felixdorn21
    @felixdorn21 Před rokem +2

    Very nice way to do it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @eoinhayes5025
    @eoinhayes5025 Před rokem +8

    I wish I had the time in the studio to do this. Budget rarely allows for that kind of time for the projects I work on, Auto Align by Sound Radix does the job for me though. When I started multi micing guitars I can now hear the phase problems on my old projects. Very interesting and informative technique though, must definitely give it a try..

    • @tihinter
      @tihinter Před 8 měsíci +3

      I totally know what you’re talking about, but: there are those people spending thousands of bucks for guitars, amps, cabs, pedals, strings and cables, and then on the other side of the glass us engineers can’t spend two minutes for moving one mic in relation to the other? I tend to force the band to coffee breaks for doing this noise cancellation trick, whenever I could… I typically generate the noise just by cranking up the players distortion pedal. Then I‘d boost my headphones to max, so I don’t have to touch the mic pre gain…

  • @Studio22mix
    @Studio22mix Před 7 měsíci +2

    Great video, never saw re-amping with pink noise like that. Great 👍🏼
    I like Api on guitars a lot, since recently I used the Fairchild and it’s very likable on guitars I agree 😊
    At least I have the same re-amp box but have to save money for a beautiful console like that, nice 👌🏼

  • @soundguyldn
    @soundguyldn Před rokem +2

    Awesome vid! Will be definitely trying that out :)

  • @centroproiv5614
    @centroproiv5614 Před rokem +2

    Great video.

  • @godofspacetime333
    @godofspacetime333 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I have to say I can’t imagine going through all the trouble to do that rather than just making sure the capsules are all lined with one another.
    Overdriving the preamps on the room mic sounds fucking cool though, 100% going to try that out.

    • @DaveyMulholland
      @DaveyMulholland Před 3 měsíci +1

      🤦‍♂️It's the quickest way to get them in phase 🤷‍♂️
      A speaker isn't a flat surface, so which part of it would you "just make sure" the mics are aligned in relation to ?

    • @godofspacetime333
      @godofspacetime333 Před 3 měsíci

      @@DaveyMulholland dude lining the capsules up will get your mics in phase within like a hundredth of a millisecond, you think using your ears is going to be more accurate than that? And faster?

    • @godofspacetime333
      @godofspacetime333 Před 3 měsíci

      And obviously we’re talking about the mics being perpendicular to the plane of the speaker. Getting pedantic with the topology of a speaker cone will get you no better results.

    • @DaveyMulholland
      @DaveyMulholland Před 2 měsíci

      @@godofspacetime333 you're a gobsh¡†e mate

  • @jamesnortonofficial1566
    @jamesnortonofficial1566 Před 6 měsíci

    Mint 👍

  • @fivebyfivesound
    @fivebyfivesound Před měsícem

    Nice! Henceforth I shall cal this the Gil Norton vacuum cleaner technique 🙏🏽

  • @handssmelloh9173
    @handssmelloh9173 Před rokem +5

    What headphones are being used here? I've used a few pairs to try and position mics in the past but always end up going back and forth to the control room because my cans are never isolated well enough.

    • @tihinter
      @tihinter Před 8 měsíci +2

      I use KRK KNS8400. You don’t have to go full airplane turbine level with this. I often even do this witch a rather quiet level of noise, just barely as loud as the guitar later on… the outcome will be the same, level does not matter for phase…

  • @stephenchow5161
    @stephenchow5161 Před rokem

    this guy is for real. you can tell becuase he has a wizard and a dover$$$$$$$$

  • @sonysoni5079
    @sonysoni5079 Před měsícem

    Hi. Great video! Thanks. I have one question. Can you please tell me what ribbon mic is that?

  • @ZeroesandOnes
    @ZeroesandOnes Před rokem

    Which mic stands are these? Love it

  • @gus7236
    @gus7236 Před 4 měsíci +1

    How about we put each of those three microphones on a different speaker?
    Each speaker may sound different but each microphone also sounds different.It's just an idea that could solve phase problems
    What do you think?thanks for sharing.

  • @heythere6983
    @heythere6983 Před 8 měsíci

    Does playing on one amp and then using the DI to re-record ok another amp or using the DI to re-record with more mics cause phase issues due to timing ?
    I haven’t used a DI before and wonder if there is a meaningful time shift overlaying DI over the same performance . Even if there is a toke shift from overlaying a DI over the same DI.

  • @darrylweller6143
    @darrylweller6143 Před rokem +1

    What mic pre do you recommend if I don’t have a board? Tg2, ?

  • @armenflintstone
    @armenflintstone Před 2 měsíci

    On the room mic, I didn’t get whether you compensated for the phase like you did for the 3 amp mics…if not, are you effectively creating reverb there by letting the room mic phase drift from the others?

  • @craigsanderson4330
    @craigsanderson4330 Před 8 měsíci

    Look how close they are, insane, distance =depth,

  • @chinmeysway
    @chinmeysway Před 10 měsíci +1

    I feel like Its actually pretty weird trying decipher whats in or out of phase for guitar amp. You have to apply it to a mix as it’s not black n white; it’s more subjective in certain cases if phase is like wrong or out. Alignment has more subtly than just dipped / 180 degrees w Amps bc the mics are all facing the same direction and are close.

  • @TaiChiRehab
    @TaiChiRehab Před 7 měsíci

    What DB Level is the amp for recording

  • @djfarr6820
    @djfarr6820 Před 7 měsíci

    I understand everything going on her but when it comes to panning and stereo image within your daw what do you do. He has 3 mics ont his one preformnace, are they all stereo per mic and stereo panned around, are they all in mono and panned around, should you record all 3 mic sun mono and pan those all left, and then do another take and do the same to the right side

    • @LittleELGATO
      @LittleELGATO Před 5 měsíci +3

      Yeah so basically for a stereo image you would record these 3 mics then sum it into one track, so it becomes a mono guitar track, pan it all left then double track with another 3 mics, sum that into mono and then pan that right! So in the end you only have 2 guitar tracks with the full tone you want

  • @VerebelyiSandor
    @VerebelyiSandor Před 26 dny

    Can i connect the tbone mb 75 to phone?

  • @MrMerab
    @MrMerab Před rokem

    S U P E R .......

  • @robertllubnrut
    @robertllubnrut Před 6 měsíci

    what are the mic's plugged into.

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  Před 6 měsíci

      They’re plugged in to the SSL channels

    • @robertllubnrut
      @robertllubnrut Před 6 měsíci

      @@RecordProduction ssl channels lol as if I no what they are (compleat novice) are they on a seperate amp.

    • @Sunkenballs12
      @Sunkenballs12 Před 2 měsíci

      @@robertllubnrut SSL console channel strips.

  • @chinmeysway
    @chinmeysway Před 10 měsíci

    UhhhgSo what is the sweet spot of pink noise

    • @sebastiandior1315
      @sebastiandior1315 Před 4 měsíci

      I was going to post something similar, phase alignment sure, but sweet spot? nah.

  • @MobiusMinded
    @MobiusMinded Před 9 měsíci

    This is the beginner, not-yet-ninja method.

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  Před 9 měsíci +6

      It’s just a method, effective though..

    • @LeeGee
      @LeeGee Před 9 měsíci +1

      What is your preferred ninja method, oh mighty one?

    • @MobiusMinded
      @MobiusMinded Před 9 měsíci

      @@LeeGee First, others and I have been doing variations of this for decades. Second, finding that first “sweet spot” is far more effective if one if listening to an actual guitar playing through the cab, so that the sweet spot represents a musical choice. 3rd, in the mist basic versions of this technique, one can just use the amp hiss to align consecutive/sequential mics relative to the first mic.

  • @SpinandThrowDiscGolf
    @SpinandThrowDiscGolf Před 8 měsíci +6

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  • @ransbarger
    @ransbarger Před 6 měsíci +2

    I looked like that one time when I let my 6 yr old daughter cut my hair.

  • @opodendorf
    @opodendorf Před 8 měsíci +1

    The studio desk is catastrophically too deep. You can really see how badly your colleague's back is already broken. Please pay attention to your health and better ergonomics of your workplace.

  • @nihilist1680
    @nihilist1680 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Imagine paying thousands of dollars to produce music that's worth two dollars.

  • @craigsanderson4330
    @craigsanderson4330 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Boring, many have been doing this for years but chasing the bloom is a much better past time

  • @murraywebster1228
    @murraywebster1228 Před rokem

    Just use SysTune……