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<p>The following audio examples were recorded with guitarist <a href="[[$URL_TomAdams]]">Tom Adams</a> (playing a Fender Telecaster through a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier) in the Music Technology Department of Cambridge's <a href="[[$URL_HRSFC]]">Hills Road Sixth Form College</a>. The microphones used were Shure SM57 cardioid dynamic models, the most common professional choice for close-miking guitar amps. Many thanks to the college's Director of Music, Jonathan Sanders, for the use of the recording facilities. The mics were preamplified via the mic preamps of a Tascam DM3200 digital mixer and recorded digitally without any signal processing.</p>

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<h5 class="h5ResourceCategoryLinks"><a href="#Setup1">MULTIMIC SETUP 1 (CONE POSITION)</a> -- <a href="#Setup2">MULTIMIC SETUP 2 (MIKING ANGLE)</a><br><a href="#Setup3">MULTIMIC SETUP 3 (MIKING DISTANCE)</a> -- <a href="#Setup2Diagram">MULTIMIC SETUP 4 (DIFFERENT SPEAKER CONES)</a><br>
<a href="#reading">FURTHER READING</a></h5>



<h3 class="h3ResourceCategory"><a name="Setup1Diagram">MULTIMIC SETUP 1</a></h3>

<p>This microphone setup used three Shure SM57 microphones, which all recorded a single performance simultaneously.</p>



<ul>

<li><strong>Cone Position:</strong> These files demonstrate how the close-miked tone changes as you move the microphone from the centre to the edge of the speaker cone.</li>

</ul>



<p class="pLMPPics"><a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01aHiRes.jpg"><img border="0" src="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01a.jpg"></a><br>

(For a higher-resolution image, click <a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01aHiRes.jpg">here</a>.</p>



<table class="tableLMPFiles">

  <tr>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterHeader">Mic</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesHeaderCompact"></td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Polar&nbsp;Pattern</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Distance</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeaderStretch">Position/Angle</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterBlue">A</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_1A_ConeEdge`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">Cardioid</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">Directly on the grille cloth</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Perpendicular to the grille cloth, pointing at the outer edge of the left-hand speaker cone</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterPink">B</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_1B_ConeHalfway`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Perpendicular to the grille cloth, pointing at a spot halfway between the outer edge and centre of the left-hand speaker cone</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterGreen">C</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_1C_ConeCentre`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Perpendicular to the grille cloth, pointing at the centre of the left-hand speaker cone</td>

  </tr>



</table>

<br><br>



<h3 class="h3ResourceCategory"><a name="Setup2Diagram">MULTIMIC SETUP 2</a></h3>

<p>This microphone setup used three Shure SM57 microphones, which all recorded a single performance simultaneously.</p>



<ul>

<li><strong>Miking Angle:</strong> These files demonstrate how the close-miked tone changes as you angle it towards different parts of the speaker cone.</li>

</ul>





<p class="pLMPPics"><a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01bHiRes.jpg"><img border="0" src="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01b.jpg"></a><br>

(For a higher-resolution image, click <a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01bHiRes.jpg">here</a>.</p>



<table class="tableLMPFiles">

  <tr>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterHeader">Mic</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesHeaderCompact"></td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Polar&nbsp;Pattern</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Distance</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeaderStretch">Position/Angle</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterBlue">A</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_2A_0Degrees`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">Cardioid</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">Directly on the grille cloth</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Over the centre of the left-hand speaker cone, perpendicular to the grille cloth</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterPink">B</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_2B_20Degrees`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Over the centre of the left-hand speaker cone, angled 20 degrees outwards</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterGreen">C</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_2C_45Degrees`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Over the centre of the left-hand speaker cone, angled 45 degrees outwards</td>

  </tr>



</table>

<br><br>



<h3 class="h3ResourceCategory"><a name="Setup3Diagram">MULTIMIC SETUP 3</a></h3>

<p>This microphone setup used three Shure SM57 microphones, which all recorded a single performance simultaneously.</p>



<ul>

<li><strong>Miking Distance:</strong> In this comparison you can hear how the miking distance profoundly affects the recorded tone.</li>

</ul>



<p class="pLMPPics"><a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01cHiRes.jpg"><img border="0" src="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01c.jpg"></a><br>

(For a higher-resolution image, click <a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01cHiRes.jpg">here</a>.</p>



<table class="tableLMPFiles">

  <tr>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterHeader">Mic</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesHeaderCompact"></td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Polar&nbsp;Pattern</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Distance</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeaderStretch">Position/Angle</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterBlue">A</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_3A_Grille`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">Cardioid</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">1cm</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="3">A little to the left of the centre of the left-hand speaker cone, perpendicular to the grille cloth</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterPink">B</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_3B_30cm`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">30cm<td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterGreen">C</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_3C_90cm`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">90cm</td>

  </tr>

</table>

<br><br>



<h3 class="h3ResourceCategory"><a name="Setup4Diagram">MULTIMIC SETUP 4</a></h3>

<p>This microphone setup used two Shure SM57 microphones, which both recorded a single performance simultaneously.</p>



<ul>

<li><strong>Different Speaker Cones:</strong> Although all the speakers in a guitar cabinet are usually meant to be identical, they never sound quite the same...</li>

</ul>



<p class="pLMPPics"><a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01dHiRes.jpg"><img border="0" src="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01d.jpg"></a><br>

(For a higher-resolution image, click <a href="[[$sitePrefixCMT]]SitePix/LMP_ElecGtr01dHiRes.jpg">here</a>.</p>



<table class="tableLMPFiles">

  <tr>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterHeader">Mic</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesHeaderCompact"></td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Polar&nbsp;Pattern</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeader">Distance</td>

    <td class="tdLMPFilesDescriptionHeaderStretch">Position/Angle</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterBlue">A</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_4A_ConeLeft`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="2">Cardioid</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription" rowspan="2">Directly on the grille cloth</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Over the centre of the left-hand speaker cone, perpendicular to the grille cloth</td>

  </tr>



  <tr>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesMicLetterPink">B</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">[[playerWavMp3Button? &compact=`1` &exampleFile=`LMP/RS_LMP_ElecGtr01_4B_ConeRight`]]</td>

 <td class="tdLMPFilesDescription">Over the centre of the right-hand speaker cone, perpendicular to the grille cloth</td>

  </tr>



</table>

<br><br>





<h3 class="h3ResourceCategory"><a name="reading">FURTHER READING</a></h3>



<ul>

<li>To read more about recording and mixing acoustic guitar, check out this <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug07/articles/guitaramprecording.htm"><i>Sound On Sound</i> magazine article</a>, to which the above audio examples directly relate.<br><br></li>

</ul>