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I have a home made 4x8 speaker cabinet with weber alnico sig. series. I use a TM10 to drive it and I am very pleased with the tone for home use. I didn't breake the speakers already so it looks very promising. Could you tell me some tips to capture the tone of this cab?. Should I use more than one mike?

Thanks!

The basic workhorse mic is an SM57, so grab yourself one of those, a decent pre, and a decent soundcard. Basically, mic each speaker, a little off axis of the cone, and choose the one you like the best. When you've found that one, play with mic positions until you're happy with what's comming out of your monitors, or computer speakers.

SM57 close to the grill cloth, either on axis or off axis of a speaker, depending on the sound you're looking for, experiment. And a large diaphragm condensor out a few feet in front of it.


Originally Posted by XeromusSM57 close to the grill cloth, either on axis or off axis of a speaker, depending on the sound you're looking for, experiment. And a large diaphragm condensor out a few feet in front of it.

1 to this just check your to make sure you're in phase if you try this. Also in that setup you could swap out either mic for a ribbon mic.

Thanks guys!

I already have the sm57 and the sound card (which includes a crappy preamp). I thought I needed to record all speakers to capture the tone of the cab. But, as you stated, It's only necesary to record only one. I hope one 8'' alone it isn't too trebly.

If you ever use a ribbon mic, make sure you never apply phantom power to it or it'll destroy it.

Shure SM57 off axis of one speaker about 2quot;/50mm, if stereo use two mic's on two seperate speakers ie top left and bottom right. Get hold of a a match pair of Rode mic's, really sweet or spend up HUGH and get Neumann's, these are the reference mic's

not including the time it took to pick the amp amp; amp location, I spent about 3 hrs yesterday messing around w/ mic placement before beginning trackin' on my new ditty.
patience is a good sounding virtue.