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

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • 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.
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    Technique by Dan Austin
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  • @schance1666
    @schance1666 Год назад +94

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

  • @WokeUpScreaming
    @WokeUpScreaming 8 месяцев назад +19

    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!

  • @Palefirecreative
    @Palefirecreative Год назад +16

    This guy rules.

  • @andrewraphael3800
    @andrewraphael3800 Год назад +15

    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.

  • @dannycesena1584
    @dannycesena1584 Год назад +9

    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  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching - hope this was helpful :-)

    • @JohnYzaguirre-s7p
      @JohnYzaguirre-s7p 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @HandWiredAmps
    @HandWiredAmps Год назад +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!

  • @gastonjabaly
    @gastonjabaly 9 месяцев назад +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

  • @godofspacetime333
    @godofspacetime333 Год назад +5

    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 6 месяцев назад +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 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@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 6 месяцев назад +1

      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 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @eoinhayes5025
    @eoinhayes5025 Год назад +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 11 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +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 👌🏼

  • @rossermatthew
    @rossermatthew Год назад +3

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

  • @felixdorn21
    @felixdorn21 Год назад +2

    Very nice way to do it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @centroproiv5614
    @centroproiv5614 Год назад +2

    Great video.

  • @soundguyldn
    @soundguyldn Год назад +2

    Awesome vid! Will be definitely trying that out :)

  • @fivebyfivesound
    @fivebyfivesound 4 месяца назад

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

  • @dkarr82
    @dkarr82 2 месяца назад +1

    Can you not accomplish this by simply zooming in on the wave forms of two different tracks (recorded with different mics) and drag the tracks until you’ve got phase alignment? 🤷‍♂️

  • @666Ekinox
    @666Ekinox 11 дней назад

    Great! What are these pres? They distort awesomely

  • @gus7236
    @gus7236 7 месяцев назад +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.

  • @handssmelloh9173
    @handssmelloh9173 Год назад +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 11 месяцев назад +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…

  • @chinmeysway
    @chinmeysway Год назад +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.

  • @stephenchow5161
    @stephenchow5161 Год назад

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

  • @jamesnortonofficial1566
    @jamesnortonofficial1566 9 месяцев назад

    Mint 👍

  • @paul9532
    @paul9532 2 месяца назад

    The intro is killing me, the guy talking about phase issues with his voice having phasing issues is so funny to me 😂

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  Месяц назад

      Thank you! That studio tour took a lot of time to set up and do but we love it so much we have recorded a fab piano video at the studio to show of the studio sound, if you have time please give that a watch :-)

  • @sonysoni5079
    @sonysoni5079 4 месяца назад

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

  • @armenflintstone
    @armenflintstone 5 месяцев назад

    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?

  • @AlexGainChannel
    @AlexGainChannel 3 месяца назад

    Can i connect the tbone mb 75 to phone?

  • @darrylweller6143
    @darrylweller6143 Год назад +1

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

  • @ZeroesandOnes
    @ZeroesandOnes Год назад

    Which mic stands are these? Love it

  • @craigsanderson4330
    @craigsanderson4330 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @JiihaaS
      @JiihaaS Месяц назад

      Not necessarily. Unless you're using omni mics, distance will make the sound thinner because of proximity effect. It'll be roomier and less sharp though, which may give a hint of depth, but I'd rather just move the mics sideways off center or angle them off axis. That way you won't lose the bottom end and still get the depth.

  • @heythere6983
    @heythere6983 11 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @TaiChiRehab
    @TaiChiRehab 10 месяцев назад

    What DB Level is the amp for recording

  • @chinmeysway
    @chinmeysway Год назад

    UhhhgSo what is the sweet spot of pink noise

    • @sebastiandior1315
      @sebastiandior1315 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @djfarr6820
    @djfarr6820 10 месяцев назад

    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 8 месяцев назад +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

  • @MobiusMinded
    @MobiusMinded Год назад

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

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  Год назад +6

      It’s just a method, effective though..

    • @LeeGee
      @LeeGee Год назад +1

      What is your preferred ninja method, oh mighty one?

    • @MobiusMinded
      @MobiusMinded 11 месяцев назад

      @@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.

  • @MrMerab
    @MrMerab Год назад

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

  • @SpinandThrowDiscGolf
    @SpinandThrowDiscGolf 11 месяцев назад +7

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  • @ransbarger
    @ransbarger 8 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @RecordProduction
      @RecordProduction  8 месяцев назад +6

      Seems like your 6 year old is more mature

  • @craigsanderson4330
    @craigsanderson4330 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @nihilist1680
    @nihilist1680 Год назад +2

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

  • @opodendorf
    @opodendorf 11 месяцев назад +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.

  • @murraywebster1228
    @murraywebster1228 Год назад

    Just use SysTune……