Originally Posted By: 2bSolo
I noticed everyone is writing about close mic technique.

What do you folks do about the sound we hear a few feet away? For example, you can't really hear what an electric guitar sounds like until you are a few feet from the amp. Micing a sax at the bell doesn't really give you all the tone we are used to hearing. Do any of you try to get that sound from a listener's perspective? If so, how do you do it?

2b


I do this with some very expensive in-ear monitors, with earmuffs over top. I hear pretty much what the mic is picking up. I got the in-ear monitors from my former employer, Westone, which is not something that is in most home-recordist's budgets. But hey, it's the way I do it when I'm not in a hurry. Main thing in home studios is controlling reflections; both cutting them down and also having a piece of panelling you can throw on the floor to CREATE reflections.

-Scott

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