Chris Cooper - Posted - 09/08/2010:  00:57:55

Hi guys,

My band is going to be heading into the studio pretty soon, i'll be using a sure SM57, the same one I use on stage.

When on stage I tend to position the mic on the bottom edge of the head of my banjo. I realise im gonna have to play around with the positioning to find an optimum position for my gear and surroundings, just wondered if you guys had any thoughts on the matter?

Chris.

Banjov1 - Posted - 09/08/2010:  01:41:18

If you're going to a studio, I hope you can find a nicer condensor mic or two to record with. The SM57 is really best for live PA stuff.

With that being said, typically when I record, I'll place the mic pointing to where the neck meets the head. I usually place it within 8 to 12 inches. That just my preference, it's not neccessarily an agreed upon standard.

T

joemac - Posted - 09/08/2010:  02:56:37

I agree with Banjov 1, you need to record with a condenser, any good sound engineer will help you position it, if your going in on your own to record, try setting more than one mike up, get one up toward the headstock, it all helps create the full round sound mate.

Chris Cooper - Posted - 09/08/2010:  03:25:28

Ok, so using a couple of mic's would help give me a fuller sound on the record and condensers are king. I think we have an AKG condenser similar to this one only it has a silver-gold casing instead of the green.

akg.com/site/products/powersla...e,EN.html

The DCB's have all their own recording gear, tracks are genrally recorded in someones front room, LOL.

I know the band like to record a track all at once, i.e play the song together as a band. they put up boards in-between each other to cut down some of the bleed-over. Each member has his own little section to play in with a mic set up in each of the partitions. I don't know just how keen the guys will be on using multiple mic's because more mic's=more bleed over.

Should i try to convince them to multi track?