i usually start by pointing the mics more or less at the instruments they are recording, then moving them around until they sound good.hope this helps.

hi i am going to engineer and produce my friends record and am wondering a bout the type of mic placement i should be thinking of, we are going to be using about 9 mics and it is a 30x30x8 room with a few couches in it (non-insulated basement.)

Other than a few laws i guess is the best term for them, I don't really have any techniques, you kind of just have to find where everything sounds the best. If it doesn't sound great try something else. A lot of inexperienced engineers get all hung up on the things they don't know when most of it is just trusting your ears and they're really aren't any specific rules.Here's a good place to start: Stick a finger in one of your ears, close your eyes, stick your unoccupied ear in the general area of what is to be recorded, stop where it sounds the best and stick a mic there. Like I said it's a good place to start but not necessarily going to guarantee you the best possible sound, your gonna have to work with it. Experiment! Another thing, next time give some more details, it's hard to give advice when alls you have to work with is I've got 9 mics and a roomHope this helps,-Barrett

bleh. wrote:i usually start by pointing the mics more or less at the instruments they are recording.I lol'd

thats why we record strictly air guitar.

bleh. wrote:i usually start by pointing the mics more or less at the instruments they are recording, then moving them around until they sound goodI've been trying this for a while, and I'm completely exhausted from moving these heavy amplifiers around so much. There's got to be an easier way to do this.

stupid\_life wrote:bleh. wrote:i usually start by pointing the mics more or less at the instruments they are recording.I lol'dI LMFAO.......but absolutely true. Peace and music, Rev.

stupid\_life wrote:How do you properly position microphones on a Rock Band(TM) drumkit? Any tuning suggestions? Microphones? Just slap SM57's on everything? Beyer 401's?I'd stick a U47 on each drum. That should do the trick.

How do you properly position microphones on a Rock Band(TM) drumkit? Any tuning suggestions? Microphones? Just slap SM57's on everything? Beyer 401's?

blue\_thunder wrote:stupid\_life wrote:How do you properly position microphones on a Rock Band(TM) drumkit? Any tuning suggestions? Microphones? Just slap SM57's on everything? Beyer 401's?I'd stick a U47 on each drum. That should do the trick.Great to get advice from the pro's! All the mic palcement secrets are revealed!