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Hey, I was wondering what is usually done with regards to fiddling around with mic placement with the studios here?Lets say the guitarist is in the live room all the way downstairs in Studio B and Steve or whoever is up in the control room. How is the process of adjustment with tone done? Does the engineer have another member of the staff go down and fiddle about while he talks to him on headphones whilst listening through the monitors to hear how it sounds? Does he go down himself?What about the guitarist - it is HIS sound after all - does he go up and down from the amp room to the control room to hear how it sounds up there, or is his guitar just patched into the amp down there while he plays in the control room? Still... who does the adjusting of the mic placement and how?Just interested...Thanks.

Hi, most of the time the procedure is:1) the engineer picks and places the mics2) the musicians record something and come up to listen to the sound3) if something doesn't sound right, the engineer swaps/moves the micsIn your example, the guitarist would come up to listen to the recorded sound, if he wants a different tone, the engineer would go downstairs and do his job. The stairway in Studio B is kind of cool, you only have one door to open from the control room and you are almost there.

Max! good to see you posting here again!

I've had good luck with the following method:- I make a decision on which mic and cab I'll be using. - Then I'll record a minute or two of drums.- I'll take the guitar head (with combos it's a bit more tricky) into the control room and connect it to the cab in the live room/guitar room.- I'll have the guitarist play along to the recorded drums and let him/her dial in their guitar sound.- Take the head back to the live/guitar room.- If that doesn't work, I'll swap the mic or cab.- It works with bass amps as well.

After awhile you can kinda just hear the problems. When you're recording a drum kit and say the snare doesn't sound right a lot of the times you can listen and conclude: the mic is too close, or its getting too much shell, or there are phasing problems with the overheads. Its a lot of developing, a lot of listening, a lot of experimenting and a lot of time!Or you can just get a partner to move em around while you sit comfy dictating from the control room Hope this helps,-Barrett

The band I'm in Senium recorded in studio b there not too long ago and whenever I wanted to listen to something that I just recorded back I'd run up the stairs. It was pretty fun after getting through a good take. Other than that to hear guitar sounds or drum sounds I would pretty much trust Steve's judgement. Hes always sure to get the best sound out of what your using unless what your using or playing sounds like shit.