Sweetwater’s Mitch Gallagher and Don Carr break down five great ways to mic a guitar speaker cabinet with examples. Mitch also covers the basics a budding engineer needs to know, from locating your amp’s speaker cone and juggling proximity effect to prepping rooms for recording. With these mic techniques, you’ll be able to dial in a killer tone for almost any genre. Check it out!
About Mitch Gallagher
Sweetwater Editorial Director, Mitch Gallagher, is one of the leading music/pro audio/audio recording authorities in the world. The former senior technical editor of Keyboard magazine and former editor-in-chief of EQ magazine, Gallagher has published thousands of articles, is the author of seven books and one instructional DVD, and appears in well over 500 videos on YouTube. He teaches audio recording and music business at Purdue University/Indiana University, and has appeared at festivals, conventions, and conferences around the world.
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