Recording guitar with multiple mics - Dan Austin's Pink Noise method get's it all in phase!

Top British engineer / producer Dan Austin shows his PINK Noise method to get great guitar sounds. In this video shot at Otterhead Studios Dan shows Oscar Ball how to do this and we can hear the effect of this as he moves the mics on the cab around.

Edited by Ellis Powell Bevan
Technique by Dan Austin
Questionmaster - Oscar Ball

[WokeUpScreaming]

I have to admit that's the most info in the shortest time I've ever seen regarding mic'ing a cab. No muckin about! That room mic trick was naughty, I'll definitely remember that one!

[schance]

Clearly, unlimited blow and limitless studio time are a lost art combo.

[andrewraphael]

This is a Gil Norton method - I learnt this from Sean Genockey back in 2007. I use it every time and it never fails to get a great sound.

[carlmoretonmusic]

Nice video. Never heard of this Dan chap, but he obviously knows what he's doing... Cheers for making the video.

[dannycesena]

Phase is real isn't it! Amazing how just a touch of a finger on one mic alters the tone of the pink! Great

[HandWiredAmps]

Will have to give this method a try and the distorted room mic trick = nice! Looking for plugins for auto align and ended up here. I use a few different methods, but this gives a different perspective. Thanks for sharing!

[gastonjabaly]

I position the mics where i think i will get what i need (knowing your mics sound is a plus) I just record a pluck on a muted string and zoom in that tells me wich mic is behind move the mic then i flip phase lower the amps volume get my heaphones tight with a bandana and fine tune the position it's a pretty quick thing but i only use two mics

[eoinhayes]

I wish I had the time in the studio to do this. Budget rarely allows for that kind of time for the projects I work on, Auto Align by Sound Radix does the job for me though. When I started multi micing guitars I can now hear the phase problems on my old projects. Very interesting and informative technique though, must definitely give it a try..

[godofspacetime]

I have to say I can’t imagine going through all the trouble to do that rather than just making sure the capsules are all lined with one another.

Overdriving the preamps on the room mic sounds fucking cool though, 100% going to try that out.

[rossermatthew]

Awesome thanks for sharing, what a wealth of Gtr tone knowledge, Thank You !

[Studiomix]

Great video, never saw re-amping with pink noise like that. Great 👍🏼
I like Api on guitars a lot, since recently I used the Fairchild and it’s very likable on guitars I agree 😊
At least I have the same re-amp box but have to save money for a beautiful console like that, nice 👌🏼

[soundguyldn]

Awesome vid! Will be definitely trying that out :)

[rocketsauce]

what I do different is use 1k signal because all of the mics pick up the same frequency and you can null them better before flipping polarity.

[fivebyfivesound]

Nice! Henceforth I shall cal this the Gil Norton vacuum cleaner technique 🙏🏽

[handssmelloh]

What headphones are being used here? I've used a few pairs to try and position mics in the past but always end up going back and forth to the control room because my cans are never isolated well enough.

[Ekinox]

Great! What are these pres? They distort awesomely

[gus]

How about we put each of those three microphones on a different speaker?
Each speaker may sound different but each microphone also sounds different.It's just an idea that could solve phase problems
What do you think?thanks for sharing.

[sonysoni]

Hi. Great video! Thanks. I have one question. Can you please tell me what ribbon mic is that?

[darrylweller]

What mic pre do you recommend if I don’t have a board? Tg2, ?

[chinmeysway]

I feel like Its actually pretty weird trying decipher whats in or out of phase for guitar amp. You have to apply it to a mix as it’s not black n white; it’s more subjective in certain cases if phase is like wrong or out. Alignment has more subtly than just dipped / 180 degrees w Amps bc the mics are all facing the same direction and are close.