How to best record my Rebel

[jwdubois]

The only recording exerience I have is using Pods, Tonelabs, GTs, etc direct to the board (If you can call my cheap mixer and recorder a "board"). Now that I'm grooving on the nice tone I'm getting out of the Rebel, I feel compelled to record it for the benefit of future generations.

I don't know anything about mics and preamps, and that's not really what I want to get into.

What I would prefer is a direct recording solution. I have noticed several posters here who like Weber speakers. While checking them out, I ran across the Weber "Mass" attenuator/dummy load/DI. I am not really interested in it as an attenuator, but it looks very interesting as a dummy load/DI. I have read a lot of mixed reviews, but most of these are by people trying to get cranked tones using it as an attenuator. Has anyone here tried one of these for DI purposes?

Any other suggestions for a DI that would capture the Rebel's power amp section?

Thanx,
JWW

 

[Kiteboarder]

I see you are pretty sold on going DI. But, let me recommend the way I record mine. A simple Shure SM57, into a $150 Line TonePort. I've tried DI before and you can get good results. But, there's just something about recording the actual speaker that I really like.

A setup like this will run you about $250, and can be use to record a bunch of other stuff if you need it to.

This video was recorded with that setup...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFnpmhNnHj0

Cheers -D

 

[jwdubois]

I see you are pretty sold on going DI. But, let me recommend the way I record mine. A simple Shure SM57, into a $150 Line TonePort. I've tried DI before and you can get good results. But, there's just something about recording the actual speaker that I really like.

A setup like this will run you about $250, and can be use to record a bunch of other stuff if you need it to.

This video was recorded with that setup...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFnpmhNnHj0

Cheers -D

Not necessarily sold, but I know zip about mic recording and wanted to eliminate one unknown from the equation. I have read plenty about the SM57. One of my buds who is into recording recommends the Sennheiser 421. He says it does not color the sound as much as the SM57, but since it costs 3x more, I guess that's to be expected.

What about a mic preamp? My recorder has a mic preamp built-in, but how much do you gain with even a cheap tube preamp?

I've got a Zoom HD recorder for recording, but I recently bought a new laptop with enough grunt to do some simple recording. I'm not a big fan of PC based DAWs, though. It always seems that something is not working right. Plus I can't get anywhere near a monitor with my Strat

Thanx for the reply ..

JWW

 

[Violin Player 75]

get a flatscreen



the Zooms do actually a really nice job.. not a 57.. but good. (i think better for distance mic placement)

the 57 can tollerate very loud volume.. (it is normally also used on a snare to give you some idea)


I would crank the amp gain pretty high- into the the breakup realm if you want it.... and try to get your mic preamp gain as high as possible with NO possibility of clipping. a little softer and less headroom is better than one instance of digital clipping *shudders*


to start.. follow standard mic placment ruels.. and then just work with moving the mic and listening.. most eq can be done with good placement,