Here's another microphone and cabinet setup in a different part of the room. Instead of attenuation of SPLs, this one is designed to smooth out the frequency response and maximize the clarity of the cab for a clean part.
This time I used the three tube traps with their diffusion surface facing either side of the speaker cabinet's edges, and one in the rear to also act as a diffuser. Because of the way the tube traps are designed, they both absorb excessive low frequencies, and diffuse the higher frequencies to smooth out the sound. The mic in front of the cab is an Audix i5 this time, for its slightly wider frequency response than a 57. It's hard to see in the pictures, but it's set a few inches further back than I normally do, again to smooth the response a little.
There's also a room mic that doesn't show in the picture, that I won't use very much of, just a touch to blend in with the track.
The picture shows how the cabinet is raised off the floor and tilted back using an Isoacoustics decoupler, sitting on top of an Auralex Great Gramma to further elevate it and prevent structure-borne acoustic issues. I can get pretty decent gig volumes this way, yet it remains distinct, not blaring, with a ton of very clear articulation. This is the product of a heck of a lot of trial and error (otherwise called "experimentation"
).
The cabinet sits about 4.5 feet from the rear wall, and further from the side walls. It's elevated 9" off the ground in front, and 8" in the rear (the isoacoustics stand is tilted so the speakers point up a bit).
This time I used the three tube traps with their diffusion surface facing either side of the speaker cabinet's edges, and one in the rear to also act as a diffuser. Because of the way the tube traps are designed, they both absorb excessive low frequencies, and diffuse the higher frequencies to smooth out the sound. The mic in front of the cab is an Audix i5 this time, for its slightly wider frequency response than a 57. It's hard to see in the pictures, but it's set a few inches further back than I normally do, again to smooth the response a little.
There's also a room mic that doesn't show in the picture, that I won't use very much of, just a touch to blend in with the track.
The picture shows how the cabinet is raised off the floor and tilted back using an Isoacoustics decoupler, sitting on top of an Auralex Great Gramma to further elevate it and prevent structure-borne acoustic issues. I can get pretty decent gig volumes this way, yet it remains distinct, not blaring, with a ton of very clear articulation. This is the product of a heck of a lot of trial and error (otherwise called "experimentation"
).The cabinet sits about 4.5 feet from the rear wall, and further from the side walls. It's elevated 9" off the ground in front, and 8" in the rear (the isoacoustics stand is tilted so the speakers point up a bit).
