I know, this isn't a PRS amp rig demo. I'm sorry about that. But I just found this today and I was pretty excited about how similar his setup is to what I have been trying to accomplish in my own PRS-equipped rig. It gave me a few more ideas!
Obviously Tim's analog rig is far more developed than mine, but that's OK, given that I have other fish to fry in addition to guitars.
My idea was to set my heads up near my recording and mixing setup and racks, but have my speaker cabinets far enough away that I could still track them and hear the track I've got to record to, something I do on all my projects. Tim had a soundproof cabinet built into his garage for his cabs. I haven't done that yet, I simply have my cabs far enough away in the room that they aren't so loud at my mix position.
The idea is that I can easily adjust the mics, and also reduce the volume just enough that the bleed from the cabs into my headphones isn't so loud that I can't really hear the headphone mix.
The other part of the idea is that I am near the controls of the audio gear and computer so that I can work the controls without having to walk back and forth from my amps, I can literally just roll my chair a foot or so and everything from the amp controls to the recording equipment can be adjusted.
In my studio, I've been using the UA Apollo's built in mic preamps lately, because they can be made to emulate other preamps, or just run clean by themselves. They sound pretty good! But most of the time I have some stand-alone mic preamps on hand as well. I usually have a few Focusrite Red or Blue preamps on hand, as they're versatile and I can always add coloration later. The Focusrite Red and Blue were designed in the late 80s and early 90s by Rupert Neve. He designed the '94 Focusrite Red I have in my rack, but I'm in the process of choosing some additional preamps and just sold off a few different preamps I wasn't crazy about for purposes of recording guitar. I plan to buy some APIs.
Here's the video link:
And here's what I set up at my own place, a work in progress of course - and since I'm also a keyboard player, my rig has to accommodate playing keys near my control position as well. Control area:
Speaker cab area with room for vocalists, acoustic instrumentalists, etc.
I also make use of a Mesa CabClone for speaker emulation, a very simple device to use that I love the sound of. Not in this picture, but usually I have a 57 and a Royer set up in front of whichever cab I'm working with. I use Latch Lake and Access mic stands and booms as they're very stable and can handle the heaviest mics without issues.
Obviously Tim's analog rig is far more developed than mine, but that's OK, given that I have other fish to fry in addition to guitars.
My idea was to set my heads up near my recording and mixing setup and racks, but have my speaker cabinets far enough away that I could still track them and hear the track I've got to record to, something I do on all my projects. Tim had a soundproof cabinet built into his garage for his cabs. I haven't done that yet, I simply have my cabs far enough away in the room that they aren't so loud at my mix position.
The idea is that I can easily adjust the mics, and also reduce the volume just enough that the bleed from the cabs into my headphones isn't so loud that I can't really hear the headphone mix.
The other part of the idea is that I am near the controls of the audio gear and computer so that I can work the controls without having to walk back and forth from my amps, I can literally just roll my chair a foot or so and everything from the amp controls to the recording equipment can be adjusted.
In my studio, I've been using the UA Apollo's built in mic preamps lately, because they can be made to emulate other preamps, or just run clean by themselves. They sound pretty good! But most of the time I have some stand-alone mic preamps on hand as well. I usually have a few Focusrite Red or Blue preamps on hand, as they're versatile and I can always add coloration later. The Focusrite Red and Blue were designed in the late 80s and early 90s by Rupert Neve. He designed the '94 Focusrite Red I have in my rack, but I'm in the process of choosing some additional preamps and just sold off a few different preamps I wasn't crazy about for purposes of recording guitar. I plan to buy some APIs.
Here's the video link:
And here's what I set up at my own place, a work in progress of course - and since I'm also a keyboard player, my rig has to accommodate playing keys near my control position as well. Control area:
Speaker cab area with room for vocalists, acoustic instrumentalists, etc.
I also make use of a Mesa CabClone for speaker emulation, a very simple device to use that I love the sound of. Not in this picture, but usually I have a 57 and a Royer set up in front of whichever cab I'm working with. I use Latch Lake and Access mic stands and booms as they're very stable and can handle the heaviest mics without issues.
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