mic'ing the bass cab

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by dagosto

The Cascade Fathead Ribbon mics are pretty good on bass cab. They have a natural high end roll off that makes them particularly appropriate for bass.

Yea, a good ribbon mic! Great idea; totally didn't occur to me; but now that I think about it, it makes total sense! I've liked the AEA ribbon mics because they can withstand higher than normal SPL's. I've never tried any of the Cascade mics though.

[Nubus]

Good point with the ribbon mic, I've been meaning to pick another one up. Here's one I've been looking at on ebay



The proximity effect on a ribbon is huge and the rejection would be perfcet for what I'm doing. The RSM2 I have actually works real well but I've been using it elsewhere. I was also thinking of trying one of the low priced Aphex ribbons

[dagosto]

I think the Aphexes sound really nice. Same machine as the Nady's but perhaps the construction is better.

[abarnett]

Originally Posted by Nubus

Good point with the ribbon mic, I've been meaning to pick another one up. Here's one I've been looking at on ebay



The proximity effect on a ribbon is huge and the rejection would be perfcet for what I'm doing. The RSM2 I have actually works real well but I've been using it elsewhere. I was also thinking of trying one of the low priced Aphex ribbons

When I've had trouble with bleed involving the all the amps in the room, it always is the bleed of the bass into the other mics. I've gotten great bass sounds with:
AT4060
EV RE-11
Even cheap modded Oktava mk319
(all of them close miced on the top speaker)
But it doesn't matter if bass-room-mud is getting into the other mics.

I ususally us the ribbons for guitar cabs and OH's

[smopo24]

Has anyone ever used a boundary mic on a bass cab? It may be an interesting experiment. They are some people's secret weapons on bass drums, why not try one out?