What a great forum this is! Has helped me progress a fair bit in just a few days thank you everyone. Another question for any studio geeks out there.
I have just about completed my own studio build so our blues band can record our first album. Too much to go into here.
What would be the best way to record blues harp? Straight into a Shure 57 mic, a dedicated harp mic like the bullet, or a decidated clip on mic like the Nighthawk which they say gives better tone?
The signal will be split into two, one a direct d.i into the preamp and recording device, the second goes through a synergy valve amp with Fender Bassman module and into the recording device as a second tr.ack. These two tracks are then both blended and edited.
What type of sound are you after. If it’s a clean not distorted then something like the Sure 57 is great (or a Chinese copy). Prodipe Saint Louis is a very clean mic. For a more distorted sound check out the Bulletini, Hohner Hb52, or one of the Silverfish mics.
Silverfish also do a dual element mic, dirty and clean. Liam Ward of learnt heharmonica has a video on the dual mic on you tube. I’ll try and find it for you and post it here.
I actually have a few different mic’s in the studio to play with, I am more leaning towards the clean side for the D.I. as it goes through a rack array with preamp, eq and compressor, I can get satuated sound via the second route going into a valve preamp. The problem with mics that attach, like the nighthawk, I assume, would be you cant use hand articulation like hand waa’s
