Is an 8 ohm cab acceptable for recording?

[Felpsy]

Sorry if this has been covered, but I have searched extensively.

This weekend I'm back in the studio, only I've now got 2x 8 ohm 410h ashdown abm cabs.

My question, is a single 8 ohm 410h cab going to sound 'full' enough? Or do I need to use the full stack and achieve 4 ohms to get good results?
For the record, our producer prefers to ONLY mic the cabs. NO di signals....

Cheers

 

[otherclef]

I record my bass through a preamp and into the "interface".

When micing cabs it really dont matter on ohms or watts... you mic because you like the tone of certain cab.

 

[samurai1993]

What really matters here is mic type and mic positioning. Also if the recording studio has good acoustics. If your producer worths a damn he will know all this, though

 

[walterw]

all that would matter as far as i can tell would be the one speaker that gets mic'ed.

if anything, the other speakers would just be interfering.

 

[Felpsy]

Ok so the 1 speaker being mic'd will be loud and full enough while its not using the amp heads full wattage?

 

[f.c.geil]

Yes.

 

[Felpsy]

I thank you

 

[Emanuel Apascaritei]

if it sounds good to you, yes.

specs don´t matter here.

 

[Mulebagger]

In college, I did a few (live) studio recordings with my band and used a mic with a Peavy Minx 10" combo. I had to stuff the seams with toilet paper so it didn't rattle. In the recording my bass sounds huge and clear. I much prefer going direct, but it ended well.

Ohms should play no part in the recording. Best of luck. Hope it goes well for you.

 

[Felpsy]

Thanks my man.

This will be our 5th time recording in this studio. I've always wanted to give mixing a di signal with micing but pur producer seems to think goin just mic will give a more natural sound. We get to go analogue instead of digital so I'm always happy to just trust him...though I always wonder