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Recording question (CAB CONTENT)

pineapplerobot

pineapplerobot

Jul 23, 2012
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Omaha, NE
#1
Move this if needed, but it is an opinion thread about what Cab to be used for recording.

Hey guys, I have a question regarding an upcoming recording session. Normally when I record the tech uses 3 tracks: Direct in (pre pedal board), DI from amp, mic on the cabinet. I've been recording in the past with my Ampeg 410 HLF which for a 4x10 is a beast. The studio is down stairs and sometimes tough to get the cab down there. For the project I am working with (a Christian Alt Rock band) my tone tends to be more clean and they tend to use the DI or amp DI more prevalently than the cab. I will try to attach a recording when I get to my personal computer.

Now here is the question, do you think I would be ok to use my Markbass New York 151 for recording? Will I really lose any of the boomy-ness the HLF puts out? On a recording will that really get dramatically different results?

I know this may end up with me just being lazy at the end of the day, I am willing to carry the monster if needed, but if it really doesn't make too much of a difference then I will bring the Markbass.

The MB does have a brighter tone, but honestly, I'm just not too much sure if it will matter much at the end of the day when it comes to recording bass.

Input?

Here is a link to one of the songs we recorded at the same place in April. I used the above mentioned methods with the Ampeg.

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#3
I was once all about using my Eden WP1000 and 410xlt for a record I was playing on but the engineer suggested I use the "house rig" which was a SansAmp BDI and a nice tube comp.

Went SansAmp and never looked back.
 
#4
You will lose the boominess that the 410hlf puts out. I'd try it anyway. However, if you want a small cab that puts out boom at a level similar to the 410hlf (not quite as low but VERY low indeed) and don't mind not having a tweeter, PF115lf. Otherwise, PF115he. A little higher tuned than either of those cabs but still has plenty of boom.
 
#7
Ask your engineer what cab he thinks is best for the space. He's the guy responsible for getting the best tone onto the track. If he operates out of that studio all the time he will have an awareness of what cabs work best in the room. I would defer to his judgement on this.
 
#8
If you want more bottom but want a mic'ed cab as well, use a DI for everything the mic'ed amp won't give you and blend the two. I would, however, make the schlep if you really want your sound from the 410hlf. It's quite a unique cab, and your recording will only last forever, and that's a while to live with it if you don't feel your sound nailed it. Not that the Markbass won't make a good recording, but you should give them your best sound, whichever it is.
 
#11
Don't know a lot about mark bass gear. I can say putting a mic on an ampeg 410he is virtually the same as the hlf or 810 unless for some odd reason you put a pic on the port. In an iso box it is a little different depending on the how much the mic is collecting. There is a subtle difference but the mic signal from all those cabs in a room is more similar than say trying different microphones the same cab. I would maybe look for a 210he cab. I've seen them go really cheap used. And would sound more similar to the hlf than an 210av which has a completely different type of speaker.
 

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