Sound Clip Recording Techniques
Mack does everything possible to produce clips that recreate the sound of the amp as you would hear it in front of you.
Guitar setup: The only thing between the amp and the guitar was a cord – no effects were used.
Mic setup: The Heatseeker HS-18 was recorded using three mics: Shure SM57 close mic’d, on center; a Sennheiser 421 close mic’ed, on center and a Marshall condenser mic (model unknown) close mic’ed on the 1X12 CB vent to pick up additional bass frequencies. The mic's were carefully blended to create a recorded sound that is as close to live as possible.
The Heatseeker HS-36 and the Skyraider SR-15 and 30 were recorded using a Shure SM-57 placed at the speaker grill on center and a Neumann TLM 103 placed about 6’ away on axis.
Console setup: The mics were fed into NEVE (Type 3117) mic preamps. The line outs of the Neves were then sent directly to the digital converters of a Tascam DM3200 console (bypassing the Line In's) and recorded directly to Nuendo - with ZERO effects, ZERO EQ and ZERO compression.
Special note for HS-36, SR-15 and SR-30: To enable a true comparison of how these amps sound, the guitar tracks were first recorded direct (the guitars were plugged into a Radial DI and fed into the NEVE preamp and recorded as above). Then the direct tracks were fed to each amp from the console and the amps were recorded as noted above. This “re-amping” technique allows you to compare each amp model knowing that the exact same guitar track is being played in each clip!
The Player Behind The Sound Clips
Richard Smyth, a Toronto based guitarist extraordinaire, is the player behind Mack Music’s sound clips. We think Richard's playing is killer and we couldn't be more pleased with his contribution.
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