Video: Changing Microphone Positions on Speakers

A great little video from MusicLover over at 5min detailing the different sounds you get from moving a microphone in relation to a guitar amp. Distance and angle play a huge factor in the type of sound you're looking for:

One of the fastest picking guitarists...

I'm not a huge fan of Metal, but this is just amazing to watch.

I present Yngwie Malmsteen, literally just putzing along:




Too frakkin cool...

Sound Like Hendrix?

With a piece of software? Really?
Kinda reminds me of that old joke "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?"

With all of the mic and amp modeling packages out there, I guess I don't understand why anyone would pay almost $400 on a 1/4" to USB adapter and some amp modeling software.


"The combination of AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix(TM) and StealthPlug represents a huge step forward in guitar technology allowing, for the first time, every guitarist to easily plug into their computer and hear the classic sounds that inspired one of the most influential guitarists of all time, Jimi Hendrix."

Oh...
I guess that ... explains(?) it ...

Read the rest here if you're interested.
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