Re: [Harp-L] mic, or line out?

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg nails it on this.  A well-designed line out has much of the speaker's
tone in the signal.  I've verified this by mounting different speakers in my
5F2H amp and recording through the line out.  The signal absolutely carries
the character of the speaker.  I prefer to line out because it is so much
faster and easier and I think the sound is cleaner.  But, if I'm playing a
show where the sound tech seems to know what he's doing and he wants to mic
my amp, no problem.

-- 
-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/


On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Rick
>
> The best is BOTH - then the sound guy can mix them and choose what sounds
> best. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Mic'ing gets ALL of
> the mic'd speaker's breakup along with everything else, but also picks up
> stage noise and the location of the mic is critical - short moves change the
> tone a lot. Line-outs driven from the speaker circuit have all the
> electronics' color and SOME of the speaker's as well (because the output
> transformer and speaker coil are inductive loads and reflect speaker loads
> back and forth.) The sound guy I work with most LOVES the line-out - great
> tone that mixes with what the amp is putting out well, and much easier to
> manage.
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> /Greg
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