Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2022 9:08 am |
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I'm the kind of guy who really does not like loud sound & music - unless I'm the one making the noise. I've been told I can hear like a bat, and smell like a dog. 
So, I recently re-set up my little home studio in a room that got cleaned out due to life changes. Just a little man-cave area. Now, this is something I've wanted to do for a long..long..time. What we did, in a nutshell, was put the guitar/steel speaker cabinet out in the shed with the lawnmower.  No, the lawnmower was not running. Drilled a hole thru a spot in an old window frame to run cables. I can patch it up later and the hole will disappear. Ran a good ol' sm57 to "hear" the speaker. The amp controls are separate from the speaker so they are at my fingertips,in the man-cave.
For the first time-ever, I can now hear the steel and anything else that gets pumped thru that speaker, thru my monitors and NOT thru the amp speakers, directly into my ears. I am not using the guitar speaker as a monitor, but rather, the MONITOR as a monitor.
The guitar speaker is in a cinderblock area, attached to the house. I can turn that puppy up, get it really pumping without bothering anybody, especially my own ears.
We have been monkeying around with creating "organic reverb" as well, in the shed. Hanging a second mic in a big metal crab bucket, hanging springs from the pot, a slinky, stuff like that. Not trying to reinvent the wheel, just trying out things that might make it sound interesting, unique, and pleasing to the ear. Not setting the world on fire, but good Mid-winter fun!
If this opportunity presents itself to any of you other home recording enthusiasts, I totally recommend the time and effort. Put the guitar speaker somewhere else, in a closet, in another room, in the garage, anywhere out of direct ear range, and monitor IT.
I think this is called a "sound chamber".
Cheers All!
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