recording the cabinets with angled speakers

[John Matrix]

Anyone notice any weird issues trying to record the cabinets with the speakers angled towards each other? Any tips? Specifically I am using the 212 Beta Combo. I have not attempted anything yet myself and am a total amatuer at recording anyways, but I just wanted to know if there were any kinds of problems I had to look forward to. Thanks!

[django7866]

I had a 610s that had the baffled speakers and I used it on a recording, What i did is centered the mic between 2 of the speakers and set the mic back about six inches or so. The main thing is to really experiment with mic placement. you could try what I did or you could set the mic right up on one of the speaker do not center the mic right in front of the dust cap but maybe below. like I said before it really comes down to mic placement, and personal preference. good luck and hope this shed some light     

[HRobert]

From my experience in the past when recording those "V" speaker baffles there are basically two good choices;

1. The mic has to be placed in closer to the amp with the head of the mic facing the amp and located at the apex of where the centerlines of the two speakers converge.
 
2. Use two mics and a small mic mixer. Back in the day I used one of those simple Shure mic mixers with 4 mic inputs and one out....worked pretty good.  Set the mics back about 2 -3 feet  with each mic pointed toward each of the speakers...at a cross angle.  The left mic will be aimed at the the right speaker and visa versa.  Then use the mic mixer to balance the volume of the two.  I prefered this way as the sound had a chance to develope.

[John Matrix]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll let you know how it turns out.

Looks like I have other problems to diagnose before I can even start...