[ddots-l] Re: acuustic guitar mikeing question
- From: "Dave Hillebrandt" <dave@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:49:01 -0400
Hi Brian, I have done a pretty good amount of experimenting with different
microphones on an acoustic guitar and all mics are a little different.
Depending on type of acoustic, I've found you may need to roll off the bass a
tiny bit as they can come off boomy when pointed too close to the sound hole.
It also depends a lot on sound you really want, but I've found having mic about
six to eight inches away and pointed a little off the sound hole toward the
bottom part of the neck works nicely. This way you avoid the boominess and will
still capture a tiny bit of the string noise that adds the human element. Been
recording classical guitar over last few weeks and didn't have to roll off bass
as much with this particular guitar. If you like the sound of that mic, you may
find yourself not using the pickup sound as much as the microphone, at least
from what I've found. Pickup is good to fill it out but may end up using it
lower in the mix. Some of those A.T. mics sound surprisingly good on acoustics.
Do you really want to get the attack of the pick hitting the string or not. If
so, you may angle mic past the sound hole and more toward the bridge, but have
found more toward bottom of neck is often most full without getting the sound
hole. Darn sound hole is great for projecting the sound but can cause problems
when using mic. Best of luck and will be interested to hear how it goes. Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Howerton
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:09 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] acuustic guitar mikeing question
Hello all,
Tomorrow I am going to be recording a tune with 3 vocalist and one will be
playing an accuustic guitar. I have an audio technica condenser mic and I am
just getting started with a studio setup. I have a sound card that has a left
input and a right input. She has a pickup on her guitar and I was going to
plug her pickup in to the left input and I want to mic the guitar and plug that
in to the right input. My question is since it's a condenser mic, what's the
best way to mic the guitar? Thanks for any help,
Brian
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