Recently got a pair of Oktava Mk-012's (cardioid) to take care of my acoustic guitar recording needs. The problem is that the recorded guitar sounds pretty dull. I don't get the "shine" that I want (like the opening chord in "Walking After You" by Foo Fighters).
I have tried several different miking positions today, and ended up with something close to XY as the best result, with one mic pointing to the 10th fret, and the other pointing towards the end of the fretboard, from about a foot and a half away. The strings aren't new, but far from being tired. To get the "shine" I wanted, I had to boost the frequencies around 10 kHz by about 13 db (!) (I cut the low frequencies also).
Would anyone care to help out a novice?
Best regards,
-paw
I have tried several different miking positions today, and ended up with something close to XY as the best result, with one mic pointing to the 10th fret, and the other pointing towards the end of the fretboard, from about a foot and a half away. The strings aren't new, but far from being tired. To get the "shine" I wanted, I had to boost the frequencies around 10 kHz by about 13 db (!) (I cut the low frequencies also).
Would anyone care to help out a novice?
Best regards,
-paw