microphone people

[jingleheimer]

i just finished building a studio for recording acoustic guitars there is going to be two acoustics that need to be recorded. seeings how we have a low budget we are wondering if one unidirectional mic(the kind that records 360 degrees around it) would do the trick in the middle of us or do we need to purchase 2 mics one for each other and if its not too much to ask does any one have any suggestions on cheap mics that they like.

[Lempface]

I'm pretty new but you'll most likely need 4 mics for this.

[pdadda]

Originally Posted by Lempface

I'm pretty new but you'll most likely need 4 mics for this.

Haha, what the hell? I'm no pro either, but I think you will need 8 SM57's for this.

[XLR]

I think you mean an omnidirectional mic. For that the Behringer ECM8000 is good and inexpensive. Less than $100. But two cardioid mic's (that pick up from the front but not the back) set up in XY configuration (see pic below) so one mic is pointed at each guitar would give you more flexibility in controling the sound. For that the MXL 603S is good at about $100 ea. Good luck with your recording.

Tim

[Matheon]

Originally Posted by Timothy Lawler

I think you mean an omnidirectional mic. For that the Behringer ECM8000 is good and inexpensive. Less than $100. But two cardioid mic's (that pick up from the front but not the back) set up in XY configuration (see pic below) so one mic is pointed at each guitar would give you more flexibility in controling the sound. For that the MXL 603S is good at about $100 ea. Good luck with your recording.

Tim

i second that.. if it were me i'd get the 603s or something comparable and do each guitar to its own track.

[Dani Pace]

For acoustic guitars 2 mics will not only give you better control it (2 mics, 1 pointed at each guitar, several feet apart) but you will get a better sound too. I recently tried a couple of Audio Technica PRO 2 ax mics ( normally I use these for vocals at live gigs) to record acoustic guitars, they worked surprisingly well. They are fairly budget models, around $50 each, unidirectional with loads of midrange.

[FALKEN]

Originally Posted by jingleheimer

i just finished building a studio for recording acoustic guitars there is going to be two acoustics that need to be recorded. seeings how we have a low budget we are wondering if one unidirectional mic(the kind that records 360 degrees around it) would do the trick in the middle of us or do we need to purchase 2 mics one for each other and if its not too much to ask does any one have any suggestions on cheap mics that they like.

I belive what you are thinking of is an omnidirectional mic, not a unidirectional mic.

[gordone]

Dude - If you're new and don't have much experience, don't answer questions if 1)you're not sure of the answer and 2)You're wrong (about the "most likely" part)

Sit back, relax and read as much as you can. When you have experience (ie actually doing alot of recording of different sources/situations), then feel free to answer from those experiences.

To answer the question (although there isn't ONE correct way to do it, or any "most likely" way to do it) I would get either two Omnis or Cardiods and do a stereo setup on both instruments, assuming that the two guitars sound good together (ie. when just playing in the room)

Originally Posted by Lempface

I'm pretty new but you'll most likely need 4 mics for this.

[bcains]

What Timothy said, if you have room to stretch your budget i'd personally double mic each guitar with the 603s, i've also heard some good things about the Oktava MK 012, but haven't personally heard it.

If you are still uncertain try doing a search, i've seen plenty of "what mic for acoustic guitar?" threads with good suggestions.

Good Luck

[jingleheimer]

hey thank you all for the suggestions i think that for now we are going to buy two directional mics for the recording but in the futur i would really like to get a couple of omnidirectionals and play around with the steareo thing. but thanks again to everyone for replying.

[Halion]

You could try sitting across each other and putting a figure 8 mic in the middle, obviously pointing at both of you. That way you can use 1 mic (=cheap) for 2 sources without too much room sound (=good unless you have a good room) and still keep the option to do "some" panning. Because the one guitar will have an exact phase difference to the other (provided the distance from the guitars to the mic is the same), you can copy the track, phase reverse one, hard pan the 2 tracks and you done!

However, this probably sounds a bit complicated and I'm not 100% sure about the stereo thing (fairly shure though!).

[TFunkadelic]

I can reccomend the 603s. I recently recorded some mandolin with it and I was satisfied with the results.