borntoplease
New member
first off... much to my pleasure, my humble home studio is up and running. picked up a G5 and a digi 002. so far, things are great. there is a lot of learning to do with pro tools, but half the fun is learning... anyway... so i picked up a pair of earthworks SR71s to record acoustic guitar. for those who dont know, these are the cardiod ones, not the omnis. they dont make the SR71s any more... anyway... im recording my martin acoustic, its very rich in the lows and low mids... with enough top end to please me. im just having trouble capturing a good sound with my mics. ive tried everything, sound hole and fret board, sound hole and over the shoulder, one on the sound hole only... but everything just comes out very boomy, lots of proximity effect. has anyone used these mics on acoustic guitar? any tips? i know they are great mics, and its only my lack of skills thats holding me back. i can tell they have great potential. with EQ i am getting some cool sounds, but that with a LOT of EQ. someone told me they saw a picture of someone using earthworks on an acoustic and they were like 5 feet from the source... is this how far i should be pulling them back? right now, its like a foot to two feet... any less, and i feel like i lose some of the presence of the guitar. i also realise that it has a lot to do with the fact that my room im recording in blows, but i know thats not everything. any tips would be helpful... thanks