I own just a couple of mics, an Equation F.20 for vocals mainly and an SM81 for instruments. I'm a home studio recorder, and don't own a whole lot of equipment but I'm looking for cheap ideas to help prevent bleed through if this situation pops up again:
The lady who wanted to do a CD records most comfortably singing and playing acoustic guitar at the same time. I used the SM81 on the guitar and the F.20 on her voice. I positioned the vocal F.20 so that it's close to her voice, and her guitar projected under that vocal mic. When she sang and played through one of her songs, I listened to the playback and of course the vocal wasn't hot enough. So I muted the guitar track and the vocal could still be louder. So I repositioned the mic to get even closer to her mouth as she sang. This time, by keeping the guitar track muted her vocal and guitar were about the right mix. I'll live with it, even though I don't have two separate tracks. Question: how could I have shielded the guitar from the vocal mic? I thought about building a baffle of some sort, but she needed to read words off a stand. Any suggestions?
The lady who wanted to do a CD records most comfortably singing and playing acoustic guitar at the same time. I used the SM81 on the guitar and the F.20 on her voice. I positioned the vocal F.20 so that it's close to her voice, and her guitar projected under that vocal mic. When she sang and played through one of her songs, I listened to the playback and of course the vocal wasn't hot enough. So I muted the guitar track and the vocal could still be louder. So I repositioned the mic to get even closer to her mouth as she sang. This time, by keeping the guitar track muted her vocal and guitar were about the right mix. I'll live with it, even though I don't have two separate tracks. Question: how could I have shielded the guitar from the vocal mic? I thought about building a baffle of some sort, but she needed to read words off a stand. Any suggestions?