willovercome
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i spend most of my recording time experimenting with mic placement for acoustic guitar (mainly gibson J45 and Martin D18). i have two main set ups.
1) typical XY stereo with two NT5's about 2 feet in front of the sound hole.
2) an sm57 on the neck and an NTK on the bridge both within 6 inches.
yesterday, i tried combining the two, i used the XY about 3 feet away from the sound hole, and placed the NTK right inside the XY aimed almost directly at the sound hole. when i mixed i put the stereo tracks hard right and left, and the NTK in mono right in the center. the song was just guitar and vocals and harmonica, normally i wouldn't do this for a song with many more tracks.
does anyone else like using 3 mics for acoustic guitar? any other weird mic set ups that have had good results?
1) typical XY stereo with two NT5's about 2 feet in front of the sound hole.
2) an sm57 on the neck and an NTK on the bridge both within 6 inches.
yesterday, i tried combining the two, i used the XY about 3 feet away from the sound hole, and placed the NTK right inside the XY aimed almost directly at the sound hole. when i mixed i put the stereo tracks hard right and left, and the NTK in mono right in the center. the song was just guitar and vocals and harmonica, normally i wouldn't do this for a song with many more tracks.
does anyone else like using 3 mics for acoustic guitar? any other weird mic set ups that have had good results?
