Acoustic Guitar Miking with AT4040 ( no matter the position, i always get boomy snd)

[underp]

I've tried the LOW cut, positioning in my shoulder , at 12th fret, under the guitar.

I don't get it. i don't have any problems with voice, but with acoustic guitar, is horrible.

 

[tdukex]

If it's a dreadnaught, they are more difficult because of the boominess. Try backing the mic off to about 18" - 24," straight out from the neck joint--or more if you are strumming hard. If it is still boomy, slightly rotate the mic away from the soundhole and toward the nut until the boominess goes away.

 

[Flatpicker]

If it's a dreadnaught, they are more difficult because of the boominess. Try backing the mic off to about 18" - 24,"...

Yes, tdukex is right - you are probably too close. Hard to imagine a 4040 being boomy in some of the positions you mentioned, though.

 

[RezN8]

Hmmm...

If ALL of the mic positions you've tried, including over the shoulder, pointing more at the neck than body, etc. are still giving you too much "boom" -
then the "boom" just might be coming from your "room".

Describe your recording space and where you are setting up in that space.
-Rez

 

[giraffe]

back off of the git if your room will allow it.

 

[notCardio]

You might want to check out the recorded part with a spectrum analyzer (within the pc, assuming that's how it was recorded) to make sure that the boominess you're hearing on playback actually exists on the recording, and it's not just your monitoring system (room) that's making it sound that way. Try listening to it somewhere else and see if you still think it's boomy. Might save you a lot of work & headache later.

Good luck.

 

[ozraves]

Try engaging the pad and see what happens. I had a boominess problem once with particular guitar and room. I flipped the pad switch. Magically, everything sounded fine.

 

[underp]

I flipped the pad switch. Magically, everything sounded fine.

ok, what was the last part?