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OSHC
Active member
A clip of me recording some acoustic solos at the studio 
rob aylestone
Moderator
You seem to have a surplus of mics there? (and a drunk cameraman)
O
OSHC
Active member
Yes I agree with you...there seems to be a lot of mics there. Also the camera moves quite a bit
rob aylestone
Moderator
Being serious about this for once. The only thing that matters is that the guitar sounds like you want it to. One mic and some well chosen treatment work pretty well, but other times maybe you need some finger noise and you need the sound of a pick, or ...............
The one thing I never do is treat a guitar as a 'stereo' source and use stereo techniques, because if you want realism, the biggest a guitar ever is, is the size of a guitar width wise. 600mm or 2 feet ish? if you make it wider, that's not real and sounds to me just plain wierd. So while I may have two mics, they'll be panned quite narrow. Just how I like acoustic guitars. Other people like wild stereo image shifts, but that's just an effect really.
The one thing I never do is treat a guitar as a 'stereo' source and use stereo techniques, because if you want realism, the biggest a guitar ever is, is the size of a guitar width wise. 600mm or 2 feet ish? if you make it wider, that's not real and sounds to me just plain wierd. So while I may have two mics, they'll be panned quite narrow. Just how I like acoustic guitars. Other people like wild stereo image shifts, but that's just an effect really.
B
Bstrom
Member
To minimize pressure of unnecessary takes on the artist, I always record acoustics in stereo as the sound at the bout and at the neck are not the same - along with a DI channel form the guitar pickup(s). This gives you an opportunity to accept or delete poor sounding tracks, EQ all tracks for correcting individual frequency issues - and then pan the channels at different levels for more dimension in the sound.
Of course, isolating the ideal mic on the ideal guitar minimizes all this effort but with different instruments you don't have all day to find the best sound. I have two Yamaha solid wood guitars in my studio - a concert and a parlor - that both record very well. Otherwise, it's a multiple mic scenario to find the best sound with the least amount of time.
Of course, isolating the ideal mic on the ideal guitar minimizes all this effort but with different instruments you don't have all day to find the best sound. I have two Yamaha solid wood guitars in my studio - a concert and a parlor - that both record very well. Otherwise, it's a multiple mic scenario to find the best sound with the least amount of time.
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