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Wtf is a PRS
mic for an Acoustic Guitar.

I would guess a SM57? but are there any other suggestions?

I will probably line mic of choice to a POD X3 into my laptop.

Suggestions?

Also would there be a good all around one that could multi task for both Acoustic Guitars and Vocals?
 
I see two big problems with that: the mic and the interface....

The POD X3 is an effects processor, and as such, its mic handling capabilities leave much to be desired. The biggest problem is that its XLR input doesn't provide phantom power, which means you basically can't use condenser mics with it. For acoustic guitar, you should pretty much always use condenser mics. Moving-coil dynamic mics don't have fast enough transient response to sound very good.

Second, the SM57/58 would absolutely suck for acoustic guitar. Way, way, way too muddy. I would go so far as to say that none of the moving coil dynamic mics even rate as "acceptable" for acoustic guitar recording.

About the only mics that would be acceptable for you (using the POD X3 for acoustic guitar recording) are battery-powered condensers like the Shure SM94, but I'd caution that you're going to go through batteries like water....
 
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idk about that because ive got a friend who worked for sony, he used sm57s between the neck and sound hole of the acoustic and beta57s on the bridge.
 
If you're recording rhythm guitar, you could probably get away with an SM57/SM58 because the mic doesn't matter nearly as much. Other instruments in a thick mix tend to mask the lack of high frequency detail to some degree (as long as they aren't also missing high frequency detail).

Most acoustic playing, however, is in thin mixes without a lot of other instrumentation. Thin mixes are the most critical, mic-wise, because there's nothing for the sound to hide behind. Every flaw in the recording is clearly audible. If the high end is rolled off like it would be from an SM57 or SM58, the dullness sticks out like a sore thumb.
 
Actually the battery life of the SM94 isn't too bad--it's a single AA as I recall, it's inside the mic so it suffers no loss to supply resistors, and it only needs to supply about 1mA bias current. So it lasts like 2000 hours.
 
So an SM94 sounds like it might be a good idea? The other guy said something about mic'ing the guitar twice? IS that a preference thing? What would i end up with that?
 
mshilarious said:
Actually the battery life of the SM94 isn't too bad--it's a single AA as I recall, it's inside the mic so it suffers no loss to supply resistors, and it only needs to supply about 1mA bias current. So it lasts like 2000 hours.
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Wow. The last mic I used with a battery lasted maybe a couple of days. That's almost three months without switching it off....
 
i think it depends on what kind of sound your going for. The closer the mic is to the bridge you will get more highs and it will be a lighter sound, the closer to the sound hole it is or right on it , it will produce the overall sound of the guitar, a lil more bassy. when you get towards the neck you get a more sensitive sound, you pick up alot more finger noise, which i like sometimes. its mostly experimenting though. i use an sm57 and a dean markley pickup.
 
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