Marcell Simó
New member
Hey guys,
I am about to record an acoustic song where I would like to use a cajon drum and acoustic guitars. For the vocals I've been using the Rode NT1-A and it worked pretty well so I decided to stick with it however I cannot decide what mic to buy to be able to record both the cajon and the guitar in good quality.
For the cajon I would use both the NT1-A and a small condenser dynamic mic such as the Shure M57. The problem is that I am on a budget so I cannot afford to buy another mic for the guitars.
Now I've read that a large condenser mic is the best for recording guitars but I've also heard a coulpe of producions where the guitars were recorded by a small condenser dynamic mic.
I cehcked out a page I found : Cakewalk Support Knowledge Base - 10 Microphone Placement Techniques for Acoustic Guitar .
The guy records the same thing with a bunch of setups and I like these two the best:
https://soundcloud.com/cakewalksoftware/xy
https://soundcloud.com/cakewalksoftware/dual-dynamic
He used two dynamic mics for both of these recordings.
Considering all these informations (sorry for being a bit messy) what would you suggest?
Thank you guys in advance
Marcell
I am about to record an acoustic song where I would like to use a cajon drum and acoustic guitars. For the vocals I've been using the Rode NT1-A and it worked pretty well so I decided to stick with it however I cannot decide what mic to buy to be able to record both the cajon and the guitar in good quality.
For the cajon I would use both the NT1-A and a small condenser dynamic mic such as the Shure M57. The problem is that I am on a budget so I cannot afford to buy another mic for the guitars.
Now I've read that a large condenser mic is the best for recording guitars but I've also heard a coulpe of producions where the guitars were recorded by a small condenser dynamic mic.
I cehcked out a page I found : Cakewalk Support Knowledge Base - 10 Microphone Placement Techniques for Acoustic Guitar .
The guy records the same thing with a bunch of setups and I like these two the best:
https://soundcloud.com/cakewalksoftware/xy
https://soundcloud.com/cakewalksoftware/dual-dynamic
He used two dynamic mics for both of these recordings.
Considering all these informations (sorry for being a bit messy) what would you suggest?
Thank you guys in advance
Marcell