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well I was using an electrovoice MC200 which I found but I was looking at the old gear at my church and found a new mic, it is a shure 588SD (by new I mean to me). Well I recorded a quick track(25s) with just vocals and guitar. This is the first time I have doubled the guitar and as for the voice it was a one take thing with just some reverb on it so not much there. I am looking for any suggestions on how I can make the guitar sound "better". what I mean is just the clarity of it in general and maybe how to get rid of some of the boominess.
I am using the shure into a behringer MX 802A into a delta 44 to PC to cool edit.
I can't change the equipment right now because I am saving for a new guitar as this one in the track is a cheap epi.
here is the link http://www.soundclick.com/bands/6/thewaiters.htm
the song is called test. thanks in advance for any responses.
 
I kind of like the guitar sound. I am especially impressed that you got that sound with a $40 dynamic mic. It's lo-fi, but fits your song well.

Placement is really the key to avoiding "boominess." Don't point the mic at the soundhole. Start with it aimed a the fretboard at the junction of the neck and body (12th-14th fret) about 6-12" from the guitar. Move it around while listening through headphones until you get the sound you want. You might also try combining the two mics you have in a spaced pair (see http://www.humbuckermusic.com/acguitrectec.html for examples of miking techniques with sound samples).
 
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I wanted to hear more! Not bad at all! The boominess wasn't really a problem on my pc speakers, I'd have to listen to it on another source, but I liked what I heard.
 
now that I listen to it compared to some of my other songs I guess the guitar sound isn't that bad (at least not for a $40 mic that is). For this one I actually tried two positions for the mic, one being 6" straight at the hole and the other 6" from the 12th fret pointing in. The second one worked much better. I am thinking that the boomy sound I'm hearing is maybe just the fact that it is a cheap laminate top acoustic.
I might also try that with two mics but I will have to get another mic cord. does it matter that the mics are so different, I always thought they had to be a matched pair or something like that.
Thanks rocket for the compliment. I will work on this song during the next couple of days and get it posted but first I have to finish writing it.
Any other suggestions would be great. Maybe something on the vocals.
 
tremblayj said:
now that I listen to it compared to some of my other songs I guess the guitar sound isn't that bad (at least not for a $40 mic that is). For this one I actually tried two positions for the mic, one being 6" straight at the hole and the other 6" from the 12th fret pointing in. The second one worked much better. I am thinking that the boomy sound I'm hearing is maybe just the fact that it is a cheap laminate top acoustic.
I might also try that with two mics but I will have to get another mic cord. does it matter that the mics are so different, I always thought they had to be a matched pair or something like that.
Thanks rocket for the compliment. I will work on this song during the next couple of days and get it posted but first I have to finish writing it.
Any other suggestions would be great. Maybe something on the vocals.
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For spaced pair recordings, it is not critical that the mics are identical. Mess around and find out what works best. Good luck.
 
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