Recording acoustic guitar with a piezo pickup

[Eric V]

My friend and I are planning on recording an acoustic guitar that has a piezo pickup.

Hardware details:

• Guitar with piezo p/u
• Mackie MDB-1A active direct box
• Behringer X1204USB mixer
• Miktek condenser mic, and a Shure SM-57 dynamic mic

If we record the guitar with both the direct input using the direct box and the condenser, or the dynamic, will there be phasing issues? Other issues?
Can the mixer provide phantom to both the direct box (it requires phantom power) and also to the Miktek, if we chose to use that mic instead?

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[TalismanRich]

As long as the direct and Miktek are on different channels, there should be no issue with the phantom power. It would be no different than using two condenser microphones.

As for a phase issue, if you find it to be a problem, you could easily nudge a track by a millisecond or so and get them exactly in phase. But if you are sending the signals to different areas of the pan, you should have no problem with cancellation as the signals won't be overlapping directly.

 

[Eric V]

As long as the direct and Miktek are on different channels, there should be no issue with the phantom power. It would be no different than using two condenser microphones.

As for a phase issue, if you find it to be a problem, you could easily nudge a track by a millisecond or so and get them exactly in phase. But if you are sending the signals to different areas of the pan, you should have no problem with cancellation as the signals won't be overlapping directly.

Thank you, Rich!