mrface2112
Well-known member
<<Where do you typically place the MXL603 when recording acoustic guitar?>>
some folks go with XY out in front.....i found that i got better results with a spaced pair.
i generally place one 603 over the player's picking/strumming shoulder, next to their ear, pointing more or less towards the ground and back towards the bridge. this gets what they "hear" from the guitar.
i generally place the other 603 about 4-6" out from the 14th fret.
pan hard and mix to taste.
i usually also put a smattering of distance mics out in front, too--4, 6, 8ft away, depending.....lately it's been the combination of my dragonfly and v67, with the dragonfly aimed more towards the neck and the v67 aimed more towards the body/soundhole. the combination of all 4 mics gives me a veritably HUGE sound, although when hard-panned, the two 603's give a perfectly find sound on their own. for most things i record (acoustic-based rock), where the acoustic is the main instrument in the mix, i find myself looking for a "larger" (or more prominent) sound than you tend to typically find in most "rock" music.
cheers,
wade
some folks go with XY out in front.....i found that i got better results with a spaced pair.
i generally place one 603 over the player's picking/strumming shoulder, next to their ear, pointing more or less towards the ground and back towards the bridge. this gets what they "hear" from the guitar.
i generally place the other 603 about 4-6" out from the 14th fret.
pan hard and mix to taste.
i usually also put a smattering of distance mics out in front, too--4, 6, 8ft away, depending.....lately it's been the combination of my dragonfly and v67, with the dragonfly aimed more towards the neck and the v67 aimed more towards the body/soundhole. the combination of all 4 mics gives me a veritably HUGE sound, although when hard-panned, the two 603's give a perfectly find sound on their own. for most things i record (acoustic-based rock), where the acoustic is the main instrument in the mix, i find myself looking for a "larger" (or more prominent) sound than you tend to typically find in most "rock" music.
cheers,
wade