Where In The Studio ?

[smellyfuzz]

Assuming one has a three room studio, Control, Iso and recording room,
where would one record;

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (miced amp), a Horn or woodwind of some type,
a Cello or Viola, small percussions like a Djembe (?) or egg shakers ?

Am I correct in thinking, that the Iso Booth should be void of sound,
as opposed to the tracking room, where I might want to use some of the
characteristics of the room ?

ALL COMMENTS WELCOME.

Sean

 

[Harvey Gerst]

Generally speaking, acoustic instruments are usually recorded along with the space they're in. So, you pull the mics back a little and pick up a bit of the room, and the overall sound of the instrument. The recording studio (usually the largest space) is the usual choice.

Miking electric guitar amps can be done two ways: close miking only, so that an iso booth makes the most sense, or a combination of close and far miking, making the recording room the place of choice.

 

[littledog]

Assuming one has a three room studio, Control, Iso and recording room,
where would one record;

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (miced amp), a Horn or woodwind of some type,
a Cello or Viola, small percussions like a Djembe (?) or egg shakers ?

Am I correct in thinking, that the Iso Booth should be void of sound,
as opposed to the tracking room, where I might want to use some of the
characteristics of the room ?

ALL COMMENTS WELCOME.

Sean

The answer is the same for all: record them in the room where they sound the best. Only you can determine that by trying each of them.

 

[crosstudio]

for the past 2 weeks i've been trying to record an acoustic guitar piece.

if the mic is too close, i get a boomy sound that i have to EQ to death.

if the mic is too far, i get too much room. i don't particularly like my room so i try to close mic as much as possible.

i've only got one room to record in and the only other mic i have besides my AT4033 and Shure SM57 are 2 AT 4000mb mics that i used for overheads, some Audio Technica clip on mics that I use when recording congos and tims and a kick mic that i use to record an actual drum set.

i've got to get a decent small diaphram condenser.

 

[littledog]

"King" Cross:

I'm wondering if it is so much a mic choice issue or a positioning one. Where on the guitar are you aiming it? It seems like a 4033 should work perfectly well if you move it over to the fretboard side (away from the sound hole) and aim it around the 13th fret. That way you can get pretty close without being boomy. If anything, your biggest problem may be string squeaks from your fingers, and that's why they invented talcum powder.