Hello all,
I was wondering what you guys do when it comes to micing an acoustic?
I've been toying with the idea of getting a matched pair of small condenser mics for stereo recording or possibly going ribbon.
Previously I have used my vocal condenser off axis whith reasonable results but it feels a bit clumsy.
Any advice greatly received
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As for where to put the mic, there's not really any substitute for moving the mic around with headphones on and seeing where it sounds best. I usually listen for a good balance of body, punch, brightness from the strings, and watch out for boomy bass or nasty midrange resonances.
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Or just an SDC pointing at the 12th fret- I like the Josephson C42.
It really depends on the room, the guitar, the player, the song etc.
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Ribbons are nice if you have an instrumemt with a hard attack you'd like to take the edge off, say strumming a steel string guitar with a stiff pick. Small diaphragm condensors are the opposite of this and will sound quite "unforgiving" unless you play fingerstyle or use them further back in a really nice room.
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Its often used to imply something else when micing cabs as "on axis" is the centre of the cone (I perfer to say "off centre")
I don't like LDCs anywhere near the soundhole, too woofy. My favourite is 3-6inches away from the fretboard around the 12/14th fret & facing the capsule towards the soundhole..... on axis
I will experiment more as I have grabbed a ribbon and 2 small condensers.
I've read a lot of engineers articles recommending that you aim for the point where the fretboard joins the body.
I will see how I go.
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A lot of my favourite Youtube guitarists use a blend of a single SDC (Rode NT5 or similar) pointing at the 12th fret and a LDC (Rode NT2a or similar) about a 1-2 feet away .
Seems to give clarity with some air and a good balance even with YT's crappy compression .
Point one at the 12th Fret, the other at the soundboard, half way between the bridge and the tail of the guitar
I use my Yamaha classical for recording that has an internal mic and it can be a bit thumpy and a pain to balance using the onboard eq and mic settings.
YMMV and all that