[ddots-l] Re: recording acoustic guitars
- From: Erik Bryndahl <erik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:03:50 +0200
Hi Shawn!
I would be very interested in your experience and thought's on this matter
aswell.
Regards, Erik
From: D!J!X!
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:44 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: recording acoustic guitars
Hi Sean, just in case you send the Email privately, I'd sure be interested to
hear your thoughts on mic selection and positioning at least for guitars, and
if you've got something to say regarding mics or mic placement for percussion
such as congas and such, even better. In the next few months I'm going to be
doing some work with these instruments (recording some salsa and bossa and such
latin styles), so would like to hear your thoughts, you know we can never learn
enough :)
THX, D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Shawn Brock
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 2:37 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: recording acoustic guitars
Hi Manny,
Yes it does make a big difference.
Most times I mic an acoustic and stay away from using the pickup on sessions.
Key words here are most times...
You will have to consider what genre of music your recording, and how much the
song is carried by the acoustic. If the acoustic plays a big part in the song,
and the genre of music is folk or country for example, you will be better off
using microphones. If you are recording hard rock or something, where the
acoustic just lends a little color to the song, then you may want to think
about recording from the pickup, or taking a track of the pickup and
microphone.
Most times I stereo mic acoustics, and pan each mic hard right and left, but
maybe that's more than you want to get into at this point?
Mic selection and placement on acoustic instruments is an area which I have
explored heavily for many years, and I can offer some worthwhile thoughts on
this subject if need be. And I'll try to do so without just sending one word
emails which don't contain any substance...
Shawn Brock
----- Original Message -----
From: Manny
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:05 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] recording acoustic guitars
Hi all,
Many over here with a quick question. When recording an
acoustic guitar, is it better to use a microphone or the pickup on it. Does it
make a difference when recording an acoustic strum compared to lead rifts.
Thanks,
manny
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