How to Recording Acoustic Guitar
How to record acoustic guitar
First, I must say. Working with acoustic instruments, it is very delicate. The sound of it, it spreads out in every direction. Around the engine, so the microphone to capture sound with theacoustic guitar. Often problems such as low-frequency sounds arenot heard.
The band sounds you hear while playing the audio is notbalanced. Factors that will make a great record. Depending on thevariety. The distance between the mic. Kind or type of mic. The quality of the guitar itself. Including the so-called sweet spot.
(Microphone) Recording acoustic guitar. Mike has used the diaphragm is not large, and we can see from the size of the head, not small enough. But that does not mean that Mike and the diaphragm are not always the case. Since Mike has. "Small diaphragm" is often high frequency response to the obvious and natural. The district's low enough.
First of all we have to think of the sound of the guitar, which we will place before Mike. That a tone or a tone pitched outstanding.It also means that Then the acoustic guitar. Sound less poor neighborhoods such as cables 5 and up, probably not much deeper. Choose the type of microphone is used. With this guitar. I need not meet the minimum area. Compensate the poor neighborhoods that are missing from the guitar enough. We do not have to use the EQ to help it. And not always the case thatMike was holding a guitar sound better. Be applied to other guitars as well. Because the tone of each guitar. Are different anyway. Personally, I think. Using a condenser mic. The diaphragm is a small or large, it is up to the sound of the guitar.And skill of the musicians who recorded as a enough.
Dynamic microphone (dynamic) and condenser microphone (condenser) Mike is a dynamic mic that does not require DC power (DC) party, because it can generate electricity. To be converted into sound.On their own anyway. Condenser microphone. Mike is a DC (DC) party to the cycle of not working.
From the above definition. I see different features and then some. The dynamic microphone. The pros do not want to raise the resistance but the sensitivity to receive fewer votes. And drug response, and low and high frequencies are not good to use a dynamic mic. We must put the mic near the sound source.
As much as possible to sound out their best. The condenser mic.When the party circuit. The receiver sensitivity is many times greater than the dynamic mic's frequency response and low sensitivity. And better dynamic mic so many times.
When we see it. Mike and I kind of figured out that the condenser microphone. It is ideal for recording acoustic guitar rather than a dynamic mic.
Let's see if the musicians were playing an acoustic guitar.Values, the arise. Not a lot of electric guitar played through the amp. The sound comes out.
Considered to be noisy to hear. And the nature of the guitar will be the sweet spot is about 10 inches away from the body, because if the guitar is far superior. The symptoms sound muddy (moody), sure enough.
So if we use a dynamic mic. The sensitivity of the noise reduction. Contrast is reduced. The need to accelerate the gain increases the noise (noise) increases as well. The poor high frequency response. The condenser mic. The last option is the best. They are very sensitive. I will be away from the guitar.Which is within the acoustic guitar to the sweet spot is right and the sensitivity was still full. Eliminating the need to accelerate the gain.
The condenser mic is also important to teach the frequency response. Smooth than the dynamic mic. The tone was followed by the conclusion in the world of recording acoustic guitar. The condenser is often not at all. Because the quality is guaranteed to come out already.
Pre-amplifier (preamp)
An important part of the signal received from Mike. The importance of hearing as well. Each pre-amp would sound very different. Both using the same mic. The quality of a good preamp.Require low noise. We will continue to gain sharpness and detail required.
I kind of lost microphone pre-amplifier. Bipolar transistors with an IC chip through a vacuum tube. But the most popular applications.
Really can not tell 100% sure what the best. Should be seen as pre-work. The tone is also more
COMPREESOR
Is a tool that helps to put the mic an acoustic guitar. To press the juice out for the best. But to use a compressor with an acoustic guitar should have the skills to use.
Otherwise it may be more harm than good. It's a great effect on the weight. And the signal strength.
While recording. To meet our needs.
Complex's kind of hard. It is both ICs, transistor and tube mic preamp like it. Brand compressor I used to have Tubetech,.
TL Fatman because it makes a sweet sound to hear the weight and mass, resulting in easy-to-Mixdown with
Concept at a glance. Using a compressor to control the microphone of the acoustic guitar.
- Adjust the RATIO value is high, do not exceed 3:1 to prevent the incoming signal (input signal) is too severe.
- Tribute to the hit rate (gain reduction) not to exceed. I feel so badly for the short hearing.
- Do not compress the signal is too strong or rolled. It will disappear and the intensity of light to cause distortion with frequency.
Placing the mic
Considered most important. Mike is a good place to point directly to the sweet spot will result in better sound quality and certainly not prudent to ignore.
Would be reduced and the quality. And can not be compensated or returned by EQ COMPRESSOR later taken to the mic. Gold is a minute of recording an acoustic guitar that it is. The best sound of the guitar itself. It is extremely challenging.
Software Engineering for laying the mic at all.
Sweet Spot
Is ... the best sound of the guitar body takes place. The district is often ejected due to the position where we stood listening at that time. And complacency.
It's a whole line of six lines based on the fact of the players themselves. And ran in every district. For example, while we stand around listening to music.
The musicians played. One side to the ear. To simulate the reception of the diaphragm of the microphone there. It's not the same ear.
So while it's inside my ear and walking the entire distance and near where we will put the mic there.
The decision to place the mic at any point. What is the point where we can hear the whole mass of sound. Frequency close to each other all over the district where it is located. If it is lower than both district high Keep away from. I listen to all district facilities.Because the more distant past. Poor neighborhoods are thinner.Mid-range and high performance on the Sweet spot is found, then I do not go away. Try listening to the monitors again. That the sound quality we'd already completed.
Mike's position
Most of Mike's first guitar neck to the end of the drive at the other mike at 10-12 the Bridge, using the mic with the same type. Mike put it. To make it all sound frequencies. And a stereo as well as the distance should be 6-8 inches from the guitar. Depending on the room environment.
Weight to play. The type of guitar. The type of microphone withMike put it. It works about 90% due to the factors mentioned above.
The PHASE signal
I was not allergic to other priorities. Because the use of not more than 1 must be shaken up with the correct phase error every time that I did not finish. I always need to check in the hotel. That when the stereo and then listen to the mono. Tone is the same.Unchanged.
If anything is missing and often felt that I was out phase.
However, ears that are most important in the decision. And priorities. The time to position the mic a lot.
I think I put it. Then solved using COMPRESSOR EQ or later, that it is an idea that crime.
