Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
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Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
silly things these women - they just don't understand...
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Trevor
OFC™ Founding Member
Dell 3050 SFF; i3; 8 gig RAM; Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio; Win 11 Pro
Focusrite Solo; Sennheiser HD650 cans
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@trevsaudio
Sample Projects: https://soundcloud.com/trevs_audio
Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
Besides just micing in front of an acoustic guitar, also experiment with the over the shoulder placement (that's how you hear it when playing), and behind the neck placement (my personal favorite for my D35), close/distance placement, stereo placement, and etc.
TIP for OP, if you want a little more highs - try angling (pointing) the mic more towards the bridge rather than the sound hole, or the try the 12 fret placement technique.
EDIT: Oh and also always keep the 3 to 1 rule in mind when using more than just one microphone.
And if you want to learn tons about microphones - checkout this link (long read, but very good).
http://homerecording.com/bbs/equipment- ... ons-27030/
TIP for OP, if you want a little more highs - try angling (pointing) the mic more towards the bridge rather than the sound hole, or the try the 12 fret placement technique.
EDIT: Oh and also always keep the 3 to 1 rule in mind when using more than just one microphone.
And if you want to learn tons about microphones - checkout this link (long read, but very good).
http://homerecording.com/bbs/equipment- ... ons-27030/
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Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
The reality is that guitars are made out of wood. Wood is technically vegetation, which can also be described as vegetables. Therefor a guitar is officially considered one of your 5-a-day. It is a no brainier!!!outteh wrote: Maybe I can use these comments to convince my wife I need another guitar (yeah right! ).
Go for it!!
Cheers
John
Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
sm58 clone @ the 12th fret & MXL 990 on the soundhole or a couple feet away dry.
usually I add some Classic eq (L & R panned presets),compressor,& maybe chorus depending on the song.
I really do need a soundhole pup for my different acoustics.
Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
Finally got close to the sound I've been looking for. Thnaks for all the suggestions and tips. I used an Epiphone DR100 with jazz lite half wound stirings (provides a warmer sound and reduces string noise). I recorded this with an N/D267a at the 12 fret and an MXL 990 Large Diaphram condensor about 1 foot away pointed at the soundhole. No other acoustic treatment or baffles, just sat in the room and recorded. I sent one mic to the left channel and one mic to the right channel. Balanced the volume and recorded this sample piece clean then added some delay and slight reverb. I'm using this as a collaberative project with my brothers who play guitar and drums. They will send me some tracks to go along with this and eventually I'll mix the whole thing. Let me know what you think.
https://soundcloud.com/outteh/heinzinge ... tive-music
https://soundcloud.com/outteh/heinzinge ... tive-music
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Re: Recording Acoustic Guitar With Mixcraft
Sounds great! Crisp and clear.
Old Dudes Rock!
Trevor
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Dell 3050 SFF; i3; 8 gig RAM; Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio; Win 11 Pro
Focusrite Solo; Sennheiser HD650 cans
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@trevsaudio
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Trevor
OFC™ Founding Member
Dell 3050 SFF; i3; 8 gig RAM; Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio; Win 11 Pro
Focusrite Solo; Sennheiser HD650 cans
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@trevsaudio
Sample Projects: https://soundcloud.com/trevs_audio