Descrição
Bobby Owsinski concludes his series on getting the ultimate guitar sound. Bobby has spent a lifetime achieving just that, and the series is based on his new book, The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook.
This is the last in my series on guitar tone that’s based around my book The Ultimate Guitar Tone Handbook (written with Rich Tozzoli). In the series I’ve discussed why acoustic and electric guitars, amplifiers, speaker cabinets and effects sound the way they do, and the best way to record and mix them after you’ve gotten the sound. In the last part of this series, we’ll look at the different ways to mic an acoustic guitar.
Like with the electric guitar, the acoustic has a number of miking possibilities and every engineer has their favorite. Here are a few of the more widely-used techniques as well as a few variations. One important thing to remember before you begin placing mics is that the sound does not come from the soundhole alone. Its tone is a combination of all the elements of the instrument – its body, neck, strings, and the integration of the overall design.
Table of Contents
- Single Mic
- Single Mic Technique #1
- Single Mic Technique #2
- Two Mics
- Two Mic Technique #1 – Recording Different Parts of the Guitar
- Technique #2 – Close And Ambient Miking
- Three Mics
- Three Mic Technique #1
- Three Mic Technique #2
- Other Alternatives
- Stereo Mics
- Clip-On Or Miniature Mic
