anonymous
30 November 2001
...to the board, or analog audio microphone direct to the board? Pros and Cons? Suggestions?
I will be recording a blues medly with acoustic guitar and a single voice. By the nature of the song, the medley is better played and sung simultaneously than overdubbed, and I need not be concerned with the physical placement or presence of an additional mike.
Steve
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Yes, pickups are evil and usually sound wretched compared to dec
Yes, pickups are evil and usually sound wretched compared to decent microphones.
After struggling with leakage for years on the old singer guitar/player problem using cardioids,I finally shifted to figure 8 patterns. By Pointing the null side of the figure 8's at what they shouldn't hear, you should be able to get sufficient isolation.
Repeat after me "Acoustic guitar pick-ups are a necessary evil o
Repeat after me "Acoustic guitar pick-ups are a necessary evil of the stage!" Use a mic.