Poll Vote - Top 2 Mics you use for Recording Acoustic Gu

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 11:47 am

I have a very sterile Taylor acoustic (510 series) that I have hated for 9 years now!

Funny thing is that at times it can be captured on tape quite nicely.

Dont laugh , but the only mic that seems to give the proper ballence and depth is a CAD E-200!

Go figure!?!

Oh , the Universal 2-610 isn't too shabby ither!

Mad John
Zythum Studios

"The present day Composer refuses to die!"
Edgar Varese - 1921

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 12:03 pm

My mic favorites, for recording acoustic guitar, are the Russian made Oktava MC012, and the Lawson L47 tube mic. I've tried a number of mics but, so far, these have given me the best results.

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 2:44 pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Dan Schwartz:
I voted for a KM254, my fave for pop-style acoustics, and other. The other is a pair of EAR mics in a Blumlein setup - most people who have heard this will have heard it on the Ry Cooder/Vishwa Mohan Bhatt collaboration "A Meeting By The River."

DS

I was playing this album last night for dinner guests with ecclectic tastes. This is a fine recording. I don't have the mics you mentioned so I use what I have which works fine as long as I match the guitar and pre to the style and mic etc....
I have AKG 541's AT4041's and Marshall 603's and a Octava MC012 with all three caps.
The cardioid on the Octava and the Marshall's up close add a lot of low mid from the proximity effect. The AT's and the Omni cap on the Octava produce a very natural sound. The 451's and a bit more present and agressive.
I'd say currently I go with the 451 and the omni Octava for my two favourite flavours of the month.

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 3:48 pm

So far the most beautiful acoustic gtr sound I've heard is an AT451 or KM84 through a Martech MSS-10 Mic pre.

Folk/Rock acoustic... KM83 with AKGC414 x2 further away. Neve pre. - great

Jason

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 5:03 pm

I have to go with Fletcher a bit on this one, although maybe not quite as far. Why not just the Best Mic For Acoustic Guitar instead of the Top 2?
It's the reductive nature of this that is missing the whole point. It's evident from reading this and the top 10 thread that a lot of people get the best results by doing completely different things, and as their situations are rather different this is not such a big suprise, perhaps.
Still I think that the big insight of all this is: "Every situation is different, and there IS no best mic or even 25 best mics for acoustic guitar."
This I think is news well worth repeating. Even a list of all the contenders, all though bulky, can be instructive, if only to show how very many routes may be the best for a given situation.
Ted

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 5:16 pm

What? No Telefunken 251?

RO Admin Joined: Mar 20, 2000 Posts: 4352 Location: Canada

The top 2 was meant as "what top 2 (two) do you use". Earlier this week while gathering mic names for this "poll" I also learned that alot of us use "2 (two)" different mics when recording an acoustic. It only came to my realization from this poll in the first place.
Can we keep this positive Very Happy

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 10:35 pm

A list that long and the highest numer of votes are for 'other' ?

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2002 11:16 pm

I voted "other" just to see the results. I feel I'm qualified to make a nomination, but not having tried most of these mics I'm hardly qualified to vote. Besides, the best one almost certainly is something I've never even heard of.... Rolling Eyes

Ted

RO Admin Joined: Mar 20, 2000 Posts: 4352 Location: Canada

Hey bigtree - I have two mics that I use all the time for acoustic - I do mostly acoustic work in my studio. I use a pair of Sony ECM 81's - one at the hole, one at the 11th fret. I put an AT 4050 in the center set to figure-8. AT panned center, 2 81's panned hard right hard left. Its a big sound that produces a very accurate 'image' of the guitar. mix down to 2 track and place in the mix with S-1.....

Matt Zeiner

Thank you Matt, this is what this is all about! :tu:

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 5:33 am

I love U87 and AKG 452,,

good luck,,peace

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 10:52 am

For me, it's been a pair of Sennheiser MKH40's - at least so far.

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2002 11:45 am

I voted twice and still couldn't view the "results".

Delete one vote for 451's to fix that. I'm really a 452 guy but I figured 451 was close enough.

RO Admin Joined: Mar 20, 2000 Posts: 4352 Location: Canada

AKG C414
Neumann KM-84
Neumann KM184
From the poll results, these 3 mics interest me most. What are the costs for these,and what pre amp should I be looking at?

can anyone tell me more about them?

Chris

RO Admin Joined: Mar 20, 2000 Posts: 4352 Location: Canada

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeff Roberts:
I voted twice and still couldn't view the "results".

Delete one vote for 451's to fix that. I'm really a 452 guy but I figured 451 was close enough.

Hi Jeff, How's your slides doing?. looking forward to hearing more about them one day! send me a banner and I'll add it to the rotation.

If you can't see the results your vote was one of the 20 I losts, see the first post of this thread.
Vote again.

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