The Singer-Songwriter's Guide to Recording in the Home Studio (Songwriting: Home Studio) by Adams Shane

Author:Adams, Shane [Adams, Shane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Berklee Press
Published: 2016-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

FIG. 3.3. Recording Acoustic Guitarist Michael Hinckley

The main guitar mic gives you the body of the guitar: the wood of the guitar, the strings, the picking sound, and the strumming sounds. The “overhead” mic gives more of a room sound. Then, the direct signal plugged into the audio interface picks up the finger noises, and has a much brighter sound .

In relation to each other, my preference is to have the main mic the loudest, the shoulder mic slightly less, and then the direct signal less than that. I pan the main mic slightly left, the overhead slightly right, and the direct signal farther right. That typically gives a rich, natural guitar sound.

In my home, my living room is a wonderful acoustic recording space, so I can keep a couple mics set up in the corner. When I get ready to record, I can pull them out easily. In a perfect situation, I would have them constantly hooked up to my gear. But I also have a family, which seems to always want to use my studio space as their living room….

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