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Originally Posted by Doug Young
I think I'd rather suggest that they should pay attention to phase rather than some rule. Its just my experience, but for me, recording solo acoustic guitar, the 3-1 rule simply plays no role - for me - in micing the guitar. There are a dozen other issues, and getting decent phase correlation is one, but but I haven't found the 3-1 rule to be something that is useful in this case. A demo of how it matters and how you'd place mics to both sound good and obey 3-1, especially in a home (so-so acoustics) environment, would be great.
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Yep sure.. I'll absolutely concur with-in this context. But to some degree were talking about semantics here. As I recall and at least in part, my introduction to phasing issues was taught to me by way of the 3 to 1 rule particularly on single source stereo mic'ing. A starting point if you will. It was my pathway to the realization that if one wasn't careful with mic placement and technique, phasing trouble might not be far behind.
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Originally Posted by Doug Young
There are a dozen other issues, and getting decent phase correlation is one, but but I haven't found the 3-1 rule to be something that is useful in this case. A demo of how it matters and how you'd place mics to both sound good and obey 3-1, especially in a home (so-so acoustics) environment, would be great.
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Well again (and I seem to be utterly inept at making my point here, which of course is a lifelong M.O. for me) I have not, have never and will never advocate one
must follow the 3 to 1 rule and then "put up" with the short comings from there. Never. What I did advocate is as a beginner, and perhaps inferring the same learning process I went through, one should not either
ignore the 3 to 1 principle. It is in fact a principle that is (for ANY engineer and for many applications, not just solo acoustic guitar) one that's of solid sonic merit. However, how I became the one who's the National
mandatory 3 to 1 spokesperson I'll never know. That was never my intent and in re-reading my posts, in the off chance I took leave momentarily, there's really absolutely nothing there that would indicate as such.
If there is and I've missed it, and for my own gratification please point it out