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Old 06-12-2011, 10:40 AM
goldhedge goldhedge is offline
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I recorded my fiddle for a CD and it sounded thin and tinny. The engineer tried placing the mic in several different areas. In the end, he used 4 mics and mixed it down to one stereo mix.

There was a mic behind me, one really close, and two more further out front.

Why couldn't one also mic the guitar up close and also mic the room sound to get the desired effect?

To my way of thinking, it's the harmonics that make up the sound of an instrument. The ear is very good at assuming the sound and it 'makes up' for the differences in tonality. A recording does not. Just listen to your own voice and you'll see what I mean.

By placing mics in different areas of the room, they each pick up a different harmonic tonality and 'report' their findings to the machine. Blending the different inputs creates what the ear already 'hears'.
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