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I love playing Blackbird, I actually play it everyday as a warmup, after a few scales.
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Do any of you guys prefer an internal pickup vs an external mic for studio recording?
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My self only rarely , and only if for a specific song/tune and I am after some sound that does not really need/want to sound authentically like an acoustic. But normally maybe 85% to 95% mic'ed
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In general, tho, a $10 mic from Radio Shack will sound better than any pickup when recorded. In fact, the "pickup" I used to get the most questions about in my list of 100 or so pickup tests was the Radio Shack lapel mic :-)
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I started recording my various UST and SB pickups when sketching out songs and tunes and running the resulting recording through an impulse response. Initially is was for experimental purposes, then once I was getting decent results I carried on for the convenience. After a period of evolution I saved a few preset tracks in Reaper that I can pull up and be recording in seconds. I can run the playback via monitors and play along and the tracks are often easier to mix in a band situation than mic recordings.
This is in part because the band setup doesn't leave as much space for the nuanced transparent sound of a good mic.
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Glenn For one mic where do you point and at what distance? I have been around the 12th fret and I listen for the distance to prevent (or just minimal) the proximity affect which seems to be 10-20" George |
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As far as where to point it, a lot of people like aiming the mic at the 12th fret. With two mics I usually aim one at the 12th fret and one at the top in the bass bout area, past the sound hole. Or, as DukeX notes, you could experiment around and listen through headphones until you find a place you like to aim the mic. Generally, you want to avoid the sound hole. - Glenn
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Thanks guys, I’ll try to do some sound tests this weekend. Probably the 57, 835, NT5, 450, 184.
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The caveat would be that a good mic is ALWAYS going to sound better if you're trying to achieve a close approximation to your true acoustic tone. If I were doing a pure guitar recording then a mic or mics it would be. For me personally, I've been using a K&K Pure Mini which provides me with an easy way to isolate a vocal and the guitar when doing video stuff. I'm always looking for the "easy way out" and I've been doing this for an on-going project for posting songs I've written or are in public domain to my Youtube channel. I love the ease of simply plugging the K&K straight into my recorder without adding anything to further refine the sound. A great advantage is being able to record anywhere you want to without being concerned about what the room is going to sound like, and no microphone in the video shot or mic distance to think about. The K&K Pure Mini makes for a quick n' easy live performance rig, too. At present, it boils down to doing it that way and actually getting something done vs. shooting for better sound and procrastinating on the project. Here's my last posted example of using only the K&K Pure Mini for acoustic guitar parts: Last edited by Rudy4; 03-11-2021 at 10:33 AM. |
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