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Just depends on the sound you're going for.
If you're after the fingerstyle sound of Tommy Emmanuel, Pete Huttlinger, Al Petteway, et al, you can safely assume that there were at least two mics pointed at them when they were in the studio. Delta blues or flatpicking? Could probably get by with one mic. Keep in mind that two mics mean listening for phase issues, which can be no fun at all. A reasonably priced 1 mic for acoustic would be an AKG 414, or I guess 314.
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I may be guilty of using incorrect verbiage.
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I do think two mics makes for a nice three dimensional feel for solo guitar and piano records. And I've always made albums that way myself. That said, Earl Klugh's grammy nominated solo guitar record Naked Guitar is just one mic in a small room in his house and it's easily one of my favorites for sure.
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No one is insisting. The OP asked for opinions and that's what people are giving. Not every opinion has to be blatantly labeled as such. Some posts may read as more assertive than others but given the context of the thread as defined by the first post, it's simply a collection of opinions.
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You might have gone back to that post, however, and reworded it or removed the "incorrect verbiage" altogether.
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I think you'd be selling yourself short just having 1 mic. I used to do it, back when I first started recording myself. I go back and listen to those recording now and they seem one dimensional and a bit lifeless. The one exception is when recording a full band - sometimes you want the acoustic to be that way so it sits in the mix easily and leaves space for the other instruments and vocals.
You don't have to spend a lot of money though. Take a listen to this recording I made yesterday: https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=615319 I use a Rode M5 pointed around the 12th fret (SDC) and an Audio Technica AT4033a (LDC) on the lower bout, pointed at the soundhole, sort of across the body of the guitar. Neither are expensive mics. The small diaphragm condensor (M5) picks up the sparkle and articulation and the large diaphragm (AT) give me the bass and body of the guitar. The thing is I don't pan them hard left or right, actually I pan them l and r just a tad, but I can mix them until I get just the sound/balance I want. I can also eq them separately. The trick is to use a stereo reverb and send one all the way left and the other all the way right, so I still get the stereo effect. I've experimented with all kinds of different miking setups over the years. To my ears, I'm really liking this method the best. Tomorrow that could change, but I'm really happy with what I've been able to get, recording wise, from my humble setup in my music room. You may want to give it a shot. I've been having a lot of fun with it as of recent. |
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And in a non-solo context, you might be surprised by how good a dynamic mic can sound on a nylon-string, as opposed to a condenser. When I was a tyke one of my first assignments at a "real recording studio" was to assist on a scoring session for what turned out to be an Oscar-winning movie, and the engineer told me to put a Sennheiser 421 on a classical guitar. I thought he was nuts, and it sounded great.
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Thanks for all the input guys.
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I've almost always recorded with two mics. Mic placement is really important though.
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Yeah, but condensers (cheap ones, especially) very often hear an ice-picky "tink" in the attacks. I can't stand that. Even with very good condensers you have to be a ways away to not get that tinkiness, and that puts you at the mercy of the room. Great room (or hall or church), no problem. Not a luxury I'm usually afforded, though.
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