Some Large Condenser Mic Placements

[Trevor B.]

Originally Posted by Doug Young

No idea what you're hearing as far as presence, but indeed, if you have a mono switch on your playback, go to mono and the sides will be canceled out, and you'll just hear the mid mic. I suspect the side contribute a lot to any sense of presence.

Well……….let's see, I mean the sense that the guitar is close, up front, full. Sorry I can't do any better than that. It matters not whether I listen in stereo or mono, the fullness is constant so that's why I'm thinking it's the mid mic responsible for what I'm calling presence.