You're making my life so easy. Most pages just cover guitar tones for electric amp mic'ing, or for basic acoustic strumming. I so appreciate you doing this in-depth specifically for fingerstyle, and really explaining what/why it works! Love your channel, as well as your demos with presonus.
As someone who does not play or frequently record guitar, but who just scored a fingerstyle client, I thank you for the timely bend in my learning curve!
When I heard “position it over the soundhole”, I did *not* expect it to sound the way it did! Also, thank you covering the way that ORTF vs XY collapse down to mono, that comparison was excellent.
Thanks Joe. I’ve been recording this way since getting the Lewitt 040 match pair a few weeks ago, plus a handy stereo mic stand. A new world of acoustic guitar sound for me. I hadn’t really thought about the difference moving closer and further away would make, so that is really helpful. Incidentally, the same set up works amazingly for recording my wife’s cello. Happy to recommend the 040’s
Omg my next project is very fingerpicking heavy and you uploaded this at the perfect time. Thanks Joe! I've also been binge watching your videos and have learnt a whole bunch of stuff over the past 3 weeks. Here's to hoping my next song sounds a lot cleaner and punchier than the muddy mixes I have released. Cheers!
Your video should be required viewing for "How to" TH-cam video aspirants. I wish I had entered "fingerstyle" into my search term sooner. I learned more about recording guitar with two microphones in the last 12 minutes than in all the other videos and papers on recording guitar, combined. You are concise, demonstrably informative (You don't just tell us, you show us) and likeable. Thank you. I am a fan new subscriber.
Here me out, Behringer C2s with the low cut engaged and a couple of $10 laser pointers, the ones that beep incrementally and and have a little levelling bubble, taped onto each mike to provide consistent points of reference. Level, orient one axis between the G and D strings at the twelfth fret the other dead centre sound hole, level again. If you put a crosshaired square of paper over the sound hole while setting up it's more effective. I set up to 3 incriments which is 300mm Sweeping the sound hole mike backwards or forwards of the default setting is like pick-up selection. Now for warmth and body 2 SM57s one 100mm (4 inches?) From the centre of the scratch plate the other mirrored at the hip of the lady. There are no rules but common sense and constants.
What a perfect video for me to find! I've got the same guitar and have a fingerstyle song in open D that starts on the same note. Great opportunity for me to compare and contrast the recording I've got with yours and these two approaches. XY has pretty much been my standard, as it seems less easy to mess up than the others! Thanks!
I once recorded a flute player sitting in a swivel chair with a friend of mine spinning her around (until she got dizzy). Single mic on a high boom. Sounded very cool! 😎
whenever you record in stereo, you are going to have some phase issues to some degree. you can’t escape it; there are physical properties at play. this is what makes stereo recording interesting and adds that sense of life the sound. phase is a natural phenomenon we can use to achieve a certain tonal quality or immerse the listener in the music. effects like choruses, phasers, and flangers depend on phase.
I spent Weeks chasing down an ORTF guitar track that was great when solo'd in my headphones but somehow messed up my whole mix. Eventually I just recorded it mono, but in the future I'm totally going XY, what a beautiful sound!
Joe, thanks much for this tip! I'm a GIRATS guy. Loads of trial and error has given me good results on my strummed guitar tones. I've worked hard on finger style without much success ... UNTIL NOW!! Tried it this morning and...YAHDANGHOOIEEEE!!!
Joe, I took your advice. I purchase two of these mics from Sweetwater. They arriving today. I am a finger picker player. Can’t wait record with them. Thanks 🤩
Great info. I watch a lot of videos on recording, and I think you did a great job of explaining the positions of the mics.I will apply it to my next recording.
Don't you guys deal with noise after placing those mics this much far away while playing with fingers? I have rode nt1a. Whenever I record at higher gains. I have to deal with unnecessary noise like computer fans and breath. I'm so frustrated. Can anybody help me?
I get good results with X-Y mics recorded into two mono tracks rather than a single stereo track. This allows separate EQ and comp for each mic. I pan the mics L and R at variable volumes into the bus channel to get a stereo mix if desired. I can also switch the bus to mono and pan the composite mix anywhere in the L-R field. I find this much more useful then using a single stereo track.
Whoa. Trying to record my first acoustic song and so far this seems to be the most comprehensive explainer on how to it right! Also, love your vibe, man. Instant sub!
A cool sidebar between the lines information is how spacing of mics and color the sound, too far away mic in a live performance, so overall this is good info for this and more,. Thanks Joe.
pro tip: try rotating your X-Y setup 90 degrees, so the mics are aligned vertically. i think that’ll offer more forgiveness when your guitar player moves around. it worth playing around with to get that sound your looking for that fits into the music🙂 try moving your mic setup closer and hire up on the neck further from the sound hole but your still picking up the strings vibrations.
Joe, i am a Brazilian fan! You are amazing and many things you teached have made a lot of improvement in my sound. God blass you. Hope sometime you could do a presencial workshop. Thank youuuuu! Regards
Bought those Presonus PM-2 Mics yesterday from Thomann. I've been checking them out for the last couple of hours now using an audient evo 8 and my old trusty sixstring. they are freakin phoenomenal for their price. Thank you for the recommendation. Hadn't heard about them yet.
Really well explained Joe. I must admit I avoid stereo mics at all times, I never feel like the pros outweigh the cons. I always feel that recording it twice is a better option. It gives better width and is easier to manage too. As a rule, if I’m reaching for a measuring tape, it’s time to start over haha. That said, the xy pattern like you explained has got to be the safest bet in stereo miking. Love these latest videos mate!
Great video. Exactly the explanation of the science and demonstration of the technique I need. Getting good acoustic sounds is something I have struggled with; I have gotten a good sound by accident while messing around then tried to replicate it with a more orthodox setup and found myself with a pick-clicky boomfest
Love your acoustic sound... and playing! Great stuff! Incidentally, what is the LD condenser you are using for spoken word. Is that a Studio Projects C3?
Joe, I have 2 questions for you. 1) can we do the XY with 2 different mics? and 2) if you have long fingernails on your right hand which makes a more "scratchy" sound would you move the mics more towards the neck or just cut fingernails😁? Thanks for all you have done! I have learned more from you more than anyone else on the web!
Joe, thanxs a lot for this video, it helped me so much!!! I play a traditional brazilian instrument called "viola caipira", which is very similar to a 12 string guitar, but with 10 string. And I use nails (about 5-7 mm nail) - it adds lots of volume and top end compared to "fleshy fingertype stile". Not as loud as a pick, but I would say 12 dB louder than "naked fingers" on the mid-highs and highs. Also the instrument delivers a little more mid and high frequencies compared to an 12 string acoustic guitar. For these reasons, it seem to me that I'll try some sort of mixed approach, like using XY pairs and backing up a little more - about 40 centimeters, maybe little more...
Joe, what is that GORGEOUS song you were playing? I must know! Great video, and I just ordered the mics. Shout out from South Louisiana, big PreSonus fan here!!
This is very helpful! Most would suggest completely avoiding pointing a microphone at the sound hole. But as evidenced by what you are doing, it can be done to very good effect.
that was cool! Awesome channel and videos! Thanks! Clear boxiness and muddy thing going on from the cut in the frequencies due to phase when monoing the spaced pair, that almost didn't happen at all with the xy. What about if you use this phase correction plugins? (or doing it manually) Could take away this disadvantage of the spaced pair? I often find lack of tone xy'ing, and end up doing different mic spaced pairs panned 100% L/R gives me a fuller tone... (even tracking with the best summed sound, i always try to match the phase after tracking too). I always use one in the "neck" (around the 12th fret) and the other one where it sounds better, usually more to the body catching more low end, but it's really harder to place the mikes with great sinergy this way than xy
Amazing video Joe, the X/Y is far more natural also in stereo. At the end an ORTF stereo miking makes things wider than they really are, it sounds like two guitar players playing almost the same at almost perfect timing. Weird. And the X/Y picks the whole instrument and is Mono compatible. THERE IS ONE PROBLEM TO ME: the squeek might come very loud. That can be tamed using some Deeser or plug ins like Izotope RX. I normally prefer using Spaced Pair configuration, not mono compatible, but if i need a mono signal i can use only the 12th fret (pointin to the 17fret) mic, so it makes the squeeky things to be of axis. Althought the X/Y is to me more natural. Using non squeeking strings helps very much too.
Great tutorial, really simple and clear. I had a listen to Rain, very nice, and similar to my own project. As a newbie recordist, can I take it that if I’m using multiple guitars, 2-4 on most tracks, including a Nashville and a base, that XY is probably the best way to go as I don’t need to worry too much about width? Thanks from UK. 👍😎
I know this is a stretch but have you ever though about doing a video on what you think will happen with home studios in the next few years? I know with 2020 shut down all year and the stimulus packages rolling out the music industry as a whole if going to be filled with new players, producers! Hopefully it’s the beginning of a music renaissance period!
Great video! I was wondering what adaptor/stand you used for the xy recording? Would love to pick one up! (also, thanks to you, I'm a proud owner of the studiolive 32sc so thank you for all of those videos as well)
Thank you for this. Does each mic get its own channel? It looks like you have both mics going to the same channel. Is this done by routing in the DAW? Sorry for the noob question haha. Love your videos ❤
@@HomeStudioCorner thanks for your reply! But how do you get two mics to go into only one stereo channel. I use Ableton as my DAW and I think it’s only possible to send each mic to its own channel and unify them using a bus/group? In your Daw can you send multiple mic inputs to one channel? Sorry to bug you again
Oh is it just as simple as setting the input to 1/2 ? that way both inputs 1 AND 2 both go to the same channel!? If so, Im dumb haha!!! (although would recording the mics to their own channels and then sending them to a guitar bus be the same thing? only with additional options for processing each mic differently?)
Suggested topic: recording. all in 1 song- aggressive & intimate accoustic w heavy pick (covering low notes, muting, crash chords, agressive & intimate finger picking, recording it straight thru, no drums(want as much bottom end to replace bass, & kick/snare. You'd break up the sections to work each, but i want an in your face / in your emotions(heart) overall setting concept. I'll share my results. ; )
It's amazing how you have set up the gain to peak around -9 and there's no noise! If I record X-Y with my vanguard v4 and rode nt2-a (both LDC's) and gain set up to peak around -9 on my RME babyface pro-fs, I get awful amount of noise floor creeping in. How come your monitoring/recording is so clean and without noise? Thanks in advance, good sir 🙃
Very helpful explanation and well designed comparisons! Would Mid-Side mic'ing give you all the options? Adjust the width as needed, and make the track "skinny" if you're going to bounce it to mono? Love to see that technique added to this comparison. Thanks Joe!
Yeah, similar idea, but I've found the figure-8 mic picks up so much room, and since we're in home studios with noisy and imperfect environments, I'd rather the mics be pointed at the guitar.
@@HomeStudioCorner That's me! I've got those Presonus SDC mics and a budget ribbon for the figure 8. I'm going to do my own comparison test. Thanks again!
Really enjoyed this video, Joe. I'm curious how you feel about AB stereo recording vs XY or ORTF for this situation? Would this still have trouble collapsing to mono?
Hi Joe! Really nice videos. Question; how much preamp do you use. Got these PM-s and find that I have to crank it way up almost to the point that it gets harsh/distorted. I would love to back them down a bit for a warmer sound but then the levels are too low. 🤷🏻♂
Man great stuff! What are your thoughts on recording an acoustic song with one acoustic guitar part and one vocal, with one performance (singer-songwriter type situation) that has softer, more intimate fingerpicking parts and harder strumming parts within the one guitar part. Recording two different parts costs too much in terms of the full performance and journey of the song (at least that is what I am feeling about it in this situation.) Would you split the mic placement difference to some extent between the approach you would take for a strum-heavy part and a finger style part, record as if the whole thing is finger style and balance the harder strumming parts best you can, record like a strum-heavy part and pull out the finger style parts to balance best you can… thoughts? For mics all I have are two Blue Spark cardioid condensers or some 57s and 58s I use for gigging. I suppose recording direct via Line is another option, although as far as I have ever been able to achieve trying this and based on what the internet studio guides like yourself tend to say, a dissatisfying option.) Appreciate your content big time!
Joe that was great - I've been playing around with more finger style and this is timely. QUESTION: Can you comment on your capo placement - looks like you only have the bottom 4 strings capo'd? Tx.
Excellent video Joe. One thing to be aware of ... fingernails, particularly if you're classical guitarist. The darn things get load and scratchy the closer they get to a microphone. I love your idea of 8-12", or even more to get a good sound and lessen the nail scratches.
Great video. I am currently using a Zoom R8 as my audio interface and a single small condenser mic straight in; no preamp. I use Reaper as my DAW. I haven't been very pleased with the reproduction from my acoustic and was wondering if you are using a mic preamp on those matching mics? If so, what kind? I'm looking for a good low-cost preamp, dual channel if I can find one.
Very helpful video Joe! I’ve recorded finger style using the xy on my Zoom h4n - would you say that getting 2 individual mics works better for this technique? Love the cut capo btw!
Thanks for the great tips. I am going to give this a try, but I am wondering if you think that this is also an appropriate technique for nylon string guitar.
This was extremely informative. However is have a situation. I only have one mic (SM57) and one audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett Solo). I don't have the budget to buy another microphone, and even if I did, I would have to buy another audio interface since mine only has one xlr input. Do you have any tips on how to get a decent sound with just one? It's not ideal situation but it's what I'm working with.
Between the presonus shirt and the multiple mentions of presonus mics and the purchase links in the description... I can't help but feel like this video has a mysterious unnamed sponsored.
Interested in buying a guitar but I just want a bass guitar to start with! How can I use studio one to create these scrums with the new tool editor I can not figure out how to use the keys functions in settings, I added them but nothing happened. 🤯
FINALLY YOU ARE THE 1ST GUY THAT GIVES A TOP SHOT OF THE MIC POSITION EVER!!!! FINALLY
So nice to have the focus on recording finger style instead of pick
You're making my life so easy. Most pages just cover guitar tones for electric amp mic'ing, or for basic acoustic strumming. I so appreciate you doing this in-depth specifically for fingerstyle, and really explaining what/why it works! Love your channel, as well as your demos with presonus.
As someone who does not play or frequently record guitar, but who just scored a fingerstyle client, I thank you for the timely bend in my learning curve!
The best video of its kind that I've seen. Thank you!
When I heard “position it over the soundhole”, I did *not* expect it to sound the way it did! Also, thank you covering the way that ORTF vs XY collapse down to mono, that comparison was excellent.
Thanks Joe. I’ve been recording this way since getting the Lewitt 040 match pair a few weeks ago, plus a handy stereo mic stand. A new world of acoustic guitar sound for me. I hadn’t really thought about the difference moving closer and further away would make, so that is really helpful. Incidentally, the same set up works amazingly for recording my wife’s cello. Happy to recommend the 040’s
Omg my next project is very fingerpicking heavy and you uploaded this at the perfect time. Thanks Joe!
I've also been binge watching your videos and have learnt a whole bunch of stuff over the past 3 weeks. Here's to hoping my next song sounds a lot cleaner and punchier than the muddy mixes I have released. Cheers!
Great video! Looking forward to more of these microphone recording videoes!
+1
Love that overhead shot Joe! Excellent advice I’m sure will help my finger style recordings
Your video should be required viewing for "How to" TH-cam video aspirants. I wish I had entered "fingerstyle" into my search term sooner. I learned more about recording guitar with two microphones in the last 12 minutes than in all the other videos and papers on recording guitar, combined. You are concise, demonstrably informative (You don't just tell us, you show us) and likeable. Thank you. I am a fan new subscriber.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge - this was just what I was looking for.
Here me out, Behringer C2s with the low cut engaged and a couple of $10 laser pointers, the ones that beep incrementally and and have a little levelling bubble, taped onto each mike to provide consistent points of reference.
Level, orient one axis between the G and D strings at the twelfth fret the other dead centre sound hole, level again. If you put a crosshaired square of paper over the sound hole while setting up it's more effective.
I set up to 3 incriments which is 300mm
Sweeping the sound hole mike backwards or forwards of the default setting is like pick-up selection.
Now for warmth and body 2 SM57s one 100mm (4 inches?) From the centre of the scratch plate the other mirrored at the hip of the lady.
There are no rules but common sense and constants.
What a perfect video for me to find! I've got the same guitar and have a fingerstyle song in open D that starts on the same note. Great opportunity for me to compare and contrast the recording I've got with yours and these two approaches. XY has pretty much been my standard, as it seems less easy to mess up than the others! Thanks!
I once recorded a flute player sitting in a swivel chair with a friend of mine spinning her around (until she got dizzy). Single mic on a high boom. Sounded very cool! 😎
Now you could loop it and she won't get sick! Ha.
whenever you record in stereo, you are going to have some phase issues to some degree. you can’t escape it; there are physical properties at play. this is what makes stereo recording interesting and adds that sense of life the sound. phase is a natural phenomenon we can use to achieve a certain tonal quality or immerse the listener in the music. effects like choruses, phasers, and flangers depend on phase.
I spent Weeks chasing down an ORTF guitar track that was great when solo'd in my headphones but somehow messed up my whole mix. Eventually I just recorded it mono, but in the future I'm totally going XY, what a beautiful sound!
Joe, thanks much for this tip!
I'm a GIRATS guy. Loads of trial and error has given me good results on my strummed guitar tones. I've worked hard on finger style without much success ... UNTIL NOW!! Tried it this morning and...YAHDANGHOOIEEEE!!!
Joe, I took your advice. I purchase two of these mics from Sweetwater. They arriving today. I am a finger picker player. Can’t wait record with them. Thanks 🤩
You are awesome.
I subscribed.
Thanks.
Great info. I watch a lot of videos on recording, and I think you did a great job of explaining the positions of the mics.I will apply it to my next recording.
Great video Joe. Now I need to go buy some xy mics...oh and a stonking ole Gibson acoustic...
Looks good - will try this. The guitars on "Rain" sound terrific and really like the song!
Don't you guys deal with noise after placing those mics this much far away while playing with fingers?
I have rode nt1a. Whenever I record at higher gains. I have to deal with unnecessary noise like computer fans and breath. I'm so frustrated. Can anybody help me?
I get good results with X-Y mics recorded into two mono tracks rather than a single stereo track. This allows separate EQ and comp for each mic. I pan the mics L and R at variable volumes into the bus channel to get a stereo mix if desired. I can also switch the bus to mono and pan the composite mix anywhere in the L-R field. I find this much more useful then using a single stereo track.
Whoa. Trying to record my first acoustic song and so far this seems to be the most comprehensive explainer on how to it right! Also, love your vibe, man. Instant sub!
Thanks, Joe! Awesome as always, Bro!
A cool sidebar between the lines information is how spacing of mics and color the sound, too far away mic in a live performance, so overall this is good info for this and more,. Thanks Joe.
Joe...
U B the best!
Been following your tips and Presonus information for years now. Good stuff!
pro tip: try rotating your X-Y setup 90 degrees, so the mics are aligned vertically. i think that’ll offer more forgiveness when your guitar player moves around. it worth playing around with to get that sound your looking for that fits into the music🙂
try moving your mic setup closer and hire up on the neck further from the sound hole but your still picking up the strings vibrations.
Joe, i am a Brazilian fan! You are amazing and many things you teached have made a lot of improvement in my sound. God blass you. Hope sometime you could do a presencial workshop. Thank youuuuu! Regards
Just discovered your channel, great content. Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Great video as usually. Thanks Joe. Shout out from South Africa.
Bought those Presonus PM-2 Mics yesterday from Thomann. I've been checking them out for the last couple of hours now using an audient evo 8 and my old trusty sixstring. they are freakin phoenomenal for their price. Thank you for the recommendation. Hadn't heard about them yet.
Thanks for the video, gonna try this out :)
I do the XY when recording fingerpicking, but I generally put it over the 12th fret, I'm going to have to try out the sound hole! Can't wait!
Really well explained Joe. I must admit I avoid stereo mics at all times, I never feel like the pros outweigh the cons. I always feel that recording it twice is a better option. It gives better width and is easier to manage too.
As a rule, if I’m reaching for a measuring tape, it’s time to start over haha. That said, the xy pattern like you explained has got to be the safest bet in stereo miking. Love these latest videos mate!
Great video. Exactly the explanation of the science and demonstration of the technique I need.
Getting good acoustic sounds is something I have struggled with; I have gotten a good sound by accident while messing around then tried to replicate it with a more orthodox setup and found myself with a pick-clicky boomfest
Question: are you using particular outboard pre's, or are you just tweaking the ones on your interface?
Awesome guitar playing ❤️
Great Video! Would love to see how to mix fingerstyle guitar with eq, compressor, reverb and limiter in studio one...Best wishes, Andreas
EQ only. None of the others.
Great video! I have always had phase issues and this is just what I needed. Thank you!
Thank you sir.
Your videos are simply amazing. Thank you for your work and great video!
Blackbird and Little Matha (Allman Bros) is my go to testing byw cheers!
another fantastic video...thanx, Joe...
Beautiful sound!
Ok what tuning is that?😊
Great vid! I wonder how these mics compare to the Behringer C2. Cheersss
Love your acoustic sound... and playing! Great stuff! Incidentally, what is the LD condenser you are using for spoken word. Is that a Studio Projects C3?
Joe, I have 2 questions for you. 1) can we do the XY with 2 different mics? and 2) if you have long fingernails on your right hand which makes a more "scratchy" sound would you move the mics more towards the neck or just cut fingernails😁? Thanks for all you have done! I have learned more from you more than anyone else on the web!
Thanks Joe. that's really cool. Aiming one mic at the 12th frett just wasn't working for me..
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
Joe, thanxs a lot for this video, it helped me so much!!! I play a traditional brazilian instrument called "viola caipira", which is very similar to a 12 string guitar, but with 10 string. And I use nails (about 5-7 mm nail) - it adds lots of volume and top end compared to "fleshy fingertype stile". Not as loud as a pick, but I would say 12 dB louder than "naked fingers" on the mid-highs and highs. Also the instrument delivers a little more mid and high frequencies compared to an 12 string acoustic guitar. For these reasons, it seem to me that I'll try some sort of mixed approach, like using XY pairs and backing up a little more - about 40 centimeters, maybe little more...
Thanks Joe! ❤️
Joe, what is that GORGEOUS song you were playing? I must know!
Great video, and I just ordered the mics. Shout out from South Louisiana, big PreSonus fan here!!
nice one. thanks, Joe!
great Joe...Thanks bro...Blessed one ya
is there a difference between using, this way of recording, for fingerstyle and pick ?
Awesome video joe!
This is very helpful! Most would suggest completely avoiding pointing a microphone at the sound hole. But as evidenced by what you are doing, it can be done to very good effect.
Great video, good A/B comparisons 👍
What brand/weight strings are you using on your guitar? Awesome video as always!
that was cool! Awesome channel and videos! Thanks! Clear boxiness and muddy thing going on from the cut in the frequencies due to phase when monoing the spaced pair, that almost didn't happen at all with the xy.
What about if you use this phase correction plugins? (or doing it manually) Could take away this disadvantage of the spaced pair?
I often find lack of tone xy'ing, and end up doing different mic spaced pairs panned 100% L/R gives me a fuller tone... (even tracking with the best summed sound, i always try to match the phase after tracking too). I always use one in the "neck" (around the 12th fret) and the other one where it sounds better, usually more to the body catching more low end, but it's really harder to place the mikes with great sinergy this way than xy
PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO TUTORIAL ON HOW TO PROCESS ACOUSTIC GUITAR FINGERSTYLE!🙏
Amazing video Joe, the X/Y is far more natural also in stereo. At the end an ORTF stereo miking makes things wider than they really are, it sounds like two guitar players playing almost the same at almost perfect timing. Weird. And the X/Y picks the whole instrument and is Mono compatible. THERE IS ONE PROBLEM TO ME: the squeek might come very loud. That can be tamed using some Deeser or plug ins like Izotope RX. I normally prefer using Spaced Pair configuration, not mono compatible, but if i need a mono signal i can use only the 12th fret (pointin to the 17fret) mic, so it makes the squeeky things to be of axis. Althought the X/Y is to me more natural. Using non squeeking strings helps very much too.
Great tutorial, really simple and clear. I had a listen to Rain, very nice, and similar to my own project. As a newbie recordist, can I take it that if I’m using multiple guitars, 2-4 on most tracks, including a Nashville and a base, that XY is probably the best way to go as I don’t need to worry too much about width?
Thanks from UK. 👍😎
I know this is a stretch but have you ever though about doing a video on what you think will happen with home studios in the next few years? I know with 2020 shut down all year and the stimulus packages rolling out the music industry as a whole if going to be filled with new players, producers! Hopefully it’s the beginning of a music renaissance period!
what's Katapausis?
Great video! I was wondering what adaptor/stand you used for the xy recording? Would love to pick one up! (also, thanks to you, I'm a proud owner of the studiolive 32sc so thank you for all of those videos as well)
I have microphone and guitar but how i connect it to PC, what device I need? Thanks
Nice open E tuning riff!
Thank you for this. Does each mic get its own channel? It looks like you have both mics going to the same channel. Is this done by routing in the DAW? Sorry for the noob question haha. Love your videos ❤
It’s a stereo channel
@@HomeStudioCorner thanks for your reply! But how do you get two mics to go into only one stereo channel. I use Ableton as my DAW and I think it’s only possible to send each mic to its own channel and unify them using a bus/group? In your Daw can you send multiple mic inputs to one channel? Sorry to bug you again
Oh is it just as simple as setting the input to 1/2 ? that way both inputs 1 AND 2 both go to the same channel!? If so, Im dumb haha!!! (although would recording the mics to their own channels and then sending them to a guitar bus be the same thing? only with additional options for processing each mic differently?)
Suggested topic: recording.
all in 1 song-
aggressive & intimate accoustic w heavy pick (covering low notes, muting, crash chords, agressive & intimate finger picking, recording it straight thru, no drums(want as much bottom end to replace bass, & kick/snare. You'd break up the sections to work each, but i want an in your face / in your emotions(heart) overall setting concept. I'll share my results. ; )
Thank you!
Very good. Ty
what mic are u using
It's amazing how you have set up the gain to peak around -9 and there's no noise! If I record X-Y with my vanguard v4 and rode nt2-a (both LDC's) and gain set up to peak around -9 on my RME babyface pro-fs, I get awful amount of noise floor creeping in. How come your monitoring/recording is so clean and without noise? Thanks in advance, good sir 🙃
Sir I'd really really appreciate a response please 🙏🏻
Awesome Joe
Very helpful explanation and well designed comparisons! Would Mid-Side mic'ing give you all the options? Adjust the width as needed, and make the track "skinny" if you're going to bounce it to mono? Love to see that technique added to this comparison. Thanks Joe!
Yeah, similar idea, but I've found the figure-8 mic picks up so much room, and since we're in home studios with noisy and imperfect environments, I'd rather the mics be pointed at the guitar.
@@HomeStudioCorner That's me! I've got those Presonus SDC mics and a budget ribbon for the figure 8. I'm going to do my own comparison test. Thanks again!
Consider GO MIXER PRO X by Roland...no software and clapping...Plug n Play. Did you ever try it??
Really enjoyed this video, Joe. I'm curious how you feel about AB stereo recording vs XY or ORTF for this situation? Would this still have trouble collapsing to mono?
Maybe like recording live into studio one and convert/ edit it with MIDI to change some sounds to mute, open, etc
how much you charge joe,??? I need a country chorus riff or two
Joe, you should try Blumenthal mic placement
Blumlein?
Awesome
Hi Joe! Really nice videos. Question; how much preamp do you use. Got these PM-s and find that I have to crank it way up almost to the point that it gets harsh/distorted. I would love to back them down a bit for a warmer sound but then the levels are too low. 🤷🏻♂
Man great stuff! What are your thoughts on recording an acoustic song with one acoustic guitar part and one vocal, with one performance (singer-songwriter type situation) that has softer, more intimate fingerpicking parts and harder strumming parts within the one guitar part. Recording two different parts costs too much in terms of the full performance and journey of the song (at least that is what I am feeling about it in this situation.) Would you split the mic placement difference to some extent between the approach you would take for a strum-heavy part and a finger style part, record as if the whole thing is finger style and balance the harder strumming parts best you can, record like a strum-heavy part and pull out the finger style parts to balance best you can… thoughts? For mics all I have are two Blue Spark cardioid condensers or some 57s and 58s I use for gigging. I suppose recording direct via Line is another option, although as far as I have ever been able to achieve trying this and based on what the internet studio guides like yourself tend to say, a dissatisfying option.)
Appreciate your content big time!
Joe that was great - I've been playing around with more finger style and this is timely. QUESTION: Can you comment on your capo placement - looks like you only have the bottom 4 strings capo'd? Tx.
hello sir, what preamps where used?
Usually just the stock preamps on the PreSonus StudioLive mixer.
Excellent video Joe. One thing to be aware of ... fingernails, particularly if you're classical guitarist. The darn things get load and scratchy the closer they get to a microphone. I love your idea of 8-12", or even more to get a good sound and lessen the nail scratches.
Thanks. You saved me some time. 😷
Great video. I am currently using a Zoom R8 as my audio interface and a single small condenser mic straight in; no preamp. I use Reaper as my DAW. I haven't been very pleased with the reproduction from my acoustic and was wondering if you are using a mic preamp on those matching mics? If so, what kind? I'm looking for a good low-cost preamp, dual channel if I can find one.
How are you able to record that far without capturing noise?
🤷♂️ Room's pretty quiet.
Very helpful video Joe! I’ve recorded finger style using the xy on my Zoom h4n - would you say that getting 2 individual mics works better for this technique? Love the cut capo btw!
great thx !
Thanks for the great tips. I am going to give this a try, but I am wondering if you think that this is also an appropriate technique for nylon string guitar.
aboslutely
This was extremely informative. However is have a situation. I only have one mic (SM57) and one audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett Solo). I don't have the budget to buy another microphone, and even if I did, I would have to buy another audio interface since mine only has one xlr input. Do you have any tips on how to get a decent sound with just one? It's not ideal situation but it's what I'm working with.
Between the presonus shirt and the multiple mentions of presonus mics and the purchase links in the description... I can't help but feel like this video has a mysterious unnamed sponsored.
Please make a tutorial on how to make acoustic guitar DI sounds like it is mic up🙏
Interested in buying a guitar but I just want a bass guitar to start with! How can I use studio one to create these scrums with the new tool editor I can not figure out how to use the keys functions in settings, I added them but nothing happened. 🤯
Immediately googled those earthworks mics, you weren’t kidding when you said they were expensive!