You guys are amazing! You're not just a store. You actually care about musicians and what they need, and you help us all with how to use it properly. I love Sweetwater.
Such an nicely simplified tutorial. People think if you put it right in front of the soundhole your're good, but there is so much sound coming out around it that you don't want to miss out on capturing that.
I saw this on another video - a great technique is placing it 1 or more feet away from the soundhole, but pointing it towards the 12th fret. This ensures a nice balanced tone, between the boomy sound of placing it at the soundhole, and the thin sound of the 12th fret. If you're looking for a texture piece in a song, however, the classic 12th fret technique works well.
Thank you Mitch and Don from sweetwater, you guys have teached me a lot on gear for my studio. Respect to you both. I will be trying some of these techniques with my mics. Excited to leave that piezo sound behind :d
Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate the techniques.To my ears,the one with mic over guitarists right shoulder and other mic aimed at where neck meets body really jumped out.
Hello. I'm getting a lot of subtle, but bothersome noises when I record acoustic guitar..every little chord change and movement with the guitar on clothing etc...it's like a microscope. Any tips for controlling "handling noise" when recording acoustic guitar? Thanks.
Hey there! Thanks for reaching out! There are a few things you can do. This is usually what I recommend to my clients in my pro studio in the past: Find the most quiet room in the space, make sure your chair is silent, take your wallet and accessories out of your pockets, try to wear only a tee shirt made of cotton, remove any bracelets or watches. As for the string noise, something like Fast Fret will help alleviate the "zippy" sound chord changes can sometimes bring: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FastFret--ghs-fast-fret-string-and-neck-lubricant Hope this helps! Mickey Cushing, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3024, Mickey_Cushing@Sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and for the tips. Oddly enough the typical "finger string noise" is not my normal culprit. It's sounds similar to noises you can hear left in the guitar intro to "Over the Hills and Far Away" and when the solo starts in "Wish You Were Here." Interesting that they were left in. Thanks again!
How are you getting such a strong signal? When I raise the preamp of my universal audio Apollo to get a signal at about -12 to 14 DB I hear a lot of hiss?
So this ended up being mostly room noise. We created an isolation area where the acoustic guitar player would play surrounded by signal out of only the preamp.
I respect the tips from the Engineer. But instead of "wear only a tee shirt", I think the guitarist should wear underwear and/or trousers too, in addition to "only a tee shirt". : ) That said, if alone in your home studio, you could record naked if you want. That would eliminate "clothing noise" when recording acoustic guitar. :^) Maybe some folks have already been using the naked recording technique. Who knows? lol
This is such an awkward video, what was the point of having the dude standing explaining and also the dude sitting with the guitar constantly looking up at the dude standing? Why not just have the guy with the guitar explain it?
I love when mom & dad get together and make a nice video!
:))))) you got the point :)))
You guys are amazing! You're not just a store. You actually care about musicians and what they need, and you help us all with how to use it properly. I love Sweetwater.
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The second to last technique was fantastic.
Skizze it was incredible! It actually sounds like my guitar! I want to try it rn lol
super good technique, learned it at school in nashville
Such an nicely simplified tutorial. People think if you put it right in front of the soundhole your're good, but there is so much sound coming out around it that you don't want to miss out on capturing that.
That over the shoulder technique sounds REALLY good, very rich. I'll have to try it, thanks!
I saw this on another video - a great technique is placing it 1 or more feet away from the soundhole, but pointing it towards the 12th fret. This ensures a nice balanced tone, between the boomy sound of placing it at the soundhole, and the thin sound of the 12th fret. If you're looking for a texture piece in a song, however, the classic 12th fret technique works well.
Thank you Mitch and Don from sweetwater, you guys have teached me a lot on gear for my studio. Respect to you both. I will be trying some of these techniques with my mics. Excited to leave that piezo sound behind :d
wonderful tips thank you
Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate the techniques.To my ears,the one with mic over guitarists right shoulder and other mic aimed at where neck meets body really jumped out.
In the last one, there are so many mics around him that you can't even see Don...
"Don?"
I just want someone to look at me the way Don looks at Mitch, also is Don an NPC
Bro 🤣🤣🤣
I wanted to review a few techniques before doing some tracks. Once again Mitch does an excellent job. Thank you Mitch!
Wow... absolutely 6A! ❤️
Don?
Dawn ;)
Those Audio Technica 5045 mic's sound fantastic. Now I want to buy them for my studio.
Mitch and Don! Thank you boys
I love the 6a and 6b method whats the phase relation on those how does that work?
First class tutorial. Consise.
Thank you guys
thank you guys! :)
great job don
Hello. I'm getting a lot of subtle, but bothersome noises when I record acoustic guitar..every little chord change and movement with the guitar on clothing etc...it's like a microscope. Any tips for controlling "handling noise" when recording acoustic guitar? Thanks.
Hey there! Thanks for reaching out! There are a few things you can do. This is usually what I recommend to my clients in my pro studio in the past:
Find the most quiet room in the space, make sure your chair is silent, take your wallet and accessories out of your pockets, try to wear only a tee shirt made of cotton, remove any bracelets or watches. As for the string noise, something like Fast Fret will help alleviate the "zippy" sound chord changes can sometimes bring:
www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FastFret--ghs-fast-fret-string-and-neck-lubricant
Hope this helps!
Mickey Cushing, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3024, Mickey_Cushing@Sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater Thank you so much for taking the time to reply and for the tips. Oddly enough the typical "finger string noise" is not my normal culprit. It's sounds similar to noises you can hear left in the guitar intro to "Over the Hills and Far Away" and when the solo starts in "Wish You Were Here." Interesting that they were left in. Thanks again!
How are you getting such a strong signal? When I raise the preamp of my universal audio Apollo to get a signal at about -12 to 14 DB I hear a lot of hiss?
So this ended up being mostly room noise. We created an isolation area where the acoustic guitar player would play surrounded by signal out of only the preamp.
I respect the tips from the Engineer. But instead of "wear only a tee shirt", I think the guitarist should wear underwear and/or trousers too, in addition to "only a tee shirt". : ) That said, if alone in your home studio, you could record naked if you want. That would eliminate "clothing noise" when recording acoustic guitar. :^) Maybe some folks have already been using the naked recording technique. Who knows? lol
Can never get any volume when i try this
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Don's the man.
large or small dia the guy said small but the mic seem like large dia ....
Position 6
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Don...Smile....
that last technique was soundin out of phase my guy
"Listen to the guitar. Get down in front of it..." Yeah, right.....
LOL! I thought the same exact thing!
I thought that was Christine Blasey Ford?
Mom?
Bruce Jenner has some guitar kills
This is such an awkward video, what was the point of having the dude standing explaining and also the dude sitting with the guitar constantly looking up at the dude standing? Why not just have the guy with the guitar explain it?
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