Nov 30, 2004 05:18 am sound works in mysterious ways...
Interesting Acoustic recording experience.
Posted on Nov 30, 2004 03:03 am
philthyone
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Member Since: Jul 25, 2004
I just got two microphones that I ordered specificly for recording an acoustic guitar. I tried several combinations. A mic at the hole, and an ambient over the shoulder (Both into seperate tracks.) sounded ok. Then one at the bridge and one at the neck. (Again sounded decent) But then, as a result of not enough inputs and Headphone mix ability, I decided to apply both a over the shoulder and the bridge into a single chanel mixed stereo (One mic left, one right) THis turned out to sound incredible!! I am curious why this may be. IF anyone understandes the sonic charecteristics I would love to understand why this sounded so much better that the same combination on sepaerate tracks.
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Nov 30, 2004 05:18 am sound works in mysterious ways...
Nov 30, 2004 02:39 pm I'm begining to believe that one. I was so amazed at the result that I actually took out the tape measure and took notes on all the distances. From the guitar, mic from the walls and so on. Hope I can reproduce it in the future. Would hate to have tasted that which i will never attain again. ;-)
Nov 30, 2004 03:10 pm Just a guess here... but maybe it has something to do with the fact that we have two distinct ears? Two mics = two ears? I don't know...but I'm going to try it!
Nov 30, 2004 04:07 pm when you have mics within around 9 inches of each other, they interact in a way that is called comb filtering, also referred to simply as "in/out of phase". it gives peaks and valleys in the frequency spectrum, depending on the mics' relative distance from each other. that's why if you listen to both mics in mono while moving one, you'll have a whooshing effect like a phaser. but when you leave them in one spot, it can be like putting strong EQ on the tracks, good or bad. sounds like you got the mics far enough apart so that comb filtering isn't an issue.
Nov 30, 2004 05:51 pm True about the distance. Followed the mic spacing rule. (Can't remember the name at the moment.)
Strange though. Both into a single track on seperate channels sounded amazing. Both on their own tracks just sounded ok. Never changed the mic positions. Just one of those things I guess.
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