Capture the Magic of Your Guitar A Comprehensive Guide to Microphone Techniques

Meg shares a few home studio tips and tricks, showing us a few ways to mic up and record your acoustic guitar! One of the most common microphones for guitar amp recording is the Shure SM57, and with good reason. It offers an extremely direct sound, with ... You can get great acoustic guitar sounds with just one microphone by using mic placement and the room to your advantage. Here's how. That's what we most often see on live events (to put the guitar amp sound through the main mixer). However for studio recording we should ... Should You Mic Your Guitar Amp? ... While mic'ing a guitar amp can provide a rich and authentic tone, it's not always the most practical or ... In those cases, I will isolate a guitar cab in its own room to prevent bleed and mic away. With a multi-mic setup and each mic on its own track, ... Acoustic and electric guitars next to a microphone and headphones on top of a table. As the title suggests, this is simply recording with one ... With two inputs, you can blend the sound of two microphones, record a mic and an acoustic pickup, use stereo techniques, or record your guitar ... If you want to record yourself singing at the same time as playing an acoustic guitar, then a USB Condenser mic is probably your best bet. You' ... USB mics are not that good when recording with distortion, but they can work great for acoustic guitar and vocals. Here are my favorite mics for ...