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Originally Posted by Drew 
Dude, your caps lock is broken.
As an update, I've found a set of AKG C1000s's in an X-Y array pointed about an inch over the 15th fret, bass side, sound absolutely phenominal. This is, until I find something I like more, my go-to acoustic micing strategy.
Any of you guys have a lot of experience EQ'ing acosutics in a mix? For now I've been feeding both tracks into the same bus and then applying a master EQ there, but I'm open to other suggestions. |
I agree with you, Drew, the 12th-15th fret XY is the best IMO.
I've recorded acoustics on 5 songs on our current project, and the best sound came from using that technique.
I also used another technique that gave a different, darker sound. Instead of recording stereo tracks with two mics, I recorded two mono tracks (separate takes) with 1 mic placed at the 12th fret. Then I recorded two takes with the mic up in the air about 2 feet above the guitar neck, pointing down onto the guitar, aimed at about the 12th fret. When I grouped these 4 takes together, it gave me a really nice saturated acoustic sound that was a little darker than the XY technique.
So I'm using both for differences in texture, but for the future, if I had to choose one technique, it'd be the XY.
