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Posted by: fused Nov 5 2008, 12:04 AM

A 12 string, 2 large condenser mics and toying with intervals...6ths are cool.....

http://web.mac.com/stevestemmler/Final_Thoughts_/Final_Thoughts.html

To the helpful experts, I used two large condenser mics on the lower bout of this 12 string guitar. A tiny bit of verb and a touch of EQ to balance things out. What else would you recommend? I was thinking of a third pen condenser at about the 12th fret for a little more clarity...

fused

Posted by: DeepRoots Nov 5 2008, 12:13 AM

Beautiful mate- i really enjoyed it....look forward to hearing more of your stuff!

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Nov 5 2008, 12:31 AM

Very nice sound and playing

Regarding mics I suggest you the following:

Two mics, 1st pointing to 12th fret and 2nd to bridge (pointing from outside), you can get a nice stereo sound.. If you want to add more depth add a 3rd mic to back of guitar, mirroring the bridge mic, but make sure to switch phase in recording software (for back mic), since these two mics (bridge and back) may cancel each other

Putting a mic pointing to the hole will make the sound muddy, there is a way of recording stereo sound with two mics in the middle in X position, pointing to 12th fret and bridge respectively, but you cannot get a real stereo image with it

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Nov 6 2008, 01:55 PM

Here's the link with more info and graphical image of mic placements

http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/audio/pages/Guitars%20acc.htm

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Nov 7 2008, 10:43 PM

It sounds very nice mate, I would prefer a bit lighter sound, with more presense, but it sounds very nice indeed, great job

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Nov 7 2008, 11:00 PM

Really nicely recorded mate - love the warm depth to the sound. Also, liked the music

Posted by: fused Nov 10 2008, 01:09 AM

Thank you everybody for taking the time to listen.

Dejan, thanks for the link, printed it out and will give these idea's a try.

fused

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Nov 10 2008, 12:32 PM

Wow this sounds awesome man! I really like the composition! Its very good and relaxing

Posted by: Gus Nov 10 2008, 06:41 PM

You just made me with I had my 12-string here.

Nice job!

Posted by: fused Nov 17 2008, 03:34 AM

Thanks guys for taking the time to hear me.

fused