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Figure 11. A singer/guitarist miked with two
RCA ribbon mics. The mic on the vocals is
aligned to capture the voice while rejecting
the guitar signal (the arrows are the nulls),
while the guitar mic, visible at lower right,
is aligned to do the opposite.
that placement may be a bit physically
awkward, though. Supercardioid and
hypercardioid designs have the null spots
a little to the side, and might make effective placement a bit less clumsy, and sideaddress mics make this easier still.
But the best results are likely to be
achieved with bidirectional (figure-8) mics
used for both voice and guitar. A figure-8
pattern has its null spots at the sides of the
mic, with full response at the front and back;
additionally, most figure-8 mics are sideaddress designs. This can allow for more
convenient positioning, while assuring that
the null spots are angled where they need to
be for maximum rejection, as shown in
Figure 11. Furthermore, the null-spot rejection in this design is generally even more
effective than null-spot rejection in the various cardioid models. As long as the room
isn’t too live, this can provide remarkably
good isolation, even in situations where it
might seem like a hopeless cause.
My colleague Scott Dorsey provides a
very clear tutorial on this very subject,
with illustrations to show how to place the
figure-8 mics, in Recording’s online
Resource Library. Check out www.record
ingmag.com/resources/resourceDetail/
158.html for the scoop, and don’t forget
to click on the thumbnail picture to get the
full-sized illustrations!
The end of the road
Well, on that note, it’s about time to
pack it in. Of course, there’s a lot more to
be said about achieving great guitar
recordings, but now we’d be getting into
the post-recording/mixing phase, and
that’s certainly a topic for another day. So
good luck nailing that guitar track... and
now, get back to recording!
Joe Albano (albano@recordingmag.com)
is an engineer/producer, musician, and educator living and working in New York City.
Learn more about his work at www.rooftop
productions.com. Photo of figure-8 mics on
performer Melissa McDowell by Scott Dorsey.
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Fade In.
Contents
Talkback.
Fast Forward.
PreSonus ADL 700 Tube Channel Strip.
Recording The Gig.
Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Microphone.
Recording The Band.
Steinberg UR22 USB Audio/MIDI Interface.
Daking Audio Comp 500.
A Guitar Miking Primer. Part 2: Acoustic Guitars.
Piano Recording—A Private Affair.
Audiofile Engineering Triumph.
Cymatic Audio LR-16 Digital Recorder.
Readers’ Tapes.
RØDE iXY and RØDE Rec.
MIDI—Happy 30th Birthday!
Do It Yourself: Keepin’ My Beats Cool—Repairing an E-MU SP1200.
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 20: Equalization—Part 1.
Advertiser Index.
Special Report: AES Nashville Recording Workshop+Expo 2013.
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Recording - August 2013 - Talkback.
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Recording - August 2013 - Fast Forward.
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Recording - August 2013 - Recording The Gig.
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Recording - August 2013 - Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Microphone.
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Recording - August 2013 - Recording The Band.
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Recording - August 2013 - Daking Audio Comp 500.
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Recording - August 2013 - A Guitar Miking Primer. Part 2: Acoustic Guitars.
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Recording - August 2013 - Piano Recording—A Private Affair.
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Recording - August 2013 - Audiofile Engineering Triumph.
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Recording - August 2013 - Cymatic Audio LR-16 Digital Recorder.
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Recording - August 2013 - RØDE iXY and RØDE Rec.
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Recording - August 2013 - MIDI—Happy 30th Birthday!
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Recording - August 2013 - Do It Yourself: Keepin’ My Beats Cool—Repairing an E-MU SP1200.
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Recording - August 2013 - Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 20: Equalization—Part 1.
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Recording - August 2013 - Advertiser Index.
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