How to record Acoustic Guitars

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How to record Acoustic Guitars with one mic or two. Dynamic and Condenser mic.
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This was great!! Learned a lot about mic’ing a guitar. Can you do drums drums next?

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Would love to do a drums one. However, I covered most my thoughts on drums in my EZ drummer video. I also don’t have a good tracking room for live drums. Tonnnsss of stuff to consider in that process. I’ll keep it in mind for sure cause I may get to it, and prep for that video. Great suggestion Mac! Thanks bro! Cheers!

[@rosewoodmusic1340]

Recording acoustic guitars with a mike is probably preferential, but what about recording an electro-acoustic and how about two at the same time or a guitar and a bass? I tried using the jacks in the back for both guitars, but could only track one on one channel. The "solo" name suggests that you can only record one at a time, but why have separate jacks in the back for L&R. Are these only used for specific purposes? Also is the XLR jack better to use? Sorry for the amateur questions.

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These are great questions. A lot to unpack. You’re correct, the solo is consistent at working for a single recording chain or source. But no reason you couldn’t record two sources at once. I think the 2 channels is aimed at a stereo recording. XLR is just a balanced connection. TRS is also a balanced connection. Balanced connections are better than unbalanced. Not necessarily in tone, but usually artifacts and noise.

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Put on new strings within a week of recording! But not the day before or (God forbid) the day of...

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@@chandlermason1796 great question! I’m constantly trying to solve that one myself. It’s always an evolution. I’d say that really - it’s all gonna be relative to the vibe and mix of the song. So long as it’s not totally obviously just plain ole bad. Also - it’s crazy just how much the gear and tools you use change the sound. I.e. - vintage mic gives vintage sound. Real hardware gives different type of depth and dimension vs plugin. Tape vs digital. Real room sound vs reverb. Outside of that. It’s tons of trial and error. What I do - is constantly bounce between different sets of headphones, speakers, and car speakers. I also find myself paying more attention to what types of drums are used for types of music, and other instruments. Really gives a good idea of what direction to try to go when you get an artist that is asking a certain thing. All in the name of getting better. Cheers dude.