Learn How to Mic Acoustic Guitars with Jacquire King

[@buggzo]

This is like the only legitimate audio engineering video I've come across on KZbin since I've been scrubbing KZbin for like 15 years... I was beginning to wonder if I'm alone in the universe or something...

[@sam-if6ui]

You need to dig quite hard to find quality audio engineering/recording content.

[@buggzo]

@sam-if6ui in today's society you need to dig quite hard to find quality anything.

[@rickymolina7390]

Just wanted to thank Jacquire, Jerry and Ben for this extremely informative masterclass on mic-ing acoustic guitars. It gives songwriters that much more understanding and confidence to try out some professional recording and mixing techniques and create music that can make your music stand out. I learned so much. Thank you everybody.

[@MarkGeuel]

This is no doubt the BEST Sound Engineering video lesson I ever had! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 star samples, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 start demos, and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 star explanations

[@jellybean7253]

Thanks guys. I've been a live sound guy for over 45 years. I did a few studio gigs, but, missed the roar of the crowd. Now, in old age, I have opened a studio and everything is digital. Who knew? lol. Anyhow, still learning and love to get all the ideas and knowledge I can. Cheers

[@kassandjohnbolles3522]

I am so proud to be a part of the UA family. I love my Apollo and am just touching the surface of the Unison preamps. These video resources are invaluable. Thank you so much!

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@thiseasebob]

This is actually very useful piece of content, full of meaty and non-generic infos, and seeing the engineer take his time to listen (and react accordingly) is the most informative thing ever. Not that many tracking-focused videos out there with this level of balance between examples, micing techniques, insights (even from the performer in this case, what a luxury!). Thank you for taking the time to make this really cool video for us!

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@matthewlegermusic]

One of the most helpful videos on youtube. Thanks, UAD.

[@coyoteserranomusic]

Agreed!

[@MrPhilosofly]

this is amazing. actual professionals sharing their process in real time. there's just so much to learn here for us guys in our spare bedrooms. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN one and all for this masterclass!!

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@leftofcenter4]

One of the best acoustic clips ever guys thanks again…watch this 2 years ago…but needed a refresh

[@sam-if6ui]

I can't believe this is free. Thank you all

[@nigamshahmusic]

This was an amazing video, thanks so much to everyone who worked on it. Seeing a master at work and really having him talk through his thought process was fantastic and very educational.

[@UniversalAudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ISaudio]

Wow that DI sound you guys pulled off was incredible.

[@chillydill4703]

This was super interesting! Please do more of these. Maybe next time could be percussion "at home". How to make "cool" sounds and what to think about in general.

[@felipebonacic]

My favorite producer and teacher Mr. King! The attention to all these little details and focusing on the source first, some many golden nuggets! Awesome video! 🙏🏼

[@h1pst3r88]

Fantastic video! This was a like a master class!!!

[@UniversalAudio]

It truly is!

[@michaelmorh2537]

Universal Audio please my Apollo twin hardware device refuses to booth when I tried turning it on this morning, please how do I fix this problem?

[@RickK1988]

@@michaelmorh2537 maybe try actually contacting customer service. Commenting on a KZbin video just makes you look dumb.

[@ClassicalPan]

@@RickK1988 You look rude.

[@RickK1988]

@@ClassicalPan okay? Truth hurts sometimes.

[@Rgdonaire_07]

More content like this UA. 3 years later I keep coming back to this to improve my acoustic guitar recording game.

[@AlbertWeijers]

I'm back here after 5 years.

[@strat3069]

This is outstanding! Really clarifies a lot of miking concepts/techniques for acoustic guitar. Thanks so much for posting.

[@UniversalAudio]

Our pleasure Craig, glad you enjoyed it. 👍

[@acousticmemoriesmusic]

Magic Is Real, You Sir, Mr. King. Are a Wizard! God Bless you for sharing your Wizardry. I feel you Jerry, I wanted to hear that too! My whole life it seems. I spent many years in early 2000`s. learning daw. with Abelton 5. endless hours of unhappiness with the results. never caring about the wasted money on different gear trying to make this magic happen. Your spell casting words of pairing phasing panning tone variances. "of" Two "different" Microphones with a cauldron of picks. IS MAGIC! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR SHARING!!! strong work "Universal Audio". You WIN!!!

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@andrewtelles6586]

You’ll end with 100k subscribers if you consistently put out videos like this

[@MarkGeuel]

@Agent К_видео How about 10M :D

[@darwinmatias4977]

exactly. fantastic tutorial.

[@FrancescoDeGrazia]

Here they are!

[@exoduslnx]

2 years later 114k

[@666Pertti]

This was great, thank you! Pick is a big deal yes, but so are those hands. What a player!

[@kelvinfunkner]

wow! this is like the defacto master class on mic'ing acoustic with two absolute living legends!!! Definitely some gems in here that I've never tried before!

[@ash_bee_music]

After starting out in the early 90s on a Tascam 4 track, going digital in the early 2000s, my recent purchase of an Apollo Twin X has put me in a whole new world. Seeing vids like these and all the other plug ins makes me realise Universal Audio is gonna send me broke while loving every minute of it 😂

[@randyk1919]

This is the best video I've ever come across re: recording acoustic guitar -- super informative! Thank you!

[@UniversalAudio]

🥂

[@artemflash9033]

I've been looking for that kind of stuff for the past 4 years. Finally! I Found it! Or rather, it found me in my KZbin reccomendations)) Thank you very much!

[@PaulReno]

This is great! Not only regarding Mic choice/ placement but also concerning choice of guitar. Also great: The Bowl of Picks :) The impact the right choice of a pick has is often overseen!

[@Hexspa]

I’m going to fill my bowl up tomorrow and keep adding

[@davestagner]

Excellent video, thanks! I've been wanting to shift from one-mic to two-mic for acoustic guitar recording, and this gave me a lot of insights.

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@artysanmobile]

The acoustic guitar has become perhaps the single most recognizable recorded musical instrument, aside from voice. It dominates a very wide swath of musical style and composition, so has become really critical to record in a manner that best suits the piece. I’ve lost count of the ways I have recorded it over the years but I will say there is definitely no best way. Depending on its use in a song, I have had great success with the following: 1. A tie-clip PZM clamped to the upper soundhole facing the strings. 2. A short shotgun condenser 4 feet away 3. A non-coincident pair of small diaphragm condensers spaced widely 4. A single ribbon mic 6 inches away from the neck-joint These are techniques I have come back to again and again and it is always the musical intent which dictates where I start.

[@tomulluss]

This must be phase paradise! 🙂

[@artysanmobile]

@ The phase relationship of multimics on the acu gtr has to hold together solid as a rock. That’s why I prefer the single mic setups.

[@tomulluss]

@@artysanmobile Me too. I've experimented wildly with this before, but mostly I end up using a single track. I would probably use different stereo methods in a recording that only features a singer with an acoustic guitar. It just doesn't fit into traditional comprehensive mixes. Or again in some prelude and so on. I'm definitely not saying it's not possible, but who wants to complicate their life by adding the phases of different microphones at different distances picking up one source...

[@artysanmobile]

@ I like recording single track acu gtrs. Makes more sense to how I place them in the mix. Remember it’s always worth backing off a microphone to see what natural ambience you might be able to use.

[@ChrrZ]

fantastic video, thanks UA, Jacquire King and Jerry McPherson

[@jerrymcp]

Fun times were had by all!

[@ChrrZ]

@@jerrymcp thanks jerry, your a fantastic player! i love your tone

[@hkkendall7150]

A very delightful experience being able to rub elbows with the three of you well-seasoned soundscapers revealing some hands-on voodoo with the tricky matter of capturing & enhansing acoustic guitar playing. Thanks! I particularly appreciate what was conveyed about the process of simply LISTENING as the starting point for acheiving the desired sound & audio quality. Great stuff! Glad to have found your YT channel.

[@siriusfun]

One of your best vids yet - thanks for this. Also, I'm now in need of the Ocean Way and Helios plug ins, apparently, so mission accomplished!

[@UniversalAudio]

They're great!!

[@danieldevine8588]

I'm thankful to have stumbled upon this video. I have always loved the sound of the acoustic instruments on disc one of Jars of Clay's Furthermore (recorded by King)

[@seanoates3886]

Best tutorial I've seen on the subject. Thank you.

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@BIG_PASTA]

35:16 .... sounds perfect to me ;) Also thanks, this is awesome! Please do more full length videos like this!

[@Yahoomediaclub]

A pleasure to be shown techniques in using 2 Mics + Di to create a natural sound ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I say this every day, “we never stop learning” Cheap 57 + Top-shelf Mics. Awesome.

[@UniversalAudio]

Glad you enjoyed it Jono!

[@johngerardmusic7761]

So informative! This is absolutely great! And it makes me realize I don’t have to haul off and buy a bunch of stereo pairs.

[@Sweetsmcdudeman]

I'm new at this but I'm recording a 30s style Martin 00 and I'm having trouble recording it. This makes me feel like I can give it some life. Sm57 Aston spirit and Apollo quad!

[@Electricowlworks]

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks a ton for having Jerry and Jacquire as guests! - chaz

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@ZachSwena]

I love seeing examples of how a $100 mic can be used along side of expensive equipment. Mic placement, and matching it to the application and desired sound is so important...

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@ToeyFingerstyle]

This is very useful ,Thank you very much!

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@idoberg2]

Great Video. So hard to find something as good as this. One thing that I miss is a camera angle that is either in front of the guitar or above so we could actually see where the mics are in a more accurate way. Thanks

[@UniversalAudio]

Cool, good feedback!

[@WorldFamousSecret]

Not sure if you’ll read this but… this is a fantastic video and I will be watching it again. I would like to request, however, that a section be added to these types of videos that concerns Double-Tracking Double-Tracking is something that I feel is hardly covered enough. Anyways if you did read this, thanks for the video and thanks for taking this under consideration.

[@UniversalAudio]

Yes, we read ALL comments!! Thanks for taking the time to post and we'll pass along your feedback. 👍

[@michaelyolch79]

Such an exceptional video from start to finish. I've been at it for years, but learned a lot! Bullet mic?!?!? Awesome!

[@MaxGauthierguitar]

Very surprised about how much of a difference the preamps made at 11:22. Really pleasant sound!

[@UniversalAudio]

Unison in action!!

[@riktascale4]

@@UniversalAudio Love it! Is it the same effect with the black unit??

[@macmutscheller8909]

Huge thanks. I´ve watched this 3 times and im still learning lol

[@Selkii]

This was great - thanks for sharing this fab content you guys. I'm absolutely loving my Arrow and never been more excited about what I'm creating in my home studio setup. So Thankful!

[@UniversalAudio]

🙏

[@sightseerproductions]

Jerry! He’s freaking amazing. We did a few songs for a friend of mine. Such a bad ass player.

[@joninehritamusic]

This was great. I'm digging this longer, more in depth video! So helpful.

[@taylorforward448]

super helpful video! Would love to see more like this ua

[@jonlieberman997]

Great discussion. I wish that he would have made mention of the polar pattern choice of the 67, as the polar pattern can make a huge tonal difference on acoustic guitar.

[@ovivan79]

I would love to see an updated version of this video with the UAD Sphere DLX.

[@GaryKochan]

Excellent overview! As I rewatch this vid several times, it is sinking in. One thing I've found that helps is to reduce the vid playback speed to .75 or .5 so that I can watch each change and take notes. It would be great to cover the recording dynamics of fingerpicking.

[@edwardlewis8045]

Really one of the best recording acoustic guitars and especially using UAD plugins

[@southstudyspecialaide4934]

This was awesome please do more of these!

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@juanbrievaluthier6637]

The taylor sounds so bright!!!! Other than that is a great video. Thank you so much. Very informative

[@modernmusicstudio303]

Such a useful tutorial for people at any level of recording and audio production! Thank you!

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@DawoodElai]

now this is what i call a master class

[@richiesplayground7092]

I just entered the UA club with an Apollo X8P. Good Lord it sounds amazing clear and wide. And I barely explored the stock plugins. Yep you got my $$$

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@roodsound]

Informative video and great examples. Way better than professional gearslutz blog engineers arguing about right and wrong. Just plug a mic in and use your ears.

[@MarkGeuel]

100% agree with you

[@EH4-EH4]

Great video thank you all 🎺🎸😎

[@roanmccormick7923]

Fantastic! A wealth of knowledge and applicable perspectives for many different scenarios.

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@spookybuk]

Wow, what a great video. Learned a lot from it. Thanks!

[@geoffreycrowther4070]

What an excellent video, amazing to watch masters at work!

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@JoelFountain]

Super helpful video thanks Jacquire & all 👍

[@simonb2738]

Wow. This is awesome content. Very useful. Thanks!

[@pranphorun9647]

Very thank you for this episode . that help my lift easier.

[@erolex19]

Great, benefical videoo! Appreciations guys!

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@tonyt303]

Wow...Great feature. Very interested in this subject right now. Thank you.

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@ScottSmithMusic]

Excellent video w tons of info from the best. Thank you guys for everything. I’m recording myself in a small spot, and I am always looking to grow and get better sounds so I very much appreciate all of this and I’ll consider it all even though my spot is a lot smaller. ✊🏼✨🙏🏼

[@goldenchocolategameplays7831]

32:23 "-you hear that dimension all right" "-no"

[@PablogoOtv]

Lol

[@4th4444]

he said "yup" lmaoo

[@flaviusmiron4041]

😂😂😂

[@sylvainpoge3081]

😂😂

[@dasilvafernie]

😂😂😂

[@swangonzalez4797]

i always thought that pros always used matched condensers to record stereo acoustics. It appears that in the real world this texbook rule is broken all the time . Rick Beato says that in Nashville this practice is quite common. LDC on body and SDC on 12th . Even 2 LDCs. Great stuff.

[@KordTaylor]

Another great video and Jacquire is so great. Thank you. 🔥

[@UniversalAudio]

🥂

[@victorpradella]

Love it guys, for sure I'll give it a try in a few things I usually do different. Thanks!

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[@RanaudioMusicTV]

3 Sources!Two Mics and even a DI, not a single FASE issue! WOW! Was it UA, Jaquire or the Tree different Guitars!?! Your are all amazing! 😅

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@kamalrazali7475]

I'm listening from my headphone. More details and sounds great. Thanks for the review.

[@AllenZWang]

That is helpful and inspireble,thanks for sharing

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

This is a true master class... im new to this and will upgrade my gear but first i have sm58, sm57, akg c114 and shure PGA81-XLR to experiment with. I have a question what qualities could an sm58 bring to acoustic instrument mic-ing or should it just be ruled out

[@guentergschwendtner9523]

Really interesting approach. The only thing I am missing is the answer to the question if after so much effort setting the mics, the distance, the room, the panorama and so on „right“, does he record with all the settings in UAD REC mode? Greetings from Austria

[@AlbertWeijers]

This was great! Lots of things to try out for me. Different approaches.

[@ontogeny6474]

Thank you gentlemen. This was great!

[@DonBarredo]

Thanks UA!! This is amazing.

[@anrianka]

please make a video about saxophone redording

[@foxytv4896]

Thanks a lot for this nice session !

[@foxytv4896]

@@oinkooink Crumble- a very nice song from Mother Tongue !

[@makerKID5]

Love this! Please make more.

[@michaelparson-mcnamara782]

Excellent! Nice to see/hear Jerry McPherson, too and those V Class Taylors really are superbly in tune.

[@theminotaurs]

I noticed the exquisitely perfect intonation as well

[@jerrymcp]

Those Taylors are amazing with holding their tuning and playing in tune up the neck.

[@DawoodElai]

great session learned allot

[@UniversalAudio]

👍🏻

[@toniferic-tech8733]

Even the speakers sound amazingly perfect. What are these Lavalier mics?

[@pacman_pol_pl_polska]

Thank you very much. Really helps with preparing to record your own guitar in your own room. Many noted tips

[@jacktinnermusic]

Fantastic video! Some great tips. Just one question, does phasing not become an issue recording with two different mics?

[@UniversalAudio]

Sure, phase is always a consideration when you have two mics. There are things you can do to help like the 3:1 Rule. Also, the next gain when set up carefully is a better sound overall.

[@DoSomethingProductive]

The video he did with Jamie Lidell on the Apollo series was actually amazing and maybe better than the album recording.

[@ShawnTubbs]

This video is AWESOME!!!

[@rogerclemens2769]

That was an outstanding tutorial! Thank you!

[@UniversalAudio]

😍

[@pauloss4225]

Fantastic video. Learned so much. Thank you so much!

[@UniversalAudio]

You're welcome Paul!

[@quantumvox8424]

The plug in that you cannot ever sell. "The Craftinator" adds the right amount of "Learn your craft" instantly

[@bdunn315]

at 11:41 how are you not getting a lot of room noise/hiss when you crank the gain like that? I have a KM184 and a black face Apollo 8 w 1073. When I do that I get a lot of room noise and hiss.

[@LuizCarlosJesusdosSantos]

Wow ❤️ More videos like this!!!

[@manuelleivatalledo615]

This is probably the definitive aco gt miking video out there, even compared with paid platforms... wow

[@chaoticlove7988]

Would it be possible for you guys to write in text all the different positions where the mics are placed, it's hard to see exact positions from the angle of the camera recording. Thanks in advance!

[@UniversalAudio]

Sorry, the video is complete.

[@Apafockl]

So much useful knowledge! 🤟🏻 Thanks UA!👍🏻

[@UniversalAudio]

👍

[@LaloSalazarMusik]

Great video!! thnx!!! what is the interface??

[@UniversalAudio]

Twin X

[@PitchforkIncorporated]

“Don’t grab to many knobs”. Words to live by!