[Mike Rivers]

On Feb 19, 9:16 am, "Nate Najar" wrote:

What surprised me is if you listen to the M mic by
itself the signal's centered and t s mic by itself is centered

That's to be expected because when you're listening to one mic, you're
listening in mono, or at least with the same signal sent to both
speakers. The only reason why it wouldn't be centered is if your
monitor system wasn't balanced. That it's centered is a good thing.

together I get a bump on one side. It must be as scott suggested that
i'm just getting more sound from one side than another. I've got the
array pointed near where the neck meets the body and about 12 inches
out.

In that position, you're probably getting more sound hole sound than
string sound, and what comes out of the sound hole has more energy due
ot the greater low frequency content so it would look unbalanced on
the meters. That's often a decent position for a mono mic because the
overall frequency balance is pretty good there.

How does it sound? Does it sound like the guitar is too wide, with
more bass on one side than the other? If so, you need to move the mic
either further away if the room isn't a problem, or more toward the
sound hole. But it might get too boomy if you go too far.

The trick is, as usual, to listen while you're positioning the mic. If
you have some well sealed headphones, you might try raising the mic up
so you can play standing up, then move side to side while you're
playing to find a spot where things sound balanced and centered. Or
just make a series of test recordings sliding your chair over a few
inches each way from your starting position.