[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

news poster wrote:

Hello groups,
Could you please recommend a good microphone for recording classical
guitar - for a amateur-semi-pro budget? Brands, models?

You need to consider the guitar and you DO need to consider the room as well
as the recording style. I would only consider a microphone for a classical
guitar if an ensemble member, if soloist with ensemble or solo, then we're
speaking pair.

My understanding is that a small capsule condenser microphone would
be most suitable. Any suggestions in those?

DPA4006 with nosecone is imo the first choice, but omni-types are not always
a good choice. KM(1)84 from Neumann and AKG CK452EB/CK1 or one of them new
fancy CK451's with fixed capsule comes next. And then there are various
Schoeps models. In the budget range there is the Sennheiser E614, but that
suggestion is specs based, I haven't heard it. And also in the budget range
you find the MXL 603 - sonically reportedly very much like the Oktava MC12
(?), I have heard the Oktava, I haven't heard the MXL, but it is on my "go
get a pair some day" list. I like my Shure KSM 141's very much but they
would not be the first choice on guitar in spite of doing wonders on a
cello, however in a one mic pair family they can be quite useful because of
being able to do omni work and as omni's they may well suit your recording
context very well.

I didn't not state disagreement with other suggestions. Some of the time
some mic works very well only if properly eq'ed, whatever that is, and some
other times that very mic works well with no eq. "Linear response" gets a
lot less simple as soon as you leave the lab ..... it gets to be about
miking distance and instrument characteristic in whatever direction you
reocrd it from and room reflections and ... and .... I'll rather have an
open sounding mic that I have to tame a bit with eq than one that sounds
boring that I can't ""energize"" no matter how much I eq.

Thank you very much

Allow me to help you, notice what I removed, you could put an exclamition
mark, but the . is in that specific place negative and suggests
dissatisfaction. That may be contested and it is a subtlety ... but the .
makes it a "thanks and only thanks."

Dave

And do not finish yourself off from the context. So no . there as well.

Oh, Scott Dorsey likes Josephson's stuff. You might want to check it out.

Note: the secret of making good second hand purchases is to be patient and
to know how to search .... the largest difficulty may be that it can be
difficult for a newbie to evaluate whether a second hand mic is ok on
arrival or not. Do not make second hand purchases if you are not prepared
for a bit of risk taking ... and remember that the price should reflect the
risk, check the range stuff "goes at"!

All things considered and in spite of not having heard it I think you should
get a MXL 603 pair as starter pair, I think the 603S comes with omni as well
as cardioid capsule. That stuff is good enough to remain useful for you for
years to come.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen