[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 11/30/2016 2:08 AM, Nate Najar wrote:
.... I put the schoeps mk41, with its laser beam directionality and
near perfect off axis response, just off the floor pointing up at an
angle toward the guitar top. et voila! the tone cleared right up.
It isn't perfect of course, but it is a significantly cleaner sound
frequency wise. There is so much less comb filtering that it really
sounds like my guitar in an acoustic as opposed to the warbly, hollow
representation I have been dealing with all this time. This sounds
so good that I think I could output production unaccompanied guitar
things here and not be displeased.

Putting the mic on the floor might have it working sort of as a boundary
mic (PZM), or at least getting rid of a reflection from one direction.

It never hurts to try something unconventional. I'm reviewing Sylvia
Massy's book "Recording Unhinged" now and she describes her approach as
"Adventure recording" where anything goes. She's more inclined to do
things like record the sound of a piano being pushed off a stage and
then being shot at, but she has a collection of unusual mics, some fine,
some awful, and found that sometimes the unconventional mic or placement
is what works.

Have you ever tried the over-the-shoulder position, with a cardioid mic
positioned a few inches out from your right ear (assuming you play
right-handed) and pointing down toward the upper bout of the guitar? I
saw that in a Shure tip years ago, suggesting that as an application for
their SM-81. It works better than I expected it to.


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