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Originally Posted by dangercityskyline  this is a very general question, but to try to give you a short answer, it might. this depends on so many things though, that that's probably not a great answer. for example:
a) is the room you're recording in acoustically treated?
b) how high-quality is the acoustic guitar you're recording?
c) how good a player are you?
d) what kind of budget, if any, are you on?
i'm asking these questions because a) i'm assuming by two mics you mean one close-mic and one room mic, and this will only sound good if you have a good room, b) if your guitar isn't exactly high-end, which is perfectly understandable, then i'd definitely stick with one mic because with two mics all you're gonna be doing is more perfectly capturing not-terrific tone. admittedly this does give you more to work with, but it all depends on your guitar. c) same as b. maybe this isn't something to worry about, but i don't know. d) when you say "more expensive", how expensive are we looking at here? i can recommend you plenty of condenser mics in the $250-$500 range because that's my range, but i don't know how much money you have to spend here.
so a little more information would be good, but what you have isn't a bad start. |
Hey dangercity, thanks a lot for your response, its much appreciated.
I'll start by clarifying some of the Q's you've asked me.
a) the room I plan on recording in is just my bedroom so no it isn't treated.
b) my guitar is a Taylor Auditorium and sounds great. Not the highest quality guitar on the market I'm sure but deffinately sounds awesome and is of very good quality.
c) been playing for a long and I'm just starting to get into the whole recording thing now, so my ability to play live (without any tampering of the tracks) is fairly good as thats all I've ever done.
d) I'm on a budget of under $1000 for my whole setup (college student). When I say "whole setup" this includes: condenser mic w/ pop filter and shockmount, mic stand, mic cable, and a firewire interface.
I have another thread asking about the equipment I'm interested in, maybe you can check it out and let me know what you think. Here it is:
Good way to spend my money? You tell me!
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