Hi all 1st time poster.

I'm having problems recording acoustic guitars without picking up breathing and such from the player. I've used pop screens, barriers (not easy for the guitar player to play in any kind of groove) and having the player turn his head.
Is it a micing technique or something I can fix in the mix?

Help!!!!

Thanks for the time!

Hi... i can tell you that the best way of finish with the breathing problem is to put the mike such if you where looking to his knee, i hope not to get confused, i say that with a little angle face down you can reduce this noise, and if the player get move too much... put two mikes, this can alert the player to get in his right place, but try not to scary on... haha!!!

good luck!!!

MARTIN

I use 2 mikes on the accoustic guitar, one at the sound hole, and one on the neck.

The one at the soundhole I face pointing in the same direction as the neck, with the diaphragm over the soundhole, and 8-10" from the string. The neck one I usually set the diaphragm at the 5th fret about 10" away (depending on how much the performer moves and how big his/her hands are), pointing toward the soundhole along the same direction of the neck.

With this technique I have never had any breathing. However, in some songs it is kind of kewl to hear a breath in the background. GIves a humanness to the music.

Good luck!

RhoneRanger wrote:

I use 2 mikes on the accoustic guitar, one at the sound hole, and one on the neck. The one at the soundhole I face pointing in the same direction as the neck, with the diaphragm over the soundhole, and 8-10" from the string. The neck one I usually set the diaphragm at the 5th fret about 10" away (depending on how much the performer moves and how big his/her hands are), pointing toward the soundhole along the same direction of the neck. With this technique I have never had any breathing. However, in some songs it is kind of kewl to hear a breath in the background. GIves a humanness to the music. Good luck!

One technique which has worked time and time again for me is to place a microphone stand behind the player, kind of close to the shoulders and point the microphone towards their left or right ear.

If you have phase issues you can shift the microphone slightly or use a phase invert in your software, although usually it can be avoided with placement.
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Thanks for the help. I tried the 2 mics (one at the hole one on the 5th fret) and it seemed to help once I played with positioning (and yelled at my guitar player to hold still!) I'll play with the other ideas as well.

You guys are the best!

Chek out this file is very helpful

Thank u Sound On Sound


http://www.esnips.com/doc/bfb0e0fc-02da-4f36-b53c-d07629b2a0b5/Recording-Acoustic-Guitar.pdf
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