test tracks

[mdlbear]

Finally did some comparative tracks for guitar and vocals with different mics and positions. I'll have to get chaoswolf, who has younger ears, to go over them as well, but the results mostly confirmed my guesses:

The vocals sound best with the CAD large-diaphragm condenser mic, slightly off-axis; the small-diaphragm AKG C1000S works best on the guitar (the CAD sounds a little muffled on guitar, and the AKG is too thin for voice). The Ovation, going direct in, sounds horrible -- there's a twang to it that's really obnoxious. I'll have to try another vocal sample with a tube preamp.

Nice to know I was doing it basically right the first time. Voice does need a windscreen, though, to filter out the pops.

Comments

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

You may want to have both mic and direct plug for the Ovation and fiddle with the mix once a track is laid down. filker0's Succubus sounds better acoustically, I think, but you don't have to throw out the electronics automatically.

[mdlbear]

Worth a try later on. Micing the Martin with a stereo pair is another good possibility, though that will have to wait until I can afford either another C1000S or a pair of something a little smaller.