Having a good mic is a must- especially if you’re an instrumentalist or a vocalist. These mics should be able to clearly transmit your voice as well as your ...

The simplest approach is to place a single condenser microphone around a foot or so away from the guitar, pointing roughly towards where the neck joins the body. This gives a good all round balance of ...

RECORDING WEEK: Picked acoustic guitar can be very quiet, so not only does it call for high mic gain and, ideally, a condenser mic, but also a very quiet recording space. Here, we cover three steps to ...

One of the struggles songwriters have when it comes to recording their music is capturing the sound. We all know the excitement we feel when a new idea presents itself and the record button is pressed ...

Some of the most innovative guitarists in the world -- and the engineers who record them -- share their scientific, artistic, psychological, and sometimes complex approach to capturing a good acoustic ...

I've done a little bit of research on the subject of home recording some guitar tracks and I have come to the conclusion that there are two very basic ways of achieving this goal.<BR><BR>1) Record ...

The iRig Acoustic Stage is a microphone, preamp, and digital processor system for the acoustic guitar and other acoustic instruments. Once the MEMS microphone is clipped to the instrument's sound hole ...

Back in Vegas when we grabbed a quick hands-on with the Spark Digital, we noted the solid build quality, which has been a mainstay across Blue's microphone lineup. This unit is another metal-clad ...

RECORDING WEEK 2025: While many DAW-based musicians in 2025 tend to deal with electronic sounds and loops, there is nothing like the addition of a real life human element to really bring a project to ...