Combining a Miked Up Acoustic With an Dirty Acoustic Amp

Published: Fri, 04/24/15

Hey y'all!

Today I have a video for you from our Long Wait Youtube channel.

I'm trying to get back into the gear of making new videos for you through our Patreon page so this time I'm covering a few acoustic and electric guitar recording techniques.

The most interesting part this time (IMHO)  is the combination of a tube condenser on the sweet spot of the acoustic guitar along with a miked up acoustic guitar amp.

When I blend the two together it sounds very cool. I feel like I've added a little rock 'n' roll edge to the acoustic folk sound which is exactly what I'm trying to go for.

I also run through my signal chain for the electric guitar recordings in the video, showing you how I blended the close miked "Whale" microphone (you'll have to watch the video to se why I call it that...) and the Cloud Microphones ribbon.

Check it out here:


Of course, I only touch the very surface of acoustic guitar recording in this short video so if you want a crash course in acoustic guitar recording strategies, check out the video included in the Recording & Mixing Strategies bundle:

www.audio-issues.com/strategies