Tommy explains the placement and type of mics he uses when recording to get his favoured “fat tone”. Short instrumental at end. All things Tommy at www.tommyemmanuel.com/
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21 Responses to “Tommy Emmanuel - Recording Technique - Mics”
I record solo … I record solo acoustic guitar all the time (for a living) - and I usually use two mics, one on the body and one at the neck joint. Once in a while I’ll introduce a third room mic. But much more than that I find cause more problems (phasing issues and high frequency blurring) than is helpful.
Yeah, but if you … Yeah, but if you record with more than you need then you can take out what you don’t need post-recording but you can’t add more in if you used less. The more microphones, the more you (one) has to play with as it were
You might be right … You might be right - his recorded guitar does sound great. As a studio owner and music producer, I just can’t imagine actually using 6 sound sources on one acoustic without having all kinds of phasing issues. Hey, but more power to him (and his engineer)!
I’d have to … I’d have to disagree. The sound quality that comes across on Tommy’s studio recordings are clearly the best recorded acoustic guitar sounds I’ve ever heard.
Agree. Overkill for … Agree. Overkill for a single piece of music.
These mikes might make sense for the whole of the album though, as a big buffet of sounds will be ready on offer, for any nuances, moods of tone with only balancing tracks to be done…
“The best microphone in the world, is the one you have at arms length.”
Sad that I am … Sad that I am actually commenting on this, but that really seems like overkill. Also, I doubt that more than two of those sources accounted for 90% of the end signal used.
I think some engineer set all those mics up to make this artist feel good.
If not setup … If not setup carefully I agree that it could be a problem, however they are going to be setup taking this into account.
Also they problem align them all in a DAW after recording so the to get everything synced.
You could also use a little labs phase alignment tool which would allow you to place the mic anywhere then twist the knob and bring them into phase.
Ah, but with drum … Ah, but with drum mics you mic different sources with different mics. This is one source and multiple mics intending to pick up the same source. That is a recipe for alot of phase correction. If you use software to record then phase correction is easy. Mixing doesn’t help with phase correction, it is acoustics/waveform problem.
if used and mixed … if used and mixed properly, there shouldn’t be a big phase issue with these microphones… think at the number of mikes on a drum set…
Tommy explains the placement and type of mics he uses when recording to get his favoured “fat tone”. Short instrumental at end. All things Tommy at www.tommyemmanuel.com/
I record solo …
I record solo acoustic guitar all the time (for a living) - and I usually use two mics, one on the body and one at the neck joint. Once in a while I’ll introduce a third room mic. But much more than that I find cause more problems (phasing issues and high frequency blurring) than is helpful.
Have you ever …
Have you ever recorded solo acoustic guitar?
simple…ahahahah.. …
simple…ahahahah…if you have enough cash to buy that guitar and 4 microphones…and of course if you have his same skill XD
Yeah, but if you …
Yeah, but if you record with more than you need then you can take out what you don’t need post-recording but you can’t add more in if you used less. The more microphones, the more you (one) has to play with as it were
You might be right …
You might be right - his recorded guitar does sound great. As a studio owner and music producer, I just can’t imagine actually using 6 sound sources on one acoustic without having all kinds of phasing issues. Hey, but more power to him (and his engineer)!
I’d have to …
I’d have to disagree. The sound quality that comes across on Tommy’s studio recordings are clearly the best recorded acoustic guitar sounds I’ve ever heard.
Simple?
haha,
but …
Simple?
haha,
but effective, yes.
LOL @ “simple but …
LOL @ “simple but effective”..
SIMPLE??
Agree. Overkill for …
Agree. Overkill for a single piece of music.
These mikes might make sense for the whole of the album though, as a big buffet of sounds will be ready on offer, for any nuances, moods of tone with only balancing tracks to be done…
“The best microphone in the world, is the one you have at arms length.”
Sad that I am …
Sad that I am actually commenting on this, but that really seems like overkill. Also, I doubt that more than two of those sources accounted for 90% of the end signal used.
I think some engineer set all those mics up to make this artist feel good.
If not setup …
If not setup carefully I agree that it could be a problem, however they are going to be setup taking this into account.
Also they problem align them all in a DAW after recording so the to get everything synced.
You could also use a little labs phase alignment tool which would allow you to place the mic anywhere then twist the knob and bring them into phase.
Listen to the album …
Listen to the album he talks about…
Ah, but with drum …
Ah, but with drum mics you mic different sources with different mics. This is one source and multiple mics intending to pick up the same source. That is a recipe for alot of phase correction. If you use software to record then phase correction is easy. Mixing doesn’t help with phase correction, it is acoustics/waveform problem.
frekin 4-5 k mics
frekin 4-5 k mics
Brauner Mics? omg …
Brauner Mics? omg so expensive
not true. sorry.
not true. sorry.
When mics are …
When mics are pointing at eachother like they are in this video there will be phasing issues.
if used and mixed …
if used and mixed properly, there shouldn’t be a big phase issue with these microphones… think at the number of mikes on a drum set…
I don’t follow guys …
I don’t follow guys. What makes you think there were phasing issues to begin with?
yeah, how is phase …
yeah, how is phase not a big problem with all those mics!!?!!?
Great guitar player …
Great guitar player but that’s a ton of mics for an acoustic guitar. I imagine the phase issues were a pain in the posterior.