Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Recording Guitar
Recording guitar is one of the most challenging arts that any recording engineer would have to master -- Well, that used to be...
There was a time when for you to record an acoustic guitar, you needed to get special mics called condenser mics (And at that, you needed specific types and models for best results). Then you needed to master the art of placing them at distances that will capture as much of the entire spectrum of sound produced as possible.
And if you know a thing or two about how sound is produced by the acoustic guitar, you'll agree with me that the entire length of the guitar's neck, the sound hole and the vibrations from the guitar's body have to be taken into account.
To say the least, only the very best engineers could get really great recordings of acoustic guitars.
There also used to be a time when no self respecting audio engineer would even consider recording an electric guitar without getting the best guitar amp he can lay hold of, crank up the volume and place a rugged dynamic mic (sometimes a padded condenser mic is also used) close to the speaker grille in order to get a great guitar cut.
But all that has changed now...
With electric acoustic guitars, you can get the best of acoustic guitar sound onto your recording without understanding even the most basic laws of sound waves. All you need to do would be to get specially designed electric acoustic guitars, plug in and hit "record" and you have a great acoustic sound for real. And the best part is: You won't even need a sound proof space for sound capture. You can record beside a freight train and still get your great recording.
How about the electric guitar...
with the introduction of great tools from companies like Line 6 you can record a great guitar solo without freaking out the neighbors and without paying big bucks for a studio session.
For some of the really cool tools for electric guitar recording, all you need is just a usb-enabled computer. Just that and you'll be churning out solos that will make Jimi Hendrix roll in his grave for envy.
And the coolest part of these new tools is that you don't really need to take a second mortgage in order to get them.
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