Best Ways to Record Your Acoustic Guitar ★ Acoustic Tuesday 271

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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4.8 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

You've got the inspiration, the drive, and the courage to record your first song on acoustic guitar. But how do you truly record your guitar's tone without being a sound engineer? On this episode of Acoustic Tuesday, you'll get a crash course in using microphones to capture the sound that you want out of your acoustic guitar. From choosing the right microphone to placement in your recording space, we'll go through the basics you need to know. One brief disclaimer though: I am not a sound engineer. I'm a working musician who's learned over the years how to get the sound that I want depending on my gear and space. There are plenty of more in-depth perspectives out there on YouTube, so if you're looking for a scientific analysis of recording acoustic instruments this is not it. Now with that out of the way, I wanted to show you how different microphones and placements sound. I'll play the same licks, back to back, within different recording configurations. I hope this demonstration will point you in the right direction! Submit your guitarsenal at the link below!https://airtable.com/shrpAVAi9HUGVUW8b Featured in this episode...- Shure - Ear Trumpet Labs - MattyGrove - WesternAF

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0:00.0	At-home recording is becoming easier and easier.
0:03.5	Everything from equipment to software to tutorials is becoming more and more accessible.
0:09.7	And as this trend continues, the questions keep piling up.
0:14.2	Specifically, how do I mic my acoustic guitar?
0:17.7	Well, on today's show, we'll be looking at a buffet of options so
0:20.9	that you can get the sound you want from the equipment that you already have.
0:24.8	Hey, TAC family, this is episode 271 of the Acoustic Tuesday show. A show
0:31.0	packed full of inspiration and fun designed to help you get more progress,
0:34.6	fulfillment, and joy from your acoustic guitar journey.
0:38.2	Throughout today's episode, I'll deliver to you some good guitar news, including a clarification
0:43.0	from the electric guitar world, a captivating singer-songwriter, and much, much more.
0:48.3	Plus, we're going to head north of the border to check out a guitar cell from Acoustic Tuesday
0:53.3	viewer Jerry.
0:54.3	But first, let's talk micing your acoustic guitar.
0:58.1	Now, two things before we get started.
1:00.5	Number one, I am not an engineer.
1:03.8	Okay, if you're looking for an engineer's perspective, an actual recording engineer's
1:07.6	perspective, this is not the video for you.
1:10.7	Plenty of those videos exist.
1:12.4	Please find them if that's what you want. I just want to be clear about that because I'm not
1:16.8	going to get into the nitty gritty of gain structure and X, Y patterns and things like that.
1:22.1	That stuff is super valid. It's just not going to be in today's episode. Number two, this could very easily have turned
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