PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE 24.4.2 Owner's Manual page 119

Owner's Manual
Acoustic Guitar
Bass Guitar (Direct and Speaker)
Point a small-diaphragm condenser microphone
at the 12th fret, approximately 8 inches away.
Point a large-diaphragm condenser microphone at
the bridge of the guitar, approximately 12 inches
from the guitar. Experiment with distances and
microphone placement. Another popular method
is using an XY microphone placement with two
small-diaphragm condenser microphones. (See
drum-overheads photo on the next page.)
Plug the electric bass guitar into a passive direct box.
Connect the instrument output from the passive direct
box to a bass amplifier. Place a dynamic microphone
an inch or two away from the speaker and connect it
to a StudioLive microphone input. Connect the line
output from the passive direct box to a line input on
a different channel of the StudioLive. For recording,
place these signals on separate tracks. During mixing,
you can blend the direct and amplifier signal to taste.
This technique can also be used in live applications.
Tutorials 8
Microphones 8.1
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