PRESONUS StudioLive24.4.2 Owner's Manual page 127

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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