PRESONUS StudioLive 24.4.2 Owner's Manual page 147

Owner's Manual
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Microphone Types and Placement
Place a dynamic microphone an inch or two away
from the speaker of the guitar amplifier. Experiment
with exact location. If you are recording an amp with
multiple speakers, experiment with each one to see if
one sounds better than the others. Place a condenser
microphone approximately six feet away, pointed at
the amp. Experiment with distance. Also experiment
with inverting the phase of the room microphone to
check for phase cancellation and reinforcement.
(Select the "fuller"-sounding position.) To use this
technique in a live application, omit the condenser
microphone.
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.)
Tutorials 8
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