Microphone placement - Posted on 2017-12-20 by Cristian Bialoszewski

Microphone placement is very important to ensure you get the best and right sound out of everything you record so I’ll talk about micing for some instruments. Guitars are best paired with dynamic mics while the mic records the the sound from the amplifier with a close range to the source. The Shure SM-57 is an industry standard that has spansd so much since back during the beetles. The counter part to an electric guitar a acoustic guitar will use two mics a spaced pair one placed near the fretboard and another near the bridge. Micing up a drum set requires a variety of different mics for different parts of the drums. For example a Condensor mic can be placed overhead of two cymbals while also capturing a little bit of the other parts of the kit as well.