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Old 6th March 2007   #51
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Originally Posted by Joost View Post
Interesting. I see some of you recorded with just one mic. Do you think recording stereo is necessary for recording solo acoustic guitar? I have tried M/S, XY, NOS, ORTF stereo recording and found no big improvement over a good mono placement (14th fret where the neck meets the body).


What is your opinion?
Not a big fan of stereo myself, although sometimes I'll do it. I'd rather record the guitar mono and then create a stereo space around it with subtle verbs, delays, etc. When it's a nice room I might use a room mic or two in addition to the mono mic on the guitar. But that's just me.
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