Whats funny is I went back and listen to these files at the end of each. When I first did my listen on these, it was only the first 1/2 of the clips. As the music progressed the mic performed differently on some mics.
Perhaps, the musician's movement caused the mic to be placed differently during the take? And of course the files were different takes.
Mic placement has a huge play in the recorded sound as we all know. The 4050 is quite a nice deal and works great on the strumming, etc. I liked more on the last half of the file.
And we haven't even touched the preamp, limiter, converter, realm which changes the sound as well. Nor the type of guitar..which are like singers. IME, all guitars sound different and thus change the desired mic.
The U67 seemed louder than the rest. That can easily be perceived as "better" for some. Regardless of the volume, I like it as well.
I would be happy to use any of these mics at a session.
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Originally Posted by Joram  You're right of course.
Roughly,
I think the 4050 is a good acoustic guitar mic for pop and country pop, at least when it's role is harmonic/rhytmic in the background.
I would choose the Swedien for a high end pop sound with a very good guitar player.
The U87 is great for music in the rock/indie realm when it doesn't have leading role. Otherwise I would go for the U67 or U47, as I would with singer/songwriters.
I didn't like the Sony very much (with this guitar).
The U67 sounds for me most expressive and real. |