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blueshowdoyoudo · 29th October 2006, 08:24 PM

I've read about achieving separation between acoustic guitar and vocal tracks when recording both together by using the nulls of figure 8 mics. I was curious whether this is likely to give me enough separation to replace the vocal track with a composite of overdubs and not be haunted by vocal bleed on the original guitar track.

I'm a singer-songwriter doing demo recordings, and I'm torn between the musicality of tracking my guitar and vocals together and the need to polish my vocal performances with multiple takes.

I've been using a Shure KSM27 as my vocal mic and an AT4033 for the guitar, but those mics are a loan and will be going away in a couple months. I'm considering an investment into a matched pair of Shinybox 46MXL's as my main mics for the forseeable future. I'd be using them for the guitar/vocal thing, electric guitar amps, fiddles and other acoustic string instruments, drum oh's, piano, maybe blumlein pair of an ensemble etc. I don't have the funds to buy a ton of different microphones, so if anyone has comments on the versatility and sound of the Shinybox mics, I'd be very interested.

(I'm using FMR RNP and RNC, Kurzweil Rumour A/D, Presonus Firepod, Cubase SL3 on a Powerbook)

Thanks,
Dan

29th October 2006, 08:24 PM	#1
blueshowdoyoudo Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12	Guitar/Vocal Separation using Figure 8's I've read about achieving separation between acoustic guitar and vocal tracks when recording both together by using the nulls of figure 8 mics. I was curious whether this is likely to give me enough separation to replace the vocal track with a composite of overdubs and not be haunted by vocal bleed on the original guitar track. I'm a singer-songwriter doing demo recordings, and I'm torn between the musicality of tracking my guitar and vocals together and the need to polish my vocal performances with multiple takes. I've been using a Shure KSM27 as my vocal mic and an AT4033 for the guitar, but those mics are a loan and will be going away in a couple months. I'm considering an investment into a matched pair of Shinybox 46MXL's as my main mics for the forseeable future. I'd be using them for the guitar/vocal thing, electric guitar amps, fiddles and other acoustic string instruments, drum oh's, piano, maybe blumlein pair of an ensemble etc. I don't have the funds to buy a ton of different microphones, so if anyone has comments on the versatility and sound of the Shinybox mics, I'd be very interested. (I'm using FMR RNP and RNC, Kurzweil Rumour A/D, Presonus Firepod, Cubase SL3 on a Powerbook) Thanks, Dan