quintessential mic/pre combination for voice, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano

kissingonstilts · 20th May 2006

Being fully aware that 'quintessential' is largely an illusion, what combinations of mic/pre have you used that yielded the most lovely, compelling, and gloriously dimensional recordings for voice, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano; price notwithstanding.

GYang · 20th May 2006

There is no just one combination, but following are definitely among the best and proven combinations:

Acoustic piano in good room (to get striking reality and sonical joy)

Pair of Brauner VM1KHE + Gordon 2ch pre

Vocal

Wagner U47 + DW Fearn Pre
Blue Bottle + TAB V72
Brauner VMA (VME 1 KHE) + Martech pre
Horch RM2 + Wunder pre

Acoustic guitar (depends very much on guitar, playing and musical context)

Microtech Gefell 295/296 and AKG C12 (Korby 12) + Pendulum pre
Pair of DPA4041S + Thermionics Earlybird 2.2 pre
Royer R122 + Josepshon C6 plus Crane Song Flamingo, DAV, GML or Hardy pres

Mic placement and space can influence the sound more than mic or pre choice, so equipment is just part of following rough equation, asuming that everything is initially on good level:

-instrument and performance 50%
-room, mic placement 20%
-mic 20%
-mic pre 10%

20th May 2006	#1
kissingonstilts Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 276 Thread Starter	quintessential mic/pre combination for voice, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano Being fully aware that 'quintessential' is largely an illusion, what combinations of mic/pre have you used that yielded the most lovely, compelling, and gloriously dimensional recordings for voice, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano; price notwithstanding.

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GYang Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: here Posts: 4,285	There is no just one combination, but following are definitely among the best and proven combinations: Acoustic piano in good room (to get striking reality and sonical joy) Pair of Brauner VM1KHE + Gordon 2ch pre Vocal Wagner U47 + DW Fearn Pre Blue Bottle + TAB V72 Brauner VMA (VME 1 KHE) + Martech pre Horch RM2 + Wunder pre Acoustic guitar (depends very much on guitar, playing and musical context) Microtech Gefell 295/296 and AKG C12 (Korby 12) + Pendulum pre Pair of DPA4041S + Thermionics Earlybird 2.2 pre Royer R122 + Josepshon C6 plus Crane Song Flamingo, DAV, GML or Hardy pres Mic placement and space can influence the sound more than mic or pre choice, so equipment is just part of following rough equation, asuming that everything is initially on good level: -instrument and performance 50% -room, mic placement 20% -mic 20% -mic pre 10%