Recording Acoustic Guitar: Positioning The Microphone

Question 1

A large diaphragm ? CM should be placed in front of the 12th fret, 15-30cm away from the ? due to its softer sounding transients, but a small ? could be used to give better clarity to the high frequencies.

Answer 1

Cardioid.
Neck.
Diaphragm.

Question 2

If your room doesn’t have a nice ambience, stick to ? and use a ? ? around the microphone to keep the sound isolated.

Answer 2

Cardioid.

Reflection filter.

Question 3

A lot of acoustic guitars feature ? that are installed under the bridge of the guitar and ? some of the vibrations of the body.

Answer 3

Pickups.

Capture.

Question 4

It’s common to ? an acoustic guitar in live sound because when using a microphone, lots of ? is required which often results in feedback.

Answer 4

DI.

Gain.