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In Reply to: RE: Well, SOMEBODY had to raise the topic: AD likes 2nd harmonic distortion! (And so do I!) posted by Brian H P on January 23, 2015 at 16:29:02
You can even take two nice mics spaced about 8" apart and about a foot from an acoustic guitar and pan them hard left and right and make the guitar larger, which can be more pleasing that just one mic dean center, mono. It is all a matter of preference.
Jim Tavegia
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Here is an acoustic guitar album recorded EXACTLY as you describe. Other instruments appear as fairly well-defined images in the mixes, but the guitar itself is spread w-i-d-e across the soundstage, and drenched in reverb to boot. Not at all a "natural" perspective, but I guess the artist and producer found it pleasing. Other than this, it's a real nice album, with solid material (mostly Celtic folk standards), tasteful arrangements, and good playing throughout.
The drenching in reverb is a bad thing and probably why the guitar seems so huge. The sad part is when too many find adding reverb, they think that just a little more will do the trick, when slightly less is would have been better. One can always pan the two channels closer, say at 9 and 3 O'clock or 10 and 2 if need be. The balance with other instruments must be remembered. I generally only use it on solo guitar and voice at full spread.
Jim Tavegia
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