Acoustic Guitar - AKG C 1000 S Mode D'emploi

3 Using Your Microphone
3.5 Saxophone
Fig. 10: Microphone
placement for the
saxophone.
3.6 Acoustic
Guitar
Fig. 11: Microphone
placement for an

acoustic guitar.

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If you generally love the noise the keys make while playing or if
you feel it is just what you want for a given song, point the
microphone at the middle of the instrument.
However, if you want no key noise, direct the microphone
toward the front outer rim of the bell.
If you aim the microphone into the bell, you may get too much
wind noise.
Optimum working distance is 8 to 12 inches.
On stage, you may have to move as close as 2 inches to the
microphone in order to avoid getting feedback or spillover from
other instruments. In this situation, make sure not to blow right
into the microphone.
On a very noisy stage, place the microphone about 8 inches
from the guitar, aiming it right at the sound hole for maximum
loudness. This technique will, however, give a somewhat bass-
heavy sound.
For a better balanced sound, align the microphone with the
bridge or a point near the bridge.
The pickups built into some acoustic guitars work very well for
bass and mid frequencies, but tend to miss out on the highs. To
make up for this loss of HF energy, use an extra microphone
and attenuate the bass and mid ranges of the microphone sig-
nal on the mixing desk.