How to Record a Singer-Songwriter: Part 3 

Sure does

So simple to understand, but also incredibly informative

100% agree

Thanks, Mark! That means a lot to. We have more videos in the pipeline 😉 .

Thank you! 😊

Yes, and a very sympathic guy. A pleasure to watch.

We are happy to help! 🙂

agree, SUPER helpful

Tried it with two 414s, perfect. I can finally do both at the same time. Amazing technique.

Agree. Only problem is, you need 2 or 3 very expensive microphones to do it :/

Thank you for the feedback 🙂

Thank you 😊

yeaa hahaha i need him dancing like that when i'm recording!

Thank you so much!

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH what is best tlm 49 or 107 for male vocal?

As have i

@@MuscleEire really good series, learnt so much from all the videos

Km184 cant be used in figure of 8 which i think is used in the 3 mic set up

@@DanielS10291 I've seen it done as an X with a third mic farther back on the three mic setup. I prefer just one mic at the 12th fret or so.

Hello there! Yes, the two guitar mics are panned hard left / right.😊

Hi there! With all three microphones more or less in the same spot, the phase alignment is as best as possible. Using figure-8 patterns makes it possible to work with wider distances to the guitar and singer, thus allowing the performer more freedom of movement without affecting the consistency of the recorded sound. Using a cardioid microphone at a closer distance is possible, but this would be more similar to the setup in Video 2 with two KMS 105 microphones (which are supercardioid). The phase alignment between the vocal and the guitar microphone(s) is less perfect. But with the microphones closer to the sound source, the less-than-perfect phase alignment is not quite as important. So, you can still get good results that way. The real downside of using a cardioid microphone at closer distance is that the performer must be careful not to move.

Hi there! We can recommend the professional models from K&M. Important with large-diaphragm microphones is a heavy foot, if you have them on the long boom.

Hi! Am besten positioniert man das Mikrofon 20-50 cm entfernt vom Trichter, je nachdem wie direkt man den Sound haben möchte. Vorzugsweise aber nicht direkt in den Trichter gerichtet, sondern auf die Mitte zwischen Trichter und Klappen, da der Klang ja aus beidem rauskommt, je nach gespielter Note.

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH Danke dir. Deshalb bist du so erfolgreich. Antworte mir. Du kennst mich nicht mal. Vielen Dank. Ich werde diesen Tipp verwenden. Ich finde deine Videos großartig. Erhalten Sie meine Grüße hier aus Brasilien.

Hi Todd, we didn't put the mics too close to the singer (as you can see) to capture a little bit of the room as well (approx. 20-25 cm). Of course, that's up to you. Experiment a little with the distances!

Hi, you can directly compare our microphones in our Microphone Finder with the 'compare' function. Check it out here: en-de.neumann.com/microphones. If you can, try them out yourself to see what works best for your individual project. In addition, corresponding sound samples for many situation are provided In our video tutorials on RU-vid, feel free to check them out here: ru-vid.com.

have you worked with tlm 49, how does it compare to 107, how do you like 107?

could you do this technique with 1 u87 and 2 km184?

@@maxhammer4067 You need two mics in figure 8. 184s are cardioid. So you need another mic with figure 8.

@@danielmiller5521 But what would happen if you did it this way with that mic setup would it work, or would you get phace problems

Hi Max! No, it only works with all three mics set to figure-8. Otherwise the cancellation will not work. The 2 x KM 184 would hear much more of the voice and thus the main advantage of this setup would be gone. With 3 x U 87 it would work again.

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH What setup would you recommend for 1 u87ai and 2 mk184, would you just use 1 of the mk184 or would you use them both

Thank you for the feedback🙂

Spaced pair I believe it’s commonly called. But phase comes into it too…….

Hi Neil, Yes, that fits. In the video we say: 20 cm distance. The double mount in the link is 17.5 cm long. If you then turn the shock mounts a bit to the outside and then align the mics to the front again anyway, you get exactly the 20 cm. Or you buy a longer stereo rail. What you need then, of course, is a solid tripod!

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH great thanks.

Hi Phillip, the vocal mic is in the center, of course. The two guitar mics are panned hard left/right. The phased array configuration (two figure-8 mics, 20 cm apart), invented the British recording engineer Tony Faulkner, produces a natural stereo image all by itself.

Hi Neil, all mics presented in our videos have been recorded with the same high-quality preamp / AD-converter combination, known for its clear and neutral sound character. And to let you hear the sound of the mics only, no post processing is applied.

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH Thanks. I am guessing it just might be a Neumann pre :)

Hi there! As with the other videos before, we have used a "state of the art preamp" with a very neutral sound from a reputable manufacturer. And to make it comparable, we used the same one for all mics, of course. Furthermore, no EQs or compression was applied.

@@GeorgNeumannGmbH could you please let us know what the guitar is, please?

Hi! The stereo image can only sound good when the microphones used are identical.

Georg Neumann GmbH Thank you :)

Hi there! Thank you for your feedback. We'll look into the option of providing subtitled versions!

"most affordable" haha

That’ll be only $4200 :)

Thank you for the suggestion. We have forwarded it to our Home Studio Academy team😊