finnaly got some decent recording gear and now i am learning how to use all of it. ive tried recording a few things and it soudns really great. ive been recording my acoustic guitar and vocals at the same time, but ive come across a probelm. the mic i use for my vocals is picking up my guitar and my guitar playing isnt abnormally loud. i was told to record vocals seperatly but i wrather do it togehor....any suggestions?
Well if you're going to record them together you're going to have to to mix them properly. Just take the time to find the right levels, where the mics aren't picking up the wrong thing.
Yeah, you are going to have to mix the levels you want before you start recording. I don't know what kind of recording gear you have, but if you can have an independent track for your vocals and one for your guitar. That way if your mix was bad you can go back and mix them on your program (I'm guessing your useing a computer program).
Mic placement is important too. Get your vocal mic placed comfortably and mute your guitar track, then listen to how much bleed there is and try to minimise it. I've had a bit of trouble with this too, you just have to experiment.
I've wondered about using gates too but I have yet to go there.
what mics are you using? if your using dynamic (live) mics, you shouldn't be running into much of a bleeding problem. but if youre using condesors, your vocal mic will pick up the slightest of background noises, so you have to be really carefull using two condensor mics to record vocals and guitar live. in fact, it's extremely challenging to do this. it's very rare that bands record the vocal track and an acoustic guitar track at the same time, but it does happen (ex. david gray "lost songs" album was done mostly this way.) tell me your setup and ill try and help more.
If you still want to record both at the same time their are some more options. But, if you are going to use a condensor mic you will run into bleeding, but like I said their are some more options. If you are using a condensor mic put on the HPF and set the DB level at 0 (if these are options)... and if you have it through a gate on the vocal mic... I'm guessing that you are recording the guitar through a line level? If you are using a mic on the guitar it should be more directional than a Vocal condensor... so bleed will be less... I'm thinkg like a Shure 81 that would be good! I hoped that helped.
and now i am learning how to use all of it. ive tried recording a few things and it soudns really great. ive been recording my acoustic guitar and vocals at the same time, but ive come across a probelm. the mic i use for my vocals is picking up my guitar and my guitar playing isnt abnormally loud. i was told to record vocals seperatly but i wrather do it togehor....any suggestions?