microphones used on O

[eskkes]

i was just wondering what microphones damien used on O,
i really like the sound of the acoustic guitar on that album

[mestonf]

not quite sure
but i remember him saying he used some "beautiful microphones" not much help i know but thats all i know

[ali whitton]

Without sounding like a geek...

They are AKG C12's and can be used on acoustic guitar and also vocals to great affect. However, they cost about £1500 each gutted....

However you can get guitar sounding pretty good with cheaper mikes and some clever EQing. Listen to the demo of "A Little Hope" on the music page of my site (www.aliwhitton.co.uk) and you can see how good the guitar sounds (hopefully).

Hope that's some help.

Ali

[coreybyrnes]

hey ali... how did you find that out? the microphone mystery has been the big one no one has been able to to solve, so i'm curious how you know what he used? can you share any other info on mics damo used for O?

[looly]

Originally Posted by ali whitton

However you can get guitar sounding pretty good with cheaper mikes and some clever EQing.
Ali

Too true Ali! DI-ing (direct injection) your acoustic guitar with a good DI box and some clever eq-ing and reverb can produce a very nice result. But if you really want to capture the acoustics of the guitar, then you can't go wrong with a carefully placed Shure SM57. It can give you a beautiful sound. Another solution, if you can't get your hands on the pro mics, is to plug the guitar into an amplifier, get it sounding good through the amp and then mic up the front of the amp with a SM57 and the back(if the amp is open-backed) of the amp with an AKG D-112, otherwise known as 'the egg', normally reserved for bass drum mic-ing. You can always mic the soundhole of the guitar too and mix all three mixes together which can produce a very wholesome sound. Then again, using just one mic can be just as effective.

Lools

[Loveless]

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[eskkes]

thank you ali,
i thought they were neumann u-87s but now i'm glad i know.

[ali whitton]

Originally Posted by coreybyrnes

hey ali... how did you find that out? the microphone mystery has been the big one no one has been able to to solve, so i'm curious how you know what he used? can you share any other info on mics damo used for O?

I'm a music tech student and we had one of them at uni available to use. I recognised the mic's on the dvd footage of blowers daughther etc.

(wow i sound like a total geek!)

Anyway, if any of you ahve time please check out my songs (small plug) at www.aliwhitton.co.uk

Take it easy

ali
x

[Mr Lee]

Originally Posted by Loveless

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is that the mic he has attached to his mic stand (with duct tape rapped around?)

[Funky Avocado]

Originally Posted by looly

then you can't go wrong with a carefully placed Shure SM57. It can give you a beautiful sound.

A little too bright for my taste and you forgot to mention a key ingredient, a sweet preamp. Overall a decent dynamic mic but isn't really great in any department.. A neumann(particularly 184's or 140's) or schoeps condenser is the way to go if you really want to capture the steel string. My .02.