[Ty Ford]

Hello Steven and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,

Sounds like you’re ready to go. I’m not sure you need the phantom power on for the onboard mic. That feature may be for other mics that require Phantom Power that you plug in. Try turing it off to see if the PD150 mic goes away.

As for separating, that depends on your editing software.

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[Ryan Holz] “I thought that the Idea was to get the purist signal with little or no “noise” and a condenser mic with the dual signal was a simple way of canceling some of that out. Is there something about a Dynamic mic that would fit me better? I guess what I am asking is, will I get a more professional and editor friendly sound with a condenser or dynamic mic?
“

Sounds like you’ve been reading a lot of mic brochures. 🙂

You are a bit lost in the techno babble. They do that to impress you and sell you a mic. “Dual SIgnal”, “canceling out noise”? Any good balanced mic does that.

A good dynamic is better than a cheap condenser. The SM7b is a good mic for voice. Dynamics are not as sensitive as condenser mics, but that may be a benefit because they won’t pick up a lot of extraneous sounds and room reflections.

The SM7 has been used for years as an on-air mic in radio stations.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Sandy and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,

See if this helps: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1358

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[Ty Ford]

Les,

The whole thing about recording instruments is part art and part science. Toys make a difference; in this case, the mic and the preamp. You’ve found you can do the job with an SM57 and M-Audio USB device (which has its own preamp).

A lot depends on how good you want this to sound. In no particular order, you have to consider the following:
1. The guitar. Some sound great. Some don’t.
2. The player. Some can make any guitar sound great. Some make every guitar sound like crap.
3. The acoustical space in which you record. Every space adds its own color.
4. The mic.
5. The position of the mic.
6. The choice of preamp. Mics and preamps can mix well or not. I could go on for pages about this.
7. The choice of monitors. What you hear on cheap speakers may not translate well to other speakers. Things might sound OK on them, but crappy on 90% of the other systems you playback on.

I’m a guitar player and recording engineer. The mic I’d normally put on an acoustic guitar costs about $1800. The preamp I’d use costs about $1K. More $ for better A/D conversion, blah, blah, blah. Your level of persnicketiness for this project may be below mine. That’s OK too. I’m just trying to set the stage for you. 🙂

On this YouTube clip, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD323bedWiE
I used a Schoeps CMC641 mic on the guitar. A Countryman E6 on his ear. Both through a Sound Devices 442 mixer to a Canon XL2 camera. I posted in FCP, didn’t even go to SoundTrack Pro.

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[Ty Ford]

And look here…

https://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=41&langid=100&

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Hi Aaron,

None that low cost that I know of, but they may be out there.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Les and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Soundtrack pro has a lot of effects; EQ, reverb, delay, compression, limiting.

Enhance is an interesting word. Depending on the sound of your guitar, the first step in enhancing your sound might be to use a better mic. One of my favorites that’s not too expensive is the Audix SCX-1 HC, with hypercardioid capsule.

What preamp are you using?

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Ryan and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

It’s easy to get swamped in nomenclature. I think you mean condenser mic, not compressor mic.

Condenser mics do require Phantom Power and it is usually supplied by the preamp you plug the mic into.

For a starter, I think you’d do well with a Shure SM7b for voiceover work. It’s a dynamic mic (not a condenser) that does not require Phantom Power.

There are lots of books that will tell you about recording VO. I don’t know any titles right off hand.

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[Ty Ford]

Jason,

take your question over to the newsgroup
rec.arts.motion.picture.sound

On of the guys there may have a resource for you.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Aaron and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

If I were you, I’d go to Vann’s website and see what NOS you might be able to find to build your monitoring system.

I just pimped my living room stereo to a 5.1 using my existing Klipsch stereo speakers as left and right front. I bought an Integra 7.1 receiver amp (locally), a center channel and two surrounds from Vann;s that match my Kipsch.

https://www.vanns.com/

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