Home recording for GJ Guitar

LeftyKevan · May 14

Hello Django Hive mind.

Curious what everyone here is using these days for home recording, especially for quick solo guitar videos or small ensemble stuff.

I’ve been trying to strike a balance between:

- ease of use

- low maintenance/setup time

- and still getting genuinely good acoustic sound

For solo guitar, I often use an Apogee HypeMic straight into the iPhone. Honestly for the simplicity, it sounds surprisingly solid.

If I want to layer parts with the same mic setup, I’ll usually use Acapella- it allows for split screen recording

For small ensemble or more dimensional recordings, I’ve also been experimenting with two (or four for an ensemble) Audigo mics placed in different spots:

- one positioned more for mids/highs

- the other catching more low-end/body

It’s been convenient and pretty musical, though I’m always chasing that “easy but still sounds professional” sweet spot.

Curious what other people here have landed on over the years:

- stereo pairs?

- interface + condensers?

- clip-on mics?

- portable recorders?

- phone-based setups?

- anything surprisingly effective?

Would especially love to hear from people recording Gypsy jazz guitars specifically, since getting the attack and body balance right can be tricky.

Here's a bunch of reference recordings for the sound I'm able to get with just the equipment I mentioned

Lastly big Shout out to @MichaelHorowitz for helping my get this new Dupont in the solo/split screen videos, i cant wait to start recording in an ensemble with it.

Four Audigo mics

https://youtube.com/shorts/BG2VGNuejE0?si=bhcOsyp1rGI2Oett

Two of the same mics

https://youtube.com/shorts/XV0JQRW4CHA?si=t8BKChHqfceprGG_

The Apogee Hype mic layered with the Acapella app

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYQ9ikxMvsZ/

Solo Guitar on the apogee

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX2i2ONSGex/

Single split screen with the apogee

https://youtube.com/shorts/q9vBFOwJKWc?si=HY1wBUF6CU3Fwe18

Lastly, one with just the Audigo Mics, both tracks are the Dupont

https://youtube.com/shorts/e50awIG25mQ?si=05M7zveTJmfFpbok

paulmcevoy75 · May 14

I think Davinci Resolve is probably the way to go but I haven't spent much time with it. But it's super full featured and I think you can do anything.

As to how to combine the audit and video, I'm sorta thinking old school, doing a clap on screen and then matching the audio to the video.

BUT

If I remember correctly it has a function to match the audio from your phone video to your recorded audio.

So for the highest quality I think it would be a high quality mic recorded into an audio interface and video with your phone or a camera and then match them up. But this is slow.....