Rayk
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I don’t know anything about recording sound for acoustic guitar and vocals. I just ordered a condenser mic, xlr cable, stand and know that I need an interface or mixer, plus some sort of software for my laptop pc.
Am I missing anything to simply record myself singing and playing my guitar, in my living room? Would two mics be necessary for what I’m doing? It comes with a shock mount and is cardioid polar pattern. It looks like about a foot away distance wise picks up the maximum amount of sound from video reviews online. It requires 48 volts of phantom power.
Thanks if you have any suggestions—& I apologize if this is not the type of topic that can be encompassed in the scope of a single post! I’m not the least bit technically savy.
Depending on how you want start either one or two mics . As you learn and develop you would most likely get into two mics plus .
Also two mics might help better if you playing and singing at the same time so you can get both guitar and vox at a more equal level instead one source being louder then the other.
Recording stereo tracks you'd need a two mic configuration.
You can multi track with one mic as well .
You have options like USB mics so no interface needed
There are plenty of free Daws to get started.
Studio one by presonus is great . If you have apple you already have Garage Band .
Lots of things to make you scratch your head over but it sounds more complicated then it is at least at the start lol
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