Demo recording with my ADK A6 pair, Presonus Mobile interface, into Logic Pro. I did a low cut filter at 30 hz and a narrow cut at 200 hz, where i felt there were some problem frequencies. Other than that I raised the overall level of the track a bit. Mics are in AB placement, 15" apart about a foot from the guitar, on a single stereo bar. I am still dealing with some computer noise as you can hear at the beginning and end.

Bobby Casey's - ADK A6 Mic Test

Something I have been messing around with in Reason 7. Processed electric guitar and a few Reason instruments

Ambient Guitar

Pair of AEA N22 mics setup in Bluemine configuration 13" from the guitar pointing at the soundhole, running through a RME Babyface Pro

AEA N22 - Blumine

With Izotope RX Spectral De-noiser applied

AEA - N22 - Noise Removal

Recording test with the acrylic nails I got two days ago and 5 acoustic panels in room. Two panels are behind the mics in a V and other three are scattered around in the room in the corners. Mics are ADK A6 pair in an AB spaced pair about a foot and a half away

I was to lazy to do a direct comparison track beforehand, but here is a recording in the same room half a year ago.  https://soundcloud.com/antonemery/bobby-caseys-adk-a6-mic-test

Recording Test - Acrylic Nails and Acoustic Panels

Another recording this afternoon with the acrylic nails and acoustic panels. Levels boosted, a bit of EQ and reverb

O'Carolan's Welcome - CGDGCD tuning Capo II

Simple fingerpicking thing in Drop D. Added some electric guitar the second time around

Walk in the Country

One of the first tunes I wrote after starting to play steel string fingerstyle guitar. Tuning is DGDGBbD. Reverby electric guitar by William Bajzek

Set Free

I borrowed a friend's uke and this little tune came out. I had a little trouble keeping the uke in tune. Recorded on a day when Portland had a boil water notice

Boil That Water

Clawhammer guitar arrangement of this trad irish tune. Tuning is gGDGCD.  I used a Third Hand capo and a .16 gauge string in place of the 6th string. Capoed it at the 8th fret to bring it up to G, and left the rest of the strings unaffected. 

Lord Mayo

Comparing my pair of ADK A6's with two Rode NT5's I am borrowing from a friend. Both sets of mics are about 3 ft apart and 10 inches away from my guitar.

Rode NT 5 3ft Apart

ADK 3ft Apart

More fiddling with mic placement when I should be practicing. The pair of ADK A6's 2 ft apart and about 2 feet away

ADK A6 Pair 2ft Apart

Digging through my old files i found a recording with a pair of Pelusos I used to own. I sold them because I found their noise level to be to loud. Putting it up for comparison

Peluso CEMC 6

Recorded at guitarist Doug Young's studio years ago. CGDGCD tuning.

Princess Royal

Welsh Tune - Gefell M300 mics - raw

Welsh Tune - Gefell M300 mics - Mixed

My recording with a borrowed pair of KM 184's, then a mix by my friend Doug Young. Mics are straight into my Zoom recorder. Mic placement is 24" apart, 20" away, and 36" from the ground.

KM184 Initial Placement

KM 184 Mixed Track

Test recording with Gefell M300 stereo pair in ORTF configuration, about 8 inches from the guitar. Guitar is a Northwood L-00 in Drop D tuning. DAV Broadhurst Gardens Preamp into an RME Babyface Pro and Logic. 

Gefell M300 ORTF Test Recording

Spaced pair 18" apart 8" away. Track is raw except for panning to adjust the left to right balance

AT3035 Spaced Pair / Zoom H6

Time With Family

Sweetness of Mary

A traditional old time tune on clawhammer guitar. The 5th string has been replaced with a B string tuned up to C.  The guitar is tuned CcCGCD.  Gefell M300 mics in ORTF, RME Babyface Pro into Logic on the Mac.

Sally In The Garden

Bobby Casey's/Granny in the Corner

Practicing a basic mix. Low cut filter at 40hz, a reverb and compression.

Shallow Brown - Mix

Shallow - Brown - Dry

This track is from the album Noone Lasses and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/AntonEmery

Child's Grove

Ship in Full Sail/Trip to Sligo/Christy Barry's #2

Conset Y Peipar Coch/Erddigan Y Pibydd Coch

Tribute to Peador O'Donnell

The same Breton tunes, with a bit of reverb added and volume boosted.  I really know nothing about mixing and just went with what my ear thought was best.  Mic is set in the cardoid pattern, about 20 inches away from the guitar, in my living.

Breton Guitar

Mics - Gefell 300 spaced pair.  One pointed at around 12th fret, the other below the bridge at the end of the banjo rim.  No EQ or other processing added

Test Banjo Recording - spaced pair

Celtic fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo

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