Dynamic microphones and passive ribbon microphones require a lot of gain to capture a quality signal, especially for spoken-word content such as podcasting or voice-over work. Many mixers and audio interfaces do not provide enough gain, let alone clean gain, to record clean audio at a good level. This article that looks into at microphone sensitivity and how it relates to setting your preamp gain.

You’ve got quite a few choices when picking a mic and a setup for recording an acoustic. Here are my favorite ways to mic the acoustic guitar and get a crystal-clear sound when tracking.

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