How to best use the mics I got
I've been using the same Shure BG 5.0 condenser mic for over 20 years, recording mostly my own vocals. I also own a beloved Zoom H1 portable stereo recorder, which I use for field recordings. I don't believe I can plug the Zoom into my mixer, and anyway, I'm pretty sure one of the two mic inputs on the mixer is shot, so I couldn't anyway. (I will record onto the Zoom and import the resulting wav into Sonar.)
I am going to have some people come in and record in my home studio. They are simple solo guitar and solo vocal. I'd like to get good recordings of them, and do some mixing later on, possibly adding some other instruments if inspiration strikes. I want to get a usable raw recording of the performance, but these aren't the kind of people who are going to do well recording guitar and vocals in separate takes. I need to record their complete performance and then mix and balance later.
So I was thinking I could put one mic close to the guitar and another close to the vocal. There will be plenty of bleed, but it will give me at least a little balance and mix capability later. My Shure is mono and the Zoom is stereo; also, I don't know really anything about different mic types. Lastly, I do not have a stand for the Zoom, only the Shure.
Should I record the vocals stereo or the guitar? How would you record this?
Non-negotiable conditions:
* Shure Condenser mic (mono)
* Zoom H1 portable recorder (stereo)
* Performances are single take of guitar and vocal
Sonar Version: Platinum
Audio Interface: M-Audio Delta
Computer: Dell i5 3.1 GHz, 12Gb RAM, Windows 10 64-bit
Soft Synths: EastWest PLAY Symphonic Orchestra
MIDI Controllers: M-Audio 2x2 MidiSport Anniv Edition
Settings: 16-Bit, Sample Rate 44.1k, ASIO Buffer Size 128-1024, Record/Playback I/O Buffers play:256k, rec: 64k, Total Round Trip Latency 48 ms
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