Recording Vocals and Acoustic Guitar At the Same Time

In this episode, I'll experiment with trying to get separation between a guitar and a vocal track that are being recorded at the same time. I'll try a few different setups and see what kind of isolation I can achieve.

Here's the Recording Rebels forum thread that started the discussion: https://www.therecordingrebels.com/vi...

And a follow-up thread where I started experimenting: https://www.therecordingrebels.com/vi...

Timestamps for this video:
0:00 - Intro
0:59 - Preliminary tips
3:33 - Using a single microphone (no example)
5:14 - Using two cardioid-pattern microphones
8:10 - Example of two cardioid-pattern mics
10:01 - Using a figure-8 and a cardioid microphone
10:42 - Example of a figure-8 and a cardioid mic
12:04 - Using two figure-8 microphones
12:39 - Example of two figure-8 mics
14:12 - Using two figure-8 microphones with a gobo (acoustic screen)
13:34 - Example of two figure-8 mics with a gobo
16:19 - In closing