St James is definitely getting closer. It still has a bit of a boomy sound to the guitar. If you can get hold of a dynamic instrument mike, a Shure SM57 would be great, anything half decent anyhow, aim it at the twelth fret, angled towards the top of the guitar (not at the soundhole) and move the condenser mike at least three feet away and use a blend of the two. Or just angle the condenser away from the soundhole as much as you can. The vocals still need to be closer for me, place the mike no more than about 10 inches from your mouth with a pop screen about 2 inches away (someone mentioned this earlier) and stay right on it. If you don't have a pop screen make one from an old pair of tights and a coat hanger, embroidery frame or such. If you are bothered about change in vocal levels you need a "compressor" they ALL use one, just don't overdo it or you may end up sounding like Cher when you get into the vocoder and pitch correction machines/software. Most of all keep it up it's well worth it. Heck when we all get your CD sounding great, we may get the urge ourselves to do something half as good. JohnB.
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