I'm not fully sure what you're asking, actually. If your asking if you can record acoustic guitar and vocals through one mic and still get a decent sound then the answer is YES. Ofcourse, it depends how good the mic quality is and also how you do it; you might have play around with positioning the mic to get teh sound right.

Are you recording into your computer or do you a recording machine?

When im recording i record the guitar first onto one track and then get the vocalist to sing onto another track while listening to the Guitar in their headphones on playback, does that make sence.

hey sorry I'd neglected this group. I'm recording onto a PC. Annoying thing is my mic picking up the sound of my pc humming while it's on due to it being so sensitive. Calls for a silent fan purchase : /

Simon that makes sense, can you give me any more detailed advice? I'm solo playing and I find it hard to be as into what I'm singing if I'm not playing as well if you understand? any tips? :P

Hey PowerOut,

No probs mate. With the solo playing and finding it hard to sing while not playing, you could always get two mic set-ups (one for guitar and other for vocals) both going into a mixing console and recording both onto ur PC. That way u have a good sound from the guitar and your vocals. But personally i would do it all singlely, That way each track (vocals, Guitar) can be tweeked (volume, EQ, ect) later on in ur recording software. Maybe give it ago recording it singlely and see how you go. You'll most likely be supprised how it turns out. Not sure about the humming from your PC though. Maybe a vocal booth could be set out in another room. That should fix the problem of the mic picking up the humming. Not sure if you have a mixing console or you have just plugged the mic straight into the PC but getting a mixing console might also help stop the mic picking up the humming aswell. Hope that kinda helps, its sometimes hard because im not sure what you have and dont have but hopefully that helps alittle. If you need anymore advice please dont hesitate to msg me anytime mate. Best wishes and talk soon.:):):):)

Oh I just have a very basic set up. An EMU 0404 USB Audio interface with an XLR Large condenser Rode NT-1 mic recording with Audacity. I can get further from the pc but then I can't press record, stop etc or read tab patricualrly easily.

Another room is not an option at the mo has to be done in here. I was away in Newcastle for a bit but I'm back sorry for another late response!

Can you not get a punch in/out switch to compensate for the distance thing when you want to get further from the pc? There should be one compatible with the set up your using.

I don't know Baz but I'll look into it

I use an old Marantz 4 track cassette. I have a drum machine, and the recorder is supposed to MIDI the drum machine but I never figured out how to program it (the Alesis drum machine). My ex-step daughter took my Fender bass, and I had to sell the Hummingbird acoustic to make a mortgage payment. I still have the Gibson doubleneck, 2 Les Pauls (the one in the avatar is actually a '60 Les Paul made when Les Paul pulled his patent on Gibson), Plus I have a Kramer "Van Halen" strat. I've got a Shure SM 58 and 3 Shure SM 57s, a direct box and the recorder has 2 imputs for the drum machine so you don't waste the 4 tracks.
I wish I had the new digital stuff so I could do bass and drums woth a keyboard and burn to disc or send through the computer. But I am old school....

Get a board, a compresser and a large band equalizer! Use the two mics or signal out if your guitar is so equiped. If you have a processer with amp selections, I have found that to be the most versatile and the board will remove the computer noise!! Use the signal out on your board as post and your computer will record very clean. And try to avoid Marshall amps if you can.... Ha.. Ha ...JJ!
Mark