Haha ... and I was asking a friend the other day if it was possible to INSERT that sound into a midi patch :) The answer, so far, has been "no". Honestly, I think a little bit of string and fret noise usually adds to the sound. lanas wrote: > Hi all, > > Regarding recording accoustic guitars (regular steel string and bass) > is there a trick of some sort to minimize the sound of fingers sometimes > swishing on the strings ? A bit of Finger Ease gets rid of some, but > there's some of that sound that still creeps from time to time. Proper > technique might not always be a solution. I'm more thinking along the > lines of some notch filter but have no idea of the frequency (nor which > filter in Ardour) to use, that is, if it's worth a try. I use a > M-Audio microphone, which might not be the best, but then I'd need some > convincing to believe that a top quality mic would actually do > something concerning this. Perhaps better focus on the sound source. -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user