On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Cedric Roux <sed@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ----- "S C Rigler" <riglersc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> http://db.tt/TcusEbd >> The acoustic guitars were recorded with a single AT2020 mic and the > > classic guitar, no? > what processing did you put on it? (eq, reverb, compressor, whatever) > where was the mike placed (close/far, near the hole/head, up/middle/low in > the vertical plane)? plugged in what preamp/amp? what is your soundcard? > (sorry, a bit of classic guitar nerdiness) > Haha. I'm no pro at recording acoustic guitars (or even recording with a microphone), so I'll do my best to describe my process. I used two guitars; a Cordoba GK Studio for the nylon fingerstyle parts and an Ibanez Exotic Wood series for the verses. The mic was about 12-18 inches away from the guitar (closer when recording the Ibanez) and pointed at the area where the neck meets the body. For me, recording the classical guitar is a challenge because: 1. I'm not that good at classical fingerstyle (although the experience has inspired me to spend more time with it) 2. The dynamics have to be *exactly* correct. If I started off playing too quietly there was an audible "click" from the microphone which would not be there if I put more emphasis on the first note. Some notes are boomier than others so I would have to back off on them. I use a M-Audio Firewire Solo so it has a builtin pre-amp and phantom power. I use the compression and EQ that are builtin with MixBus. The reverb was using Tom Szilagyi's IR LV2 plugin. Thanks for the interest! --Steve _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
