[LAU] Recording accoustic guitar and string noise

[Cassiel]

When you play guitar without recording you always "hear" some swishing...
but what you "listen" to is music.

I would never use a notch filter for that.
Killing a range of audible frequencies to avoid some natural swishes it's
not a good idea at all IMHO.

A better idea is to use the greasy skin (e.g. behind the ears :-) ) or
vaseline to lubricate the fingertips in order to minimize swishes.

r

2009/2/24 lanas <lanas at securenet.net>

> 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.
>
>  Any suggestions/ideas welcomed.
>
> Cheers.
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