[LAU] Balancing volume between smooth and popping bass

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 16:29 -0500, lanas wrote:
> All,
> 
>   I'm looking for a way to balance the sound between regular playing
> and pop/push type of playing on a accoustic bass guitar.  The guitar is
> both miked (M-Audio pulsar) and has a balanced line-in for the embedded
> pick-up (of not very good quality as it lacks picking up the high
> notes).  That's two stereo tracks in Ardour as I feed both mono signal
> in the right and left of each track.  Maybe I shouldn't do that.
> 
>   In any case, the push/pop notes are blasting when compared to
> regular playing.  A bit of blasting is OK, but there's too much
> contrast now.
> 
>   Is there a receipe in recording techniques that addresses that kind
> of configuration and enables control over the loudness difference
> from a sinle intrument in a single take ?  
> 
>   Any ideas/suggestions appreciated,
> 
> Cheers.

Speaking from theoretical knowledge, wouldn't compression give a more
even feel to the recording? Of course you'd need to lower your input
volume to give headroom for the push/pop notes.