9 May
2011
9 May
'11
2:56 p.m.
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Cedric Roux <sed(a)free.fr> wrote:
----- "S C Rigler"
<riglersc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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
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)