Stephen Arndt
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:26:11 -0800
Hello, all! Like many others, I'm sure, I have greatly enjoyed listening to the recordings and seeing the videos of professionals like Rob M., David van O., and David T. Recently Rob expressed the desire that more people would share their recordings, and though he may not have had in mind rank amateurs like myself, having just learned how to upload a file with YouSendIt, I thought I would give it a try. I have been playing through the Barbe Manuscript, and the piece I have recorded is the first, a Canon by Gaultier. For those interested in the details, my 70/74 cm. bass rider lute is strung all in gut with trebles and octaves from Aquila and pistoy and gimped basses from Gamut. I used an Edirol R-1 24-bit recorder, an M-Audio Duo preamp, and an NTK Rode NTK microphone (something the guy in the guitar shop sold me before I read David Taylor's advice). I increased the gain and ran the file through the "Stereo Ambience Signal Only" of the Channel Blender of DC Art 6. I have no idea what that function does, but up until I tried it for the first time a few days ago, my recordings sounded horribly tinny. Now the sound quality is much better, though the uploaded version is still not as good as the original. I apologize in advance if anyone gets an ear-bleed from listening to my playing. Suggestions on recording techniques or ways to improve my playing are welcomed. If everything works correctly, you should be receiving an upload notification from YouSendIt. In case you don't, you can cut and paste the following link into you browser: http://download.yousendit.com/0BA2D4B221E16301 My thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to listen. Best regards, Stephen Arndt -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html