> >Im actually working on something at the mo with a live guitarist on an acoustic - but its not a electo - accostic - any idea how I can >best capture the sound - I can borrow a couple of mic but I've no idea how to get a good sound.
- Just go for it, there's no teacher like experience. Besides it's >really< easy. - If it sounds good, it is good. Always use your own taste, and ears - there's no 'right way' - You're best bet would be to mess around with the mics and guitar on your own for a while, before trying to track anything, - For an acoustic guitar, the closer to the neck you place the mic, the 'treblier' the sound, the closest ot the neck, the deeper and more 'bassy'. Just like a pickup. - Depending on the sound you are trying to catch, and the tone of the guitar, you can either go for a really dry close up micing - around the sound hole, with one mic, and perhaps a second mic further away, to get a bit of the room as well. I've seen people mic at the headstock too. You'll only find the sound you want by experimenting. If you can record in 24 bit, you'll be able to add compression and eq after the fact without losing much dynamic clarity. This allows you to experiment with the 'engineering' side of the process separately from the 'recording' side. If you're running Cubase SX, and have a suffiecitnely low latency system, you'll can monitor effects withough actually printing them. This >totally< rocks, especially on Vocals and Guitars. For vocals, you can give the singer a nice compressed tone, so they can hear themselves, and perhaps some wetness, if they want, and then totally change it all later. For guitar (or in my case, stick), you can record totally clean, while monitoring distortion and effects, and then change the distortion and effects settings afterwards. >Hmm maybe - I've never really looked at a live vocalist before, and i've never had any experience with recording vocals. Infact >I havent even got a mic !!! ; ) I think you mate Emily or someone elseson the list was going to send us some vocal samples but >I never heard anything from her - I might get back onto her again. > There's really no magic to it. It's easy! The main problem is finding someone with talent. I've been recording a really great jazz girl in my bedroom lately. Check it out: http://www.groovetronica.com/audio/hotterthanthesun.mp3 Sorry, no drum and bass. All the drum and bas I've written so far really sucked :> But, all the drums are straight off the 160db sample cd :> This is an early mix - I have a list of 30 things that need fixing. But please, if you listen, let me know how the mix sounds on your system. Jonathan --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
