Dear David
I am back from a break in the UK. I find your experiments very
interesting. I notice a strange difference between the first three
Left - Centre - Right. To my ears the Left and Right ones sound
slower than the centre one. Of course that could be you (you are
obviously not a robot), but my hunch is that there is some other
reason. Perhaps, more of the information is coming as an echo in the
off centre ones, and this I am somehow interpreting this as slowing
down.
Dear Mark
I like this in spite of the frequency cut due to MP3. There is quite
a good atmosphere coming from the room, and the absence of added
reverb or E.Q. makes for a clear lively sound.
I fear that there is no way round the MP3 high frequency cut-out. It
can not be up to analogical Nagra tape standards, but it has not made
the sound too metallic, which it often does.
You have not stated what Firewire interface or mics you are using.
Are they the ones suggested by David Tayler, including the Saffire
Firewire interface.
I have noticed that Firewire is definitely superior for photographic
attachments than the equivalent USB, I imagine the same would be true
of sound recordings.
A built in preamp to the Firewire interface is very convenient, and
most people will adopt that, although an independent analogical
preamp can be excellent.
I am sure many musicians are thanking you for putting your
experiments online to help others choose suitable equipment. Plucked
instruments are very difficult to record adequately, and as well as
the equipment used, the distance and position of the microphones, as
well as the room acoustics are very difficult for an "amateur" to
contend with.
However, I believe there are more and more recordings being made and
sold in this way, and in many cases, unfortunately, they do not
really do credit to the performer.
There are not many musicians who are willing to experiment with
equipment and room positioning, and in most cases, a sound engineer
should do better a job. Although, many do not, adding too much reverb
and recording from too far or too close in relation to the particular
instrument.
Indeed, if a musician can acquire at least some of the skills of a
sound engineer, they do have the distinct advantage of knowing
exactly what sound they want to produce, and a lack of knowledge in
relation to electronic reverb and E.Q. can be a distinct advantage,
in my opinion, the less the recording is manipulated, the better.
Good luck with your continued experiments.
Regards
Anthony
Le 11 août 07 à 18:06, LGS-Europe a écrit :
> More home recording experiments. It is warm today, I'm tired from
> yesterday's trip to Belgium but I had an hour to spare, so I've
> recorded
> Greensleeves (anon and Cutting in three different ways, added
> reverb to what
> I think was the best setup, and uploaded all for you to judge.
>
> Listen at:
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> http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/david/homerecordings_f.html
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> David
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