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Old 12-19-2006, 09:14 PM
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Trying to get a good acoustic recorded tone.. Opinions


Just trying to get a good acoustic recorded tone, so let me have it TONE WISE not my playing which I know sucks..

Is it good, ok, horrible.. etc..

Thanks
Brett

http://www.ibanezpodxt.com/Test2.mp3
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Old 12-19-2006, 09:21 PM
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sounds good to me
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Old 12-19-2006, 10:30 PM
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stop playing and finish your Ibanez project!
lol, j.k
The tone sounds good, maybe add some reverb or an echo?
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Old 12-19-2006, 10:36 PM
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depends. To me, it sounds great, but not amazing. Go for something like piezo sounding
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Old 12-19-2006, 11:03 PM
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I'd make it brighter. It almost sounds like a classical. Not bad though.
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Old 12-19-2006, 11:27 PM
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Re: Trying to get a good acoustic recorded tone.. Opinions


some one PM'ed me asking me what im using..

Line6 Variax on the Martin D28 Model

into

Line6 TonePort

into

Audacity for OSX

No postwork was done it was a direct recording and then encoded to mp3
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Old 12-19-2006, 11:44 PM
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Nice tone! I love it IC
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Old 12-20-2006, 02:17 AM
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Re: Trying to get a good acoustic recorded tone.. Opinions


Well, I don't know what your recording environment consists of, but for mics, I used to put an AKG 414 about 6-12 inches away from the sound hole and just slightly back towards the bridge. Moving it closer to the bridge will give a slightly brighter sound. Near the neck, I would put a Shure SM81 aimed toward the nut or the first fret area. On occassion, I might run an old Nueman tube mic in the room, but just be careful to make sure you aren't out of phase. Has to be a sizeable room though. I'd suggest recording in your bathroom if possible.

Now, one other important thing with recording acoustic is to run compression. Acoustics are a tough beast to tame because the dynamics are all over the place. Not sure what you have available for compression.

What makes recording acoustic really tough is that to do it well is a two man/three man job. Ultimately, if you can have a separate recording environment, an engineer and a soundtech to move the mic placement while you play, that would be great. I feel your pain. I used to have to set up an environment in the studio when I recorded, hit record, run into the studio, play, come back, listen to playback, go back and move mics, run back, hit record, run back, play, run back, etc.....get the picture?

Also, there are a number of acoustic preamps (if you have a built in pickup) that do a pretty good job. I've got a piezo in my bridge and the Korg Toneworks AX10 for the acoustic guitar does a really good job for direct recording.
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Old 12-20-2006, 02:19 AM
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depends. To me, it sounds great, but not amazing. Go for something like piezo sounding
As far as im concerned, piezo is only good for playing live when you dont have a choice, in the studio micing is the only way to go.
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