Recording an Acoustic

[octatonic]

octatonic - I'm not picking up anything from the link you posted.

Do you mean the link isn't working or you can't make out the acoustic in the context of all the other elements?

[bertie]

octatonic - I'm not picking up anything from the link you posted.

its an auto download, not a stream (tut tut naughty!!)

[octatonic]

Really?
It streams on a Mac.
If you are on a PC you might need to wait for it to download until it plays.

[mellowsun]

Phil - whats the name of that bloody rag - something sunday, lazy sunday or something, I remember you posted your youtube version - at the same time I was learning it about 3 years ago......(it was a help !!! ta !!)

I thought it was a Woody Mann/ Blind Blake choon...........buggered if I can find it

Not me guv! You sure you're not thinking of something Lewy posted on Youtube? I'm not sure I know how to play a rag

[bertie]

ooh - bugger, it wasnt Lewy................ sure it was yaow ! - *mutters to self*................

[BigLicks67]

Do you mean the link isn't working or you can't make out the acoustic in the context of all the other elements?

I'm just getting an untitled empty web page and I'm using a Mac

[octatonic]

I'm just getting an untitled empty web page and I'm using a Mac

Not sure- it works fine here.
It is a direct link to the audio file- it isn't a 'webpage' per se.

[BigLicks67]

I've sussed it now, it doesn't work on Google Chrome but is fine on Safari.
As you say the acoustic is low in the mix but you can still hear the shimmer - the whole thing has a very professional vibe to it. I assume you do this for a living?

[octatonic]

I've sussed it now, it doesn't work on Google Chrome but is fine on Safari.
As you say the acoustic is low in the mix but you can still hear the shimmer - the whole thing has a very professional vibe to it. I assume you do this for a living?

Yes I do.
The role of the acoustic here is almost like a percussion piece- it provides a bit of movement in the quiet bits and gets out of the way in the rockier bits.

[Danny1969]

I find the best recorded acoustic tones are when you combine the sound of a pickup (undersaddle, magnetic, or bug) with a microphone. You get the solidity of the pickup sound with the 'air' of the mic.

Here's an example of recorded acoustic sound I'm most happy with. It was very straightforward: cheap valve mic about 2 feet away with a Schertler Basik 'bug' stuck to the soundboard. Going into a cheap mixer and then out to a Tascam stereo recorder (GT-R1).

http://soundcloud.com/phil-gooch/last-fall

That's a very good example, sounds great. As Octatonic mentioned most of it is the player and the guitar, and your playing on that is top notch

Being picky, for me maybe a tiny tiny little bit too wet but for a commercial acoustic guitar sound it's spot on