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On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Cedric Roux  wrote:

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> ----- "S C Rigler"  wrote:

>> http://db.tt/TcusEbd

>> The acoustic guitars were recorded with a single AT2020 mic and the

>

> classic guitar, no?

> what processing did you put on it? (eq, reverb, compressor, whatever)

> where was the mike placed (close/far, near the hole/head, up/middle/low in

> the vertical plane)? plugged in what preamp/amp? what is your soundcard?

> (sorry, a bit of classic guitar nerdiness)

>

Haha.  I'm no pro at recording acoustic guitars (or even recording

with a microphone), so I'll do my best to describe my process.
I used two guitars; a Cordoba GK Studio for the nylon fingerstyle

parts and an Ibanez Exotic Wood series for the verses.  The mic was

about 12-18 inches away from the guitar (closer when recording the

Ibanez) and pointed at the area where the neck meets the body.
For me, recording the classical guitar is a challenge because:

1. I'm not that good at classical fingerstyle (although the experience

has inspired me to spend more time with it)

2. The dynamics have to be *exactly* correct.  If I started off

playing too quietly there was an audible "click" from the microphone

which would not be there if I put more emphasis on the first note.

Some notes are boomier than others so I would have to back off on

them.
I use a M-Audio Firewire Solo so it has a builtin pre-amp and phantom

power.  I use the compression and EQ that are builtin with MixBus.

The reverb was using Tom Szilagyi's IR LV2 plugin.
Thanks for the interest!
--Steve

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