Test recording - how does the guitar sound on your system?

scotty_b · #1 July 18th, 2006

Hi guys
This is just a test, and I would appreciate some feedback on the tone. The playing was just me mucking around on an idea that popped into my head when I was positioning the mic.
For this I used the pickup and a mic, and blended the two together. It sounds OK on my system, but I would like to know how it sounds on yours. Speaker response varies so much.
The guitar was recorded without EQ or compression, and nothing was added after I mixed it down.
Thanks for your help.

joe_strummer · #2 July 18th, 2006

Sounds good scotty, on my system it goes very slightly louder on the right speaker, nice and clear though, neat playin

allthumbs · #3 July 18th, 2006

What Joe said.

Rockerbob · #4 July 18th, 2006

It sounds good to me. It has a bit of that "pickup" sound, but not much.

Jim · #5 July 18th, 2006

Hey scotty!

It sounds really good to me! Nice and crisp and clear, with great bass.

I'm using headphones at work, just as a point of reference for you.

Jim

D-Dawn · #6 July 18th, 2006

Great bass is right!! Sounds fantastic...very clear!

737blues · #7 July 18th, 2006

Sounds nice on my system. I generally use headphones too.

nowhere-man · #8 July 18th, 2006

Very clear for me Scotty, with very good tone.
The playing is great as well by the way.

cshude · #9 July 18th, 2006

Ditto- the sound is really good for being unprocessed and that is some nice playing! That something you made up or are there TABS out there for it?

Misty2u · #10 July 18th, 2006

Sounding good here also .............pc built-in speakers here.
Great stuff Scotty

macmoondoggie · #11 July 18th, 2006

I think using the pickup gives the tone a little more bite in a positive way. I have found that you have to watch out for phase problems when using that technique, but to me it sure sounds good.

allthumbs · #12 July 18th, 2006

I don't know if this can be adjusted to work for acoustic. Use a shure57 to mike the guitar or amp and a condenser mike out in the room to catch how the room shapes the sound.

scotty_b · #13 July 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by cshude

Ditto- the sound is really good for being unprocessed and that is some nice playing! That something you made up or are there TABS out there for it?

hey thanks
It is just something I made up. I have been thinking about a melody and some lyrics but nothing worthwhile has come along yet.

scotty_b · #14 July 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by allthumbs

I don't know if this can be adjusted to work for acoustic. Use a shure57 to mike the guitar or amp and a condenser mike out in the room to catch how the room shapes the sound.

I think that can work very well in a good sounding room. Tommy Emmanuel records with 4 mics and the pickup.
My room however sounds awful!
I have moved my recording setup downstairs and onto the other side of my townhouse to try and get away from my neighbours complaints. Acoustic guitar isn;t that loud anyway, especially if played with the fingers, so there shouldn't be a problem. My sax is another story.
A friend of mine has a couple of rooms in her house that sound great. Lots of timber, the reflections sound wonderful there. At the moment I am just using a close micing technique to avoid the room, though I am interested in this product at the moment http://www.ambertech.com.au/feature.php?articleID=622. I have called them and asked for a demo model to be sent to the music shop I work for. That could help a lot.
I am going to try recording again with a second mic on the guitar as well, and then mix the three sounds together and see how that goes.
Thanks very much for your responses.

allthumbs · #15 July 18th, 2006

Looking forward to it Scotty.