Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] YAR (Yet Another Recording)
From: Austin (aacton_AT_yorku.ca)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 05:15:12 EET
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 18:42 -0800, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> The acoustic sounds like it
> was detuned and slightly out or used a capo? Or out with the
> piano...something sounds just a sqeak off there...
Heh.. yeah. We broke a B string just before recording and only had a G
string to replace it with, so the higher he played on the fretboard the
more out of tune it went. Hard to fix at 1:00 AM.
The guitar should be rerecorded anyway. We mic'd it really close with a
large diaphram condenser (amateurs!) so it came out too boomy with no
ambiance. And in parts it almost sounds like a banjo and I have no idea
why. I'm also hoping to pick up an all-tube preamp/compressor before we
do that. That was just done with the preamp on a cheap (LTO) mixer.
> I'm a less is more kinda guy...I'd keep the guitar and sink the piano
> way back in the mix...even replace with some strings?
Well, I played the keys, so I would have kept them and put less bass and
a bit less vocals, but Joey mixed most of it without me. ;-)
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 20:14 -0600, Reuben Martin wrote:
> Very nice. You might want to try to turn down the reverb on the piano
> a bit so that it has more of a crisp sound to it. (or turn down the
> synth. I can't tell if what I'm hearing is reverb on the piano or if
> you you have a pad syth playing the same thing as the piano) This
> will be crucial if you apply any type of compressing in the mastering
> stage because you might start to loose definition on the piano. Just
> a suggestion. Otherwise very well done. :-)
It's a pad, and yes, it's too loud. We're going to rerecord the keys
anyway, because we mad a stupid mistake during recording and ended up
recording both channels on the same track (essentially mono-fying the
beautiful Roland waveforms). Originally, we had the voice sample (heard
in the last chorus) doubling the piano, but it was too much, so we
settled on a pad. It's still almost too much too. Maybe I'll go to
just very mild strings.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Austin
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