Re: [LAU] Balancing volume between smooth and popping bass

From: Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Jan 13 2010 - 00:41:20 EET

On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 16:29 -0500, lanas wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm looking for a way to balance the sound between regular playing
> and pop/push type of playing on a accoustic bass guitar. The guitar is
> both miked (M-Audio pulsar) and has a balanced line-in for the embedded
> pick-up (of not very good quality as it lacks picking up the high
> notes). That's two stereo tracks in Ardour as I feed both mono signal
> in the right and left of each track. Maybe I shouldn't do that.
>
> In any case, the push/pop notes are blasting when compared to
> regular playing. A bit of blasting is OK, but there's too much
> contrast now.
>
> Is there a receipe in recording techniques that addresses that kind
> of configuration and enables control over the loudness difference
> from a sinle intrument in a single take ?
>
> Any ideas/suggestions appreciated,
>
> Cheers.

Speaking from theoretical knowledge, wouldn't compression give a more
even feel to the recording? Of course you'd need to lower your input
volume to give headroom for the push/pop notes.

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