- Again: No tonedexter in this post -
Hi Dannyg1,
Doug Young was using his own guitar and:
* TA Amulet
* UA audio interface
* Very expensive studio mics in stereo.
The recordings were made straight to the audio interface. No amp. No mic.
Here it's more a live situation.
I use a Martin D-18 (2012)
* Martin strings Phosphor Bronze SP Medium (non coated)
* LR Baggs Lyric
* CAE Boost (homemade)
* EPSI IR
* SR Tech JAM 150 +
* Zoom H2 recording in mp3.
* Audacity cut on the begining of file (so mp3 compression again)
The IR is done with more affordable things (mine)
* DPA 4099G in mono (it is a clip-on mic not really studio quality)
* Focusrite scarlet 2i2 (v1)
* The process is almost the same that for DougYoung before fine tuning. (low cut, a bit of blending with a crossover and ringing correction)
A lot of the quality is lost in today's signal chain (When I've sent a wav file to MartinGitdave it sounded better on his JBL.)
The recording is done in my garage... Not the best acoustic either.
To conclude the best is your mic, audio interface, studio room, guitar skills... The best it actually sounds
Note: Comparing both I think Buzzardwhisky samples sound better than mine...
It means I have to work again on the process
However it could be my crappy playing since even the K&K raw sample sounds better... Then I would have to work even harder