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Old 09-14-2017, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by vindibona1 View Post
Thanks for the replies. They shed some light on the situation.
Well I do have a DAW that can provide eq adjustment I think for the moment I want to get as close to being good as possible before I make any electronic adjustments. So I have simply been recording into Audacity.

Yes the bass cut does clean things up quite a bit. As a newbie I was surprised and in a way it invalidates my previous recordings.
Except of course (if you think about it objectively) using the low cut on the mic is an "electronic adjustment" with the single filter curve rolling off of 12 db per octave, starting at 300 hz (as Fran stated) which is then printed into the guitar track audio, and non reversible.

So in reality you already have made and "electronic adjustment" and you do not not really know if that rolloff curve is in fact as "good as possible ". While that curve could be the optimum one for your situation, it is also a fact that filtering starting at different frequency could be more optimum (without experimenting you are only guessing) . The ability to experiment with that is one of the great advantages of digital recording. Also not that I am not familiar with Audacity but actual type of EQ it offers is pretty important also, because it needs to be the type that allows you select the frequency/s buy number and the type of curve to be of any real advantage over the the low cut filter on the mic ..... Something to think about .
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