Little Improv Piece....

Sunbreak · #1 06-13-2009, 12:41 PM

Greetings,
I don't think I've ever posted a clip here before, so it's probably about time.

A friend asked me to spend some time with a Gauge 87 microphone, so I just set it up and started noodling with a few ideas. I would have normally Eq'd it some to adjust for the bassy tone, but that wasn't the exercise.

It's a Larrivee D10 custom into the Gauge 87 into a True Systems P2 analog with reverb from TC's VSS3 (no EQ or compression). I really liked the overall tone very much....many things are sounding too bright for my ears these days (usually as a result of the presence boost from the typical Chinese manufactured mics), but this settled about where I wanted it.

www.sunbreakmusic.com/uploads/87_acoustic.mp3

Cass

FutureFolkie · #2 06-13-2009, 12:47 PM

Sounds really nice.

66strummer · #3 06-13-2009, 02:21 PM

That's an excellent recording and the guitar sounds wonderful. Thanks! Glad you posted.......

. OOPS! Great playing as well!!!

Guit Hacker · #4 06-13-2009, 02:35 PM

Wish I could improv like that. It was beautiful.

solarix · #5 06-13-2009, 02:36 PM

Beautiful piece of music. Enjoy the style, thanks for posting it.

Jerry

min7b5 · #6 06-13-2009, 03:02 PM

That sounds really really good

Bob1131 · #7 06-13-2009, 04:32 PM

Very nice noodling!! I like the warm sound of the guitar and really enjoyed your playing. Thanks for posting this. BTW - was that in standard tuning or did you use an alternate?

Malcolm · #8 06-13-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunbreak

..... so I just set it up and started noodling with a few ideas.

Great noodling. Care to talk about those "few ideas", i.e. what were you using as a guide or central theme.

Malcolm

rmyAddison · #9 06-14-2009, 07:08 AM

Cass,

Really nice tone! An interesting brooding piece, very mellow.

Can't believe the price on that Gauge 87, lot of mike for the money!

shawlie · #10 06-14-2009, 02:32 PM

The guitar/mic sound great - love the song, too.

I'm a bit of a sucker for that kind of music - all the pretty things going on, just makes me happy to hear it. I'm a huge fan of William Ackerman's old stuff, kind of reminds me of it in a way somehow (but different).

It inspires, thanks for posting it.

rick-slo · #11 06-14-2009, 03:00 PM

Smooth top end. You recall what setting did you use on the VSS?

Sunbreak · #12 06-14-2009, 03:26 PM

Thanks for the listens, everyone!

Let's see here...the tuning is (low to high) Eb G# C G Bb Eb It's one of those "vibey" tuning where you just strum it open and things happen.

I liked the fat lower mids that I got--everyone seems to want to gut that region these days (and trust me--I know ;-)). I'd move it a little more off axis to get rid of that proximity, then I think that's where I'd want it.

Yep--that mic is $149, so I guess I'll have to buy one. I don't have any affiliation with the company at all (otherwise I'd demand one!), but I get irritated sometimes because us fingerpickin' types don't ever get any soundclips! Always with the strumming, but I digress...

I'll have to check on the reverb settings--if you've got a VSS3 I can send you the patch if you pm me with an addy. One thing I'm sure about is rolling off the verb around 400hz or so with a faster decay time so I can get that sustain on the top end and keep the mud out. Probably a 4 second decay time.

I'll probably develop this stuff into an actual coherent piece, but it seems to help me to record things and then go listen to see where I could have gone. I was heavily influenced by the early Windham Hill sound like many of us, so any of those comparisons are flattering.

I haven't written anything for guitar in a long time, but hanging out here has really inspired me to get my act together! Thanks again for your time.

CAA