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Little Improv Piece....
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
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Sounds really nice.
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That's an excellent recording and the guitar sounds wonderful. Thanks! Glad you posted....... . OOPS! Great playing as well!!!
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Wish I could improv like that. It was beautiful.
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Beautiful piece of music. Enjoy the style, thanks for posting it.
Jerry
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That sounds really really good
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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?
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Malcolm Last edited by Malcolm; 06-13-2009 at 05:00 PM. |
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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!
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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. |
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Smooth top end. You recall what setting did you use on the VSS?
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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
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