I could use some help, please...

[stevecuss]

Bald head acoustical reflections. Yes!!!


Steve

Originally Posted by WeddingGuy

fwiw...

the mic placement that I ended up with has the mic about 1.5 feet in front of my bald forehead angled down towards the soundhole. I tried about 10 different locations last night and this seems to decrease boominess and increase string separation and definition.

[WeddingGuy]

Thank you all for the suggestions. I did get to experiment the other day with an X/Y configuration with the mics. This coming week, I'll try to get a recording going of the two of us in the living room again.

It's a pain, of course, to move the recording studio. I'm about ready to "punt" and try moving either to a church or the local high school band rehearsal room to see what would happen, if anything.

Fran, I am going to try to get the mics re-configured and try to balance with instrument arrangement, as per your suggestion.

Lately, I've been so flabbergasted by the sound that THIS GUY is getting, that nothing I'm doing even sounds close!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDEmpjJo8_8

So, you can hear that forehead glare, eh?

'til later,

[SeamusORiley]

Originally Posted by WeddingGuy

I made some recordings yesterday morning in my living room.

I'm using an AKG Perception 200 -- one each on the guitar and the cello -- and going into an Apogee Duet and then Garageband on a MacBookPro.

In the next couple days, I'm going to try again with different mic placement. Would you guys with good ears take a listen and let me know what I can improve upon. I'd love some input. I'd say I'm semi-pleased with the result, but not thoroughly. I hear a lot of room for improvement, but don't know where to start, exactly.

And let me say that, YES, money is an object. I really don't have much. I'm hoping to keep my expenditures down.

Thank you,
Kevin Riley

You've Got A Friend in Me
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When I'm 64
http://soundcloud.com/four-on-six/when-im-64

I LOVE "When I'm 64"....awesome.

[WeddingGuy]

Thank you!