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Definitely true that half the battle in matching someone's recorded sound is creating the sound in the first place, whether it's getting the tuning right or playing it well and with the same tone. In this case, I think the OP has that part down. Im still not convinced everyone's on the same page aesthetically - this is a GooGoo Dolls tune, right? Not exactly who I'd use as a reference for an acoustically pure tone. I can almost picture the studio session where they're trying to figure out how to "grunge up" the sound (they succeeded... :-))
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Absolutely is an older Goo Goo Dolls tune, but the rest of that record IMO sounds relatively raw (but they were mainly a rock band back then). In this case, I've come to the realization that my issues extend far beyond trying to emulate that environment, and as Rick pointed out, I need to experiment with what I have to get a clearer recording first, since my end goal is not to copy someone else in the long haul. I'd much rather get as natural a sound as possible out of my instruments for a majority of arrangements. Any other suggestions for the small 5x7 room? I just realized how "boomy" the room is!
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Experiment. Try playing and recording just the bass line with different mike placement within the room (the larger regular room, not the booth) and relative to the guitar. See what gives you the cleanest bass. Then when playing the actual piece keep your strumming lighter so that it does not overwhelm the bass and/or distort the sound in general. A lighter attack with attention to bringing out the bass line may give a cleaner result - you can always crank up the volume post recording.
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Thanks, glad you liked it! I record videos in a spare bedroom, 11x12, I think. It's untreated, basic carpet+drywall. I use a Zoom recorder, that video would have been the H4n (I recently upgraded to the H6), and a pair of Schoeps CMC6/Mk41 mics. I mix in my garage studio, which is heavily treated (and that's where I record things like CD tracks where I'm trying for better quality)
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I'm recording Ellis Woodward here this week. Yesterday we were shooting simple video clips for two different videos for his web site. I was XY micing Ellis and Joe with a pair of CMC641 boomed in as overheads…nothing else. On several occasions he said he really liked the way his guitar was sounding. I smiled and said, "It's the mics." Regards, Ty Ford |