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Old 05-11-2018, 04:18 PM
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Default Recording Classical Guitar: Sage Advice from Engineers

http://classicalguitarmagazine.com/r...eid=f277a5b88d
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Old 05-11-2018, 04:43 PM
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The authors more specific advice:

http://classicalguitarmagazine.com/recording/
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Old 05-11-2018, 09:08 PM
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Interesting read. Some very expensive gear that was mentioned.
Norbert mikes are quite far away and his recordings therefore sound
somewhat more distant then I prefer. Ricardo Marui gets closer to the
sound I like. I would opine that classical guitars are easier to get an at
least a good quality recording of than are flattop guitars where there is
all that metallic sizzle to try and keep from being harsh sounding.

In the almost always less than ideal room acoustics faced by the home
recordist it is more of a challenge to get the sound you want.
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Old 05-12-2018, 07:45 PM
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thanks! great stuff....i've been using a little tascam digital 8-track with two integral OMNI mics--and NO OTHER GEAR (the recorder also has EQ/compression/reverbs/editing/mastering built-in)..

and have been pleased with the results...

and here i learn my 'rig' is a low-cost version of what the pros prefer for nylon string guitar...

YAY!! so, i'm not TOO much of an idiot...i am so relieved

side note: why l prefer stand-alone units--like the tascam--to computer-based recording: because these little units ARE computers, but computers designed for one thing only: recording music.

and they have actual dials and knobs--cleverly disguised to look and feel like old-school 'analog recorders/mixers'...

and they use the old-school terminology for the functions.....

look ma, no mouse-clicking!...look ma, WAY MORE AFFORDABLE!!..look ma, it's the size of a book, can take it anywhere, can run on batteries! etc.

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