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edverb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:02:58 -0800

A composition for acoustic guitar.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:22:24 -0800

Very nice!

By: edlundart

edlundart — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:34:16 -0800

Wow, that is a kickass guitar recording. And the playing isn't exactly rotten either.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:20:17 -0800

That's just some really sweet guitar playing. Excuse me while I go listen to it again!

By: edverb

edverb — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:03:43 -0800

Thanks all for your kind comments!

I recorded this a few years ago. The recording comprises of doubletracking the piece (played on an Ovation roundback with .09-.46 Ernie Balls on it -- actually electric strings) in back to back takes. The takes were captured in stereo with two condenser mics -- one a Rode NT1 aimed at the soundhole and the other an Audio Technica Midnight Blue hi-hat mic near the bridge -- through a BlueTube preamp.

(It's all budget stuff -- the key to getting a good sound I think is to really experiment with mic placement...I probably spent more time adjusting the mic placement and listening through headphones to find the sweet spots than I did actually recording the takes or mixing it.)

The mic layout and double tracking leads to a natural chorus effect. I wanted it to sound as naked as possible, so there's no compression or studio sweetening. If I remember correctly, there isn't even any reverb, it's just the natural room sound. The two resulting stereo tracks were panned wide, EQ'd a wee bit, then bounced and normalized.

By: jan murray

jan murray — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:42 -0800

Very nice indeed.

And thanks for the background info.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:17:23 -0800

As every one else already said, the recording is really good and the performance is great. I had the luck of listening to it for the first time after you explained how you did it, and I gotta say the explanation is also awesome. Congrats.