It’s been quite a while since I did a recording/music blog. But check this out. I’ve had this track setting on my Maxtor outboard drive for a few months. It’s a pop rock arrangement that was done to test my then-new microphone setup. Here are the techniques I used:
- Recorded two acoustic guitar tracks with XY close condensers. One pointed at the neck, the other at the bridge. One acoustic has a capo so it has that mandolin-ish sound.
- Recorded the drums on stereo track with four mics: XY overhead, inside kick, and close snare (AKG D88).
- Added software-generated keyboard pad.
- Added electric guitar and bass guitar tracks, direct to the mixer.
- Minimal compression on everything except the drums (hence the cymbals sound a little “dark”).
- A little reverb on the master track.
Tell me what you think after you have a listen.
It is really good. Will you be making it available via Creative Commons (on, say, PodSafeAudio.com)?
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