Most of the instrumentals I've been writing lately have been on my acoustic guitar and I'd like to start putting them together on an album. The songs are solo works, but I do plan to layer two acoustic-guitar tracks and perhaps a 3rd track (I’ll probably record this first) containing wind chimes and other ambient effects. The thing is though, I've a strong feeling that recoding via a reel to reel would help color this sound nicely. It is difficult to describe what I'm after exactly - not noise, but something like the sound quality of 60's and 70's films perhaps - like the reverberated sound made by gunshots in old clint eastwood westerns : ).
Also how could I go about investigating the different colorations available with different Reel to Reel models - what artists today are still committed to vintage analog recording and what models do they use.
What models should I look out for and which should I avoid, Revox seen quite popular? And what mikes and mike pres would work well with these. Perhaps some of you guys are using vintage recorders and have some of your recordings online.
Anyway, I'm totally lost, so if anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Also some of you might be feeling quite cynical about my remark above regarding the clint eastwood sound - and tell me to go out and buy the cheapest, raggedy old recorder I can find - but its a vintage sound I'm after and I guess I'm finding it difficult to explain it exactly - maybe someone will undestand what I'm on about. I'm basically trying to add character to the sound.
Thanks.
Also, heres a link to a song that is along the lines of what im talking about - ive no idea how it was recorded though.
Hairpiece Lullaby by Sonic Youth
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/sea...e4dc&searchType=0&searchStr=Hairpiece+Lullaby
Also how could I go about investigating the different colorations available with different Reel to Reel models - what artists today are still committed to vintage analog recording and what models do they use.
What models should I look out for and which should I avoid, Revox seen quite popular? And what mikes and mike pres would work well with these. Perhaps some of you guys are using vintage recorders and have some of your recordings online.
Anyway, I'm totally lost, so if anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Also some of you might be feeling quite cynical about my remark above regarding the clint eastwood sound - and tell me to go out and buy the cheapest, raggedy old recorder I can find - but its a vintage sound I'm after and I guess I'm finding it difficult to explain it exactly - maybe someone will undestand what I'm on about. I'm basically trying to add character to the sound.
Thanks.
Also, heres a link to a song that is along the lines of what im talking about - ive no idea how it was recorded though.
Hairpiece Lullaby by Sonic Youth
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/sea...e4dc&searchType=0&searchStr=Hairpiece+Lullaby