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First time today to track my Taylor 114CE-N. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time, so just set up one LDC like I usually do for steel string acoustic.
One thing I noticed that its considerably more dynamic (could be my sloppy finger picking), even if the 'regular' volume is less, so have to be careful not to set the pre too high, or it clips when there's a loud 'plunk'.
First 2 tracks were the rhythm part (finger played and strummed), with one of those just being a replaying of the bridge.
Then 21 takes of a 22 second lead part! The main instrument on the track is a piano, playing a simple arppegiated part. I quickly found out that playing the lead on the top strings really conflicted with the piano, so had to move the whole lead down to the lower 4 strings (played up in the 5-9th fret area). 21 takes not because I was messing up, but it took me that long to get something that melded into the piano part without playing against it.
Of course, how it mixes together will be a whole 'nother story!
One thing I noticed that its considerably more dynamic (could be my sloppy finger picking), even if the 'regular' volume is less, so have to be careful not to set the pre too high, or it clips when there's a loud 'plunk'.
First 2 tracks were the rhythm part (finger played and strummed), with one of those just being a replaying of the bridge.
Then 21 takes of a 22 second lead part! The main instrument on the track is a piano, playing a simple arppegiated part. I quickly found out that playing the lead on the top strings really conflicted with the piano, so had to move the whole lead down to the lower 4 strings (played up in the 5-9th fret area). 21 takes not because I was messing up, but it took me that long to get something that melded into the piano part without playing against it.
Of course, how it mixes together will be a whole 'nother story!
