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I usually play both acoustic and electric guitar, bass, various percussion, and drum pads. That is my current line up most of the time. I also do vocals, though not well. I have to multi-track them because I don't have a great voice, but multi-tracked I can sound okay enough. I have keyboard but...

I am a Tascam guy, but I realize that for editing and mixing tracks, a DAW offers far more choices. However, I am DAW challenged. I have tried them and I find them very confusing. I am not into using MIDI at all (the closest thing to MIDI I use is Yamaha electronic drum pads (and occasionally a...

Really, the best you can do is just try to play it in the same style. Get a good sounding tambourine and play it a few feet from the mic. A condenser might help get a bright sound. To do more would be a waste of time and effort.

I listen to the first run through of the vocals in my cans while I do my doubling. Sometimes I might pan it off to the right or left and put the vocal I am recording on the other side or in the center (when tracking only. I like to put them together in the center later) so I can hear them apart...

I think he did "Maybe I'm Amazed" at EMI (Abbey Road) in Feb. 1970 but I think most of the rest was done at home. He knew "Maybe I'm Amazed" was special. Geoff Emerick did not work for EMI in 1970, he worked for Apple, which Paul wanted nothing to do with by that point. Emerick, after he left...

I almost always multi-track my vocals because my voice sounds really weak without it, just terrible really. But once i got the hang of doing it, I do it all the time. And like you, it was the Beatles that turned me onto the practice. I especially like on the earlier albums when they did it for...

If you are recording a 9 piece live band in a room with a condenser mic, or any live mics, there will be bleed. but that isn't bad, persay. I say just let them do their thing. Back in the day, bands played live in the studio and there was bleed all over the place. But a lot of the recordings...

I don't have a good singing voice but I sing on my own recordings. The secret for weak vocalists: double track your lead vocals and add a third track if necessary for harmony parts. If you can, throw a little slap echo on. I call it "the John Lennon"---double tracked with slap echo. Adds...

my answer that i originally wrote doesn't apply because you were talking about speaking, not singing. Never mind.

First, like the others said, all the technology in the world can't do the same for you as a decent player/singer and decent acoustics. But if you do want a vintage vibe, get a Martin Dreadnaught or a Gibson Jumbo and put him/her in front of a good condenser mic. In fact, one of the things that...

Try using as the Shure 57s and 58s (or other dynamic microphones) on the instruments, close up, while using the U87 to pick up the whole group as one, set above or in the middle of a circle or somewhere where you can get a good natural mix of all the instruments together.

9th chords are often a "jazzy" way of playing a 7th chord in a blues progression. At least that is how I often use them. Easy substitute. Try using them instead of 7ths on your IV or V chords in a blues progression.

A Shure 58 is a "shure" bet. Great vocal mic and not expensive. I often use my Shure 58 over a condenser for my own vocals.

Personally, I almost always use an acoustic rhythm guitar when I record. I often overdub electric rhythm and/or lead too, but I like the way an acoustic colors and fills out the space. With electric rhythm, you often have to mute or play more restrained because just the nature of the instrument...