Whoa... thanks for the great comments. There are two rhythm guitar parts. Tracked separately, but played nearly identical. Both tracked with the Martin and an AT 3035 mic. One part panned 70% left, the other 70% right. A little compression applied to smooth out the peaks. The little solo intro was also tracked with the 3035, no panning. In all cases, I set the mic a little above the level of the sound hole. The mic points straight ahead, level to the ground. The guitar is about 8-10 inches from the mic. The guitar is angled upward slightly. So, the mic is not pointed straight toward the sound hole, but the sound hole is pointed straight toward the mic.
The bass was produced with a synth. I knew I needed something to fill the down beats since the guitars were going to be all off beat. So, I decided on bass, found a free synth, and produced several individual notes. I then just pasted them all together into a complete track. The initial notes sounded to me, well… synthesized. I EQd the heck out of it in an attempt to make it more acoustic sounding. Still, when louder, it sounds synthesized, so I dropped the volume.
All of the instrument (mono) tracks were then mixed into one stereo track.
The vocal was done with the Studio Projects C1 mic. Home made, nylon stocking pop screen. Some compression applied. And, a little reverb applied with
the Glaceverb VST. The instrument track then mixed with the vocal track to produce one near-final stereo track.
Now, over the last year, I’ve made dozens of recordings similar to this. All of them just so-so recordings, IMHO. They have sounded, ah… home-made. The difference this time is the application of mastering effects. This recording is the first time I’ve used them. Stereo, multi-band EQ, reverb, harmonics, and stereo imaging VST effects. Completely changes the sound of the whole thing. Much more “pro” sounding.
Lastly, convert the stereo final-final 24/96 track to a 16/44 .wav file and a 16/44, 128bps .mp3 for Soundclick. That's pretty much it.
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