Could some folks listen to this and tell me how to get better guitar sound?
"http://www.arches.uga.edu/~nmlong/Nathan Long - Fun Tonight.mp3"
(If the link doesn't work, type it in just like that and it should. If it still doesn't, type in all of it through nmlong (the ~ is above the tab on my keyboard) and hit enter. Then click on "listen to samples" and scroll down to "Fun Tonight.")
I am using a Fender acoustic guitar, both miced with a Shure SM-58 and run out through the pickup, in my Boss ME-30 effects processor, where it got a bit of compression and I think that's it. The two signals were then mixed left and right through my Behringer MXB1002 mixer, and I'm not sure what the EQ settings were at the time.
The pickup has three knobs, one is V for volume, next is T for tone (I've experimented with this), and the other is N, which as far as I can tell, means Nothing because I can't hear any change when I mess with it. (I'd be curious if anyone has a guess on the meaning, by the way.)
This is about the best guitar sound I've been able to get. It isn't terrible, but I wonder if I need to change recording techniques or guitars or pickups or microphones or what. It sounds kind of choppy or something, which is not too bad on this song but... basically I don't know anything about sound but this doesn't sound like good guitar recordings to me.
Any critiques would be welcome.
The song, by the way, is part of a project to retell the story of the prodigal son from the parable Jesus told. This is when he's got the money and he's partying and living it up, and it's kind of a fun song with some good harmony, if I do say so myself.
"http://www.arches.uga.edu/~nmlong/Nathan Long - Fun Tonight.mp3"
(If the link doesn't work, type it in just like that and it should. If it still doesn't, type in all of it through nmlong (the ~ is above the tab on my keyboard) and hit enter. Then click on "listen to samples" and scroll down to "Fun Tonight.")
I am using a Fender acoustic guitar, both miced with a Shure SM-58 and run out through the pickup, in my Boss ME-30 effects processor, where it got a bit of compression and I think that's it. The two signals were then mixed left and right through my Behringer MXB1002 mixer, and I'm not sure what the EQ settings were at the time.
The pickup has three knobs, one is V for volume, next is T for tone (I've experimented with this), and the other is N, which as far as I can tell, means Nothing because I can't hear any change when I mess with it. (I'd be curious if anyone has a guess on the meaning, by the way.)
This is about the best guitar sound I've been able to get. It isn't terrible, but I wonder if I need to change recording techniques or guitars or pickups or microphones or what. It sounds kind of choppy or something, which is not too bad on this song but... basically I don't know anything about sound but this doesn't sound like good guitar recordings to me.
Any critiques would be welcome.
The song, by the way, is part of a project to retell the story of the prodigal son from the parable Jesus told. This is when he's got the money and he's partying and living it up, and it's kind of a fun song with some good harmony, if I do say so myself.