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Hello all.
I have a client, in a genre of music I'm not all to familiar with...
He's a John Mayer-ish sort of Dashboard Confessional mix or something of the sorts. Anywho... I'm having some issues on some mixes, mostly on his acoustic guitar stuff.
I'm getting a good clear sound when tracking the guitars. I'm tracking the guitar in stereo with a Dynamic and a condensor. It's giving me a great sound, however... My trouble is that the guitar's dynamics are so large, I'm losing some of the delicacies of the playing.
Considering I'm not used to working in this genre, I'm wondering how to go about controling these dynamics. I've tried some subtle compression, and I really like the sound it's giving me. But, the client has some weird issue about compressing the guitars in the mix, and again during mastering.
My stance is... I'm the engineer, let me do my job and make it sound great. But then again, he's the one paying me....
Opinions? Should I just use subtle compression to massage the dynamics of the acoustic guitar? Or should I try vlume automation or something? I really would prefer to not do the latter, as I often dislike the sound it produces on other things...
Thanks.
-Brian
I have a client, in a genre of music I'm not all to familiar with...
He's a John Mayer-ish sort of Dashboard Confessional mix or something of the sorts. Anywho... I'm having some issues on some mixes, mostly on his acoustic guitar stuff.
I'm getting a good clear sound when tracking the guitars. I'm tracking the guitar in stereo with a Dynamic and a condensor. It's giving me a great sound, however... My trouble is that the guitar's dynamics are so large, I'm losing some of the delicacies of the playing.
Considering I'm not used to working in this genre, I'm wondering how to go about controling these dynamics. I've tried some subtle compression, and I really like the sound it's giving me. But, the client has some weird issue about compressing the guitars in the mix, and again during mastering.
My stance is... I'm the engineer, let me do my job and make it sound great. But then again, he's the one paying me....
Opinions? Should I just use subtle compression to massage the dynamics of the acoustic guitar? Or should I try vlume automation or something? I really would prefer to not do the latter, as I often dislike the sound it produces on other things...
Thanks.
-Brian