chrisharris
King of Bling
You crack me up. I didn't even know we were disagreeing, so that'll tell you how sharp I am. And trust me dude, if you haven't figured out that I'm a total novice at this, just gimme' a couple of more song posts to prove it. I'm about 1 for 3 on the "Acceptable" to "Shitty" scale.wfaraoni said:Half Deaf man dissagrees with recording engineer GURU!!
I honestly think both sound great...it's at the point of personal preference on the track as it is. I was just trying to think of a larger picture, b/c I know that the mixes I've heard from BPoco have been a lot more involved, so I figure he's trying to figure out the route to go in getting this to sit well in a mix. My personal experience (or lack of it) has shown me that I cannot have exactly what I want out of an acoustic guitar if I'm mixing it with a bass, b/c the low mids that sound so warm on the guitar when it is solo'd get smashed together with the same energy from the bass, and before long, it all sounds like absolute muddy garbage. If I want more of an acoustic warmness to come through, I leave the guitar alone and start jacking with the bass (bring its level down, cut the low mids, etc.)...which invariably brings about the "NOT ENOUGH BASS" comments...but even that, I think, is personal preference to a point. If you listen to some of B.SABBATH's tunes from a couple of months ago, there's usually plenty of low end, but not really a definable bass line...does it matter? To some, I guess. Most of my tunes just aren't "groove" oriented, so the actual instrument (bass) is less important to me than the levelness of the mix as a whole. That being said, when I DO want the bass to shine through, I have to cut a lot of lows out of the acoustics, b/c you don't need them...and they hurt the clarity of the mix.
But yeah, lol...you're exactly right...if you want the guitar to sound beefier, just turn up the beef in it...but keep in mind that you may have to eliminate some beef from another instrument for the overall effect to work.
and I'm an amateur posting on "homerecording.com," so take my tripe with a grain of salt, lol.
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Chris
)....anywhere from 4-8 inches away (maybe closer)....every guitar has a sweet spot in that general area (low end) so have someone play the git and use your ear to find it and then put the mic there! The second mic (a smalll condenser omni) generally in the area of the 12th fret but again use your ear to find the spot where to place the mic in that area (high end) to get the sound you want with a minimal amount of string noise. Admittedly you'll need a second person to help you do this but it may be worth a try.
) I dig the verb version (#1) myself.