acoustic guitar piece

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On a solo piece? None, or next to none.
 
Yes. Use as little as possible. None if you can get away with it.
 
If you've got a couple of good mics, I wouldn't eq at all ( If the guitar's good. ) I do like a tiny bit of room reverb on a solo guitar with a short pre-delay. Of course, you may get that from your room.
 
Do a bass roll off around 120-250 Hz. If you happen to have a really good EQ maybe bump the highs just a touch if you need more air but preferably leave the highs alone.

Use compression if needed. Compressors can help sculpt a guitar tone better than EQ sometimes. A fast attack will mellow out the attack and high end for a warmer sound. A slower attack will keep the clarity but help smooth things out. Be carefull that you dont compress too much and make the mids too 'boxy'.
 
If its not too late, I got some accoustic micing advice, but its a long type....dont knoiw if anyone wants to hear anymore of my rants
 
Mountainmirrors said:
what's a good compression setting?
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it really depends upon how it was recorded but here is a typical setting that i saved from some website.....

ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Attack: 5 - 15 ms
Release: 0.4s/Auto
Ratio: 5 - 9:1
Knee: Soft/Hard
Gain Red: 3-9dB
 
Compression settings vary greatly depending on the performance and recorded levels.

A good way to understand the settings-
Attack: Fast = less pick attack and high end, Slow= more emphasized attack and high end.

Decay/release: Fast= punchy, Slow= Smooth

Ratio: the higher it is the less difference there will between loud and soft dynamics.

Threshold: This is the wildcard that just depends on the material.

Usuallly you have 2 basic compression strategies. A high threshold and high ratio to just compress the peaks (limiting) or a low threshold and low-med ratio to compress everything and make it a bit more even.

You can even use two compressors to do both at the same time or in two seperate passes.
 
hey pipeline, I'll read any rants you wanna post:D Unless its about digital.(just kiddin)
fitz
 
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