Boom, boom, boom

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I'm working on a electric/acoustic piece. The recording has been made and saved. It's a very clean take and I don't want to ask the musician to come back for another take. The recording was done using an electric guitar with a POD direct to my HS2004. Well, thats not completely correct, it was run through my mixer first.

It's a clean/acoustic, arpeggio picking intensive piece with a rather repetitious base note (low E string).

I'm trying to take some of the "boom" out of the base notes. It sounds a little muddy. What's the best way to do this?


Thanks!
 
Re: Re: Boom, boom, boom

moskus said:
EQ
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I second that. Since you don't want the musician to replay it, try cutting around 80-90 and/or 160-180 Hz for a low E.

David
 
Thanks gents...been working at the eq...it sounds much better but...something still missing. I've come to agree that the pure acoustic sound won't come out of this combination.

I recently posted a request for some info on acoustic/electric guitars in the Guitar section.

Thanks for the input.
 
punkin said:
I've come to agree that the pure acoustic sound won't come out of this combination.
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I really don't follow you. It's "normal" to apply some EQ, if you don't happen to have a perfect guitar in a perfect room with a perfect mic. ;)

You might also want to compress the signla after the EQ. Maybe that helps (but if you don't know how, don't just do it for fun ;)).

Compression: http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/B425578C027460898625661000745390
EQ: http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/AFFCBC3A0382C83A862565D6001E69A8
 
A multiband compressor might help with a narrow band applied to the offending frequency.
 
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