Matching EQ - Acoustic Guitar Samples?

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I've been messing around with "matching EQ" on acoustic guitar and have gotten some pretty decent results so far.

To clarify, I take a sample of an acoustic guitar by itself, and EQ my guitar according to the EQ curves of the sample.

It can make a pretty big difference in the sound, and is good for learning what frequencies to try changing to get certain sounds.

Anyway, does anyone know of any solo acoustic (preferably, dry (no fx)) samples I can use to mess with?

So far, I've been using the audio samples of the AT4060 from their website.
 
I agree, it can be very useful... and informative

but me thinks you're in for a thrashing... :eek:
 
K.P. said:
I agree, it can be very useful... and informative

but me thinks you're in for a thrashing... :eek:
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Uh...? :confused:

I guess I should clarify again?

I'm not using other people's samples in my songs. I'm just using a frequency analysis on it, and EQing mine to match.

It really helps when learning how to EQ an acoustic. So far I've figured out how to bring out the pick sound, get rid of muddyness, etc.

But yea, go ahead and "thrash" me if you want. :confused:
 
danny.guitar said:
Uh...? :confused:

I guess I should clarify again?

I'm not using other people's samples in my songs. I'm just using a frequency analysis on it, and EQing mine to match.

It really helps when learning how to EQ an acoustic. So far I've figured out how to bring out the pick sound, get rid of muddyness, etc.

But yea, go ahead and "thrash" me if you want. :confused:
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I think he was talking more along the lines of people thrashing you for relying on your eyes, rather than your ears.
 
eh...which frequencies need to be eq'd is dependent on the guitar, the tuning, the strings, the player, room, mic, mic placement, preamp, interface, monitors, and whatever the hell else may impart any sort of tonal quality on the recording

that being said, the best way to figure out is to get a parametric EQ, boost some frequency or another +12-15db with a narrow Q, and sweep it back and forth across the frequency range to find where it sounds like shit....then turn around cut the offending ranges to taste

i also like to do the opposite sometimes, and drastically cut and sweep, to find which frequencies rob an instrument of its body/presence...often it's good to boost these a little bit

just do whatever sounds good, i guess
 
I don't see a thing wrong with what you are doing Danny.guitar and I'm sure you are using your ears along with the analysis. It's just that some peeps are stuck in a shell and don't experiment enough. They need to get out more :p

I use samples from my favorite artists. I particularly like the sound StainD gets on Outside using the Eb tuning on the live performance.
 
While I think using FFT analysis to match mix contours is a really bad idea, I do think it can have some value in this application. Never tried it myself, but I might just as an experiment.
 
Well, I didn't really try to make mine exactly like the other guitar, obviously because one EQ setting doesn't usually work on different sources.

I just looked at the EQ curves, (bass, mids, treble, etc.) and messed around with mine until it sounded better.

And it helps a lot.
 
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