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[LiveMusic]

Curious if you find this song is pretty good quality? It's a rough demo, not a master. And any comment about the songwriting is welcome, as well. (Country / folk genre)

streaming song link

P.S. If you are on dialup, did the Flash player start/stop/sputter or was it continuous streaming?

 

[XLR]

Vocal sound very good. Gtr needs more fullnes.

 

[LiveMusic]

Thank you for listening.

This was recorded live, me and guitar. Can anyone give any recommendation as to how I could bring the guitar UP more relative to the vocal? Obviously, bring vocal down. It was using an sm57, my first time to record with one, and the mic signal was weak. I'm no expert; I need to go back and diddle with something. Obviously, if I had two tracks, this would be easy.

 

[sikter]

Thank you for listening.

This was recorded live, me and guitar. Can anyone give any recommendation as to how I could bring the guitar UP more relative to the vocal? Obviously, bring vocal down. It was using an sm57, my first time to record with one, and the mic signal was weak. I'm no expert; I need to go back and diddle with something. Obviously, if I had two tracks, this would be easy.

Try to add one more guitar track. Or Two. Make it fat (I mean more thick)
It will sound greit. Nice vocal and performance.

 

[LiveMusic]

Try to add one more guitar track. Or Two. Make it fat (I mean more thick)
It will sound greit. Nice vocal and performance.

Hey, good idea!

I realize that if I ask a question about recording, it might require a dissertation for an answer but do you mean trying to play the identical way or in a different capo position or just what? Is there a simple enough explanation as to how to make the guitar sound fatter? Sorry, I don't know much. And this shows me how important multi-tracking is. I had two sources but it was actually recorded with a Jukebox 3 (in mp3 mode, at that) and I guess there is no way to separate vocal/guitar.

 

[sikter]

You can try not to change your original arrangement and play guitar same way, put it in the same place in mix with old tiny guitar OR:
Record two new different guitar tracks pan them and use EQ and some FX.
You need probably to turn down your original track in the mix to get everything balanced at the end.
You must use multitrack software.

I hope you'll get some nice about recording and FX-ing acoustic because I am not good at all.
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[XLR]

...This was recorded live, me and guitar. Can anyone give any recommendation as to how I could bring the guitar UP more relative to the vocal?...

On a live recording like this done with one mike there isn't a lot you can do after the fact to balance the vocal and gtr. It sounds like you close miked the vocal and the gtr is more distant. An SM57 is going to sound thin on an ac gtr that way. You'd need to retrack and mike the gtr closely also. Does the Jukebox have two channels of input (stereo)? If so, get another mike and put it on the gtr, recording vocal and gtr, one gong to the L side and the other to the R. Then get the file onto your computer and mix away with Reaper or similar software. Or get a small mixer and mix the two mikes together live and avoid the computer altogether. Lots of options.

Oh, and thanks Sikter. But don't read all my posts. Just read ones that are spelled right, heh.

 

[LiveMusic]

On a live recording like this done with one mike there isn't a lot you can do after the fact to balance the vocal and gtr. It sounds like you close miked the vocal and the gtr is more distant. An SM57 is going to sound thin on an ac gtr that way. You'd need to retrack and mike the gtr closely also.

All I have is sm57, so, you mean literally, put the mic closer to guitar?

Does the Jukebox have two channels of input (stereo)?

No, it doesn't. I imported the one track (guitar/vocal together) into Kristal and jacked it up with this and that, haha.

But now, I will use a Fostex MR-8 to record with. I can add another guitar track with that. Do I try to duplicate exactly what I played the first time or capo up and change the chord positions? Or something else?

I can start over with the Fostex, obviously, but I would like to see if I can salvage this. First, it's pretty good, for me, haha, and second, to learn what I could do.

 

[XLR]

All I have is sm57, so, you mean literally, put the mic closer to guitar?.

Yes. Put it a few inches from the neck/body joint. That's closer than I'd put most mikes, but good for the 57.

...I will use a Fostex MR-8 to record with. I can add another guitar track with that. Do I try to duplicate exactly what I played the first time

That's what I'd do. Add more tracks also if you want, but that'd be a smart way to start.