Well, hello!
DUCK here with most excellent news! All of the 6 string acoustic guitar parts have been recorded! I recorded far more than I will probably need, but that's entirely the point. This way I can always take away, which is much easier than having to deal without. The process went smooth as can be, minus my guitar strings going rather dull about third-of-the-way through. A new set happened to be in the case, that I bought probably 5 or 6 years ago, and decided to use them. They were bright and shimmering for about 4 songs and then just went dull. Nothing a little extra EQ can't fix, which is why I saved the time and money of going to get more strings, since money is a little tight right now.
Here is a video that I made showcasing the progress and pre-production sound of the 6 string acoustics. Pre-production meaning that there isn't any mixing or effects on the guitars. When you hear them on the album, you'll immediately notice how different they'll sound. Better, naturally.
Tonight I'm going to get my 12 string acoustic ready with new strings and proper tuning. Tomorrow and Wednesday will be spent entirely on recording the 12 string acoustic parts, so stay tuned!
Cheers!
DUCK
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Acoustics - Finding the Sound
Hey everyone!
Today, I played around with a couple microphone combination's, in order to find a good acoustic sound for the album. All of the main electric guitars were already recorded back in the Spring, and all that needs to happen now is to put them through another amplifier to make them sound good. I've already played with some amps and found the sound I want, so later this month I'll do that. But first, I have a few weeks of free time, so I wanted to get the acoustics recorded. Part One will cover 6 string acoustics, and Part Two will cover 12 string acoustics.
First and foremost, the space I'm working with isn't conducive for recording acoustic guitars, at all. As you'll see from the pictures, there are only hard surfaces, plus my computer all directly in front of me, so achieving a good sound will be difficult. Since this is the only way I can go about recording the acoustics, we'll just have to make do and do the best with what we have.
Here we have two SM-81's in an X-Y configuration along with the guitar plugged direct-in.
Here we have one SM-27 along with the guitar plugged direct-in.
I ended up liking the one SM-27 with the direct-in sound the best and have decided to use that configuration to record all of the acoustic guitars. The SM-81's were just too good for the space and too much reflection could be heard from all of the hard surfaces.
Tomorrow, I'll be dedicating the day to recording 6 string acoustic parts. I'll do my best to snag some pictures and video footage to post of the process.
Cheers!
DUCK
Today, I played around with a couple microphone combination's, in order to find a good acoustic sound for the album. All of the main electric guitars were already recorded back in the Spring, and all that needs to happen now is to put them through another amplifier to make them sound good. I've already played with some amps and found the sound I want, so later this month I'll do that. But first, I have a few weeks of free time, so I wanted to get the acoustics recorded. Part One will cover 6 string acoustics, and Part Two will cover 12 string acoustics.
First and foremost, the space I'm working with isn't conducive for recording acoustic guitars, at all. As you'll see from the pictures, there are only hard surfaces, plus my computer all directly in front of me, so achieving a good sound will be difficult. Since this is the only way I can go about recording the acoustics, we'll just have to make do and do the best with what we have.
Here we have two SM-81's in an X-Y configuration along with the guitar plugged direct-in.
Here we have one SM-27 along with the guitar plugged direct-in.
I ended up liking the one SM-27 with the direct-in sound the best and have decided to use that configuration to record all of the acoustic guitars. The SM-81's were just too good for the space and too much reflection could be heard from all of the hard surfaces.
Tomorrow, I'll be dedicating the day to recording 6 string acoustic parts. I'll do my best to snag some pictures and video footage to post of the process.
Cheers!
DUCK
Our New Singer
Hey everyone!
Lots of things have been changing here in the world of INSATIA! First and foremost, we have a new singer by the name of Chelsea, who will be captivating and mesmerizing you all from this day forth!
We're also auditioning drummers at current. All of which have greatly slowed down our progress on the debut album. Never fear, as we're back on schedule and are stronger than before!
Cheers!
DUCK
Lots of things have been changing here in the world of INSATIA! First and foremost, we have a new singer by the name of Chelsea, who will be captivating and mesmerizing you all from this day forth!
We're also auditioning drummers at current. All of which have greatly slowed down our progress on the debut album. Never fear, as we're back on schedule and are stronger than before!
Cheers!
DUCK
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