Watch in 720p for optimum audio clarity. Second and final version of my microphone positioning experiment on the bass amp. Raised the track level of the condenser mic to bring out a little more of the highs and linked this with the dynamic mic track and the direct/dry feed with a unifying EQ. Changed the [...]
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CAPTURING CLARITY
The quest for tone never ends. With new gear, technique and even frame of mind comes a new challenge lying in wait. Given the technology we have today, achieving that superb bass tone shouldn’t be that epic a task anymore, yet we still stumble over little blocks on the path. This is because we bassists [...]
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Karmatron Dynamics
Latest little recording tidbit I put together after experimenting with microphone placement, looking for that sweet mid freq (without touching the EQ). The challenge was to find that yummy spot (using dynamic and condenser mic positioning) where the bass mids will sit exactly on that wave-form the guitars have carved out. Thus making the fretless [...]
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The best of times: una era en retrospectiva…
My friends and I started dabbling in recording live music in the summer of 1994. Before that we recorded our songs with a portable cassette player and an acoustic guitar in my friend’s garage. Several years later we graduated to an actual rehearsal studio that we literally built from the ground up. It was here [...]
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