Photo: Neil Rogers
Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.
Show Notes
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction01:13 - Unwanted subsonics
04:16 - Undesirable resonances
08:20 - Pick noise
10:34 - Fret noise
12:35 - Overbearing percussive components
14:32 - Conclusion
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Credits
This month's episode features audio examples from the following productions:
Ben Carrigan: 'We'll Talk About It All Tonight'
- http://www.bencarrigan.com/
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BenCarrigan
The Wrong'uns: 'Rothko'
- https://myspace.com/wronguns
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#WrongUns
- Read about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's March 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-wronguns
Tom McKenzie: 'Directions'
- https://tommckenzie.bandcamp.com/
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TomMcKenzie
- Read about my mix of this project in Sound On Sound's April 2013 'Mix Rescue' column at www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-tom-mckenzie
Fergessen: 'Nos Palpitants'
- http://www.fergessen.fr/
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Fergessen
Qupe: 'Ayni Nehirde'
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#Qupe
The Long Wait: 'Dark Horses'
- http://thelongwait.com/
- Download the full raw multitracks from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#LongWait
Bolz & Knecht: 'Summertime' & 'Matteo'
- http://www.bolzundknecht.de/
- Download the full raw multitracks for 'Summertime' from https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#BolzKnecht
- Read about the recording sessions for 'Summertime' in Sound On Sound's August 2018 'Session Notes' column at www.soundonsound.com/techniques/session-notes-recording-acoustic-guitar-duo
Presenter: Mike Senior — Biog
Mike Senior is a professional audio engineer, regular SOS contributor, and author of the best-selling books Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio and Recording Secrets For The Small Studio. He runs the Cambridge-MT educational resources site (including the web's largest free multitrack download library) and hosts two monthly independent podcasts, Project Studio Tea Break and the Cambridge-MT Patrons Podcast.
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