Comments on production?

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:53:04 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
> On 9/06/2021 11:07 pm, wrote:
> > Tobiah wrote:
> > ===========
> >>
> >>> Seriously though, my only criticism would be that this is a little too
> >>> close-miked. This kind of performance needs air and I would have moved
> >>> the mics back to somewhere between six and ten feet, depending on the
> >>> quality of the room.
> >>
> >> Yeah, I was probably a foot away from the mics. I'm in a bedroom with
> >> little treatment in a residential area, but I'll try a little more distance.
> >>
> >
> > ** Though Don's comment is quite reasonable in terms of normal recording practice, your close up, near anechoic method is valid.
> > If heard via headphones or in a well damped room ( quite rare) it sounds too dry - in an average conditions with considerable reverberation bouncing around instruments sound like they are right in the room with you.
> >
> > For a solo instrument or voice, this is not all bad.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ..... Phil
> >
> Though I'd suggest that the 'horn' and the guitar sound to be too
> different - as in the guitar is close-miked, and the horn is sounding
> more distant and roomy. Each in a similar space and apparent distance
> would sound better to me.
>
> geoff

I agree.

> Though I'd suggest that the 'horn' and the guitar sound to be too
> different - as in the guitar is close-miked, and the horn is
> sounding more distant and roomy. Each in a similar space and apparent
> distance would sound better to me.

Thanks, that's helpful. I did another render, this time with both
instruments in the same reverb space. I was compelled to make the
horn a little more 'wet' though, because if it gets to dry, the
synth sound is betrayed and the thing starts sounding like a Casio
keyboard!


https://ven.rcsreg.com/r2/come_again2.mp3

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:08:30 -0700, Tobiah > wrote:

>> Though I'd suggest that the 'horn' and the guitar sound to be too
>> different - as in the guitar is close-miked, and the horn is
>> sounding more distant and roomy. Each in a similar space and apparent
>> distance would sound better to me.
>
>Thanks, that's helpful. I did another render, this time with both
>instruments in the same reverb space. I was compelled to make the
>horn a little more 'wet' though, because if it gets to dry, the
>synth sound is betrayed and the thing starts sounding like a Casio
>keyboard!
>
>
>https://ven.rcsreg.com/r2/come_again2.mp3

A bit more work needed with EQ. The mic's proximity effect lifting the
bass is very evident on the guitar. That needs dialing down to stop it
being so boomy.

d

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