ToddK -> RE: Bulerias a la rondena? (Jun. 24 2009 0:20:30)
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Florian, You are confusing a "very well recorded" sound with an "Overprocessed" sound. I dont think thats playback, i think thats live, just with a studio quality recording. That is a well recorded guitar, that's it. There is some reverb on it. its not overly compressed. It is not overly EQ'd either. I do not hear any big boosts in bass or treble anywhere. ITs just a nice sounding guitar through nice transparent microphones. This guy doesnt have mind blowing technique, but he knows how to get a very nice tone. To my eyes and ears, the look of his hands matches the sound perfectly. You and Doitsun seem to have this idea that there is some kind of "Magic dust proccessor" in a studio that makes you sound "Huge". Trust me, there's no such thing. There is great proof of this on Ricardo's CD. I recorded it myself. Listen to his guitar on that CD. It sounds REALLY good. Way better than this guy, for sure. You know why?? Because Ricardo knows how to get a GREAT sound from his Conde. The mics were in a good place. The mics are of mid-grade quality. Nothing special like you'd find in Paco or Vicente's studio. Ricardo's CD guitar sound uses extremely minimal proccessing. I had some compression going on his guitar in the early stages, but he kept talking me into taking most of it off, cause he wanted to keep alot of the "Soft to Loud" dynamics" intact. So there is virtually no compression. We boosted the bass just a bit, after A/B'ing it with a Gerardo Nunez CD. Ricardo also bugged me to back off more and more on the reverb, so there is only just enough reverb. Less than on most modern flamenco recordings. That's it!!!!!! No special bells or whistles. No big studio tricks. Just Ricardo playing through 2 Shure mics, in my 10x12' crappy sounding basement, with mattress foam on the walls. So please, dont go on thinking everytime you hear a great sound, it must be "Heavily Proccessed". Its just not true. Overly, and/or Heavily Proccessed guitars more often than not, actually sound really BAD. TK
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