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Originally Posted by joelpatterson You are on the right track. But it's freakin' weird how every voice is so uniquely suited to a different thing. Almost like God planned it that way. |
Thanks Joel, nice to hear about your aproach.
And you´re so right about every voice being uniquely suited....I´ll even take it further and say, not just every voice, but also every song, your present mood, the location, every instrument....the whole situation at a given time.....
Thats why the game of experimenting and keeping my creative ears open is of much importance to me. I hate the standard pro-studio-wannabe phrase "just get a good neumann and your off and running".... Anyway I´m not an engineering pro myself and am not aspiring to be one either. I´m a soloartist looking for the right sonic ideas to suit my songs. And ofcourse most of my songs probably will end up being retracked with a pro-engineer and Royer, Neumann, Great River, SSL etc.....or whatever might make my sonic idea sparkle even more.
Guess my point is :
I´d rather take all the time I need to experiment untill I get the right sound on tape from the beginning. That means searching for right locations and the sweetspots of a setup.......almost like old classical 2-mic recordings.....no plugins or effects and ideally only mastering afterwards.
But the most important issue for me is to seach for the golden live take, musically and every other way (=that needs no editing or dynamic tweaking !!!)....might be take 255...or take 912......I know a lot of you might see this as some crazy almost zen-like sh*t.....but please let me live my dream for now
Any thougths on this aproach ? (All songs will consist mainly of a piano/vocal take....in some cases one or two strings and some extra vocals will be added....but all is acoustic)
roon