Please critique my guitar sound!

[mossimo654]

I've recently moved to a new apartment and finally set up my gear.
I'm trying to test out spaces in the apartment and so far this sounds like the fullest sound. However, I only have cans, not monitors, so please feel free to give feedback! Thanks!
This is compressed but that's it. There's no EQ.
There are three tracks: two acoustic rhythm guitars hard panned and the melody on acoustic in the center.

I'm using an AT4060 running through a profire 610. My DAW is cubase 5.

[pauloticks]

please please please let me know when this track is done!!!
I love it! I am only listening on headphones as it's very late
and don't wont to wake my family but I think it sounds very
good. I love the sound of mics in a room at the beginning!
Take care and I enjoyed your track!

[mossimo654]

Thanks for the feedback! It's a cover of a Yann Tiersen song. I was just sort of messing around with mic placement and room acoustics to see what worked best.
Unfortunately I don't know if I will be finishing this track... It was basically intended as a scratch... all in one take. But maybe I will have to finish it now

[noah330]

I think it's really well done. It sounds great.

Personally, I think that it sounds a little too 'in your face' for acoustic guitars - but not in a bad way at all so don't take it that way - I just think if it was a little more dynamic with regard to volume it would sound better but that is more of an artistic judgment type of thing.

Sounds great!

[Marshall Oliver]

Nice has a good, balanced sound. Enough low end, pleasent mid range, and a nice high end. Kinda warm in tone IMHO. I wonder how this will fit in the mix??

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[mossimo654]

Thanks all. I agree, it sounds like I'm mic-ing it too "close," thus the dynamic range suffers. I was looking for a warm, balanced sound so this was the best I could come up with. Does anyone have any pointers about making the guitar sit better in the mix without sacrificing its clarity? I kept the track dry so people can hear what it sounds like straight mic-ed, but obviously mixing it helps a lot. Keep in mind my gear/room limitations...

[Andy Hamm]

I love it, it sounds great.

[John Paul]

It sounds great as-is, it sounds full bodied to me, I usually point the mic towards the bridge for a thinner sound when strumming the acoustic.

There's a real art to mic placement with this kind of music and I like the full sound.

As good a player as you are you could put the mic on the ceiling and it would sound great.
More proof that the quality of the musician will always win. I could record you thru my imac mic and it would sound good. That guitar has a very nice sound to it.

[Pred80r]

It is a well rounded and full bodied track...well played too. If I were going to mix it with other elements (bass, drums, vocals etc) then I would eq some "air" into it and add a slight notch where the vocals will lay, high pass to fit in the bass and use it as a key to sidechain the drum tracks. If the track is being mixed as an instrumental then I would add a little "air" and call it a day.

Well Done!

[mossimo654]

Wow
You all are so flattering. Seriously, thanks!
Now that I've gotten so much good feedback on this track in particular, maybe I should produce it into a full song.
I'll probably add a counter-melody on my clarinet, some piano for the low end and a glock to fill out the high end. Just out of curiosity (super n00b question), what exactly do you mean by "air?"
Thanks!

[Pred80r]

Everyone has their own opinion of "AIR" but mine is reliant upon the very high end EQ of the track to give it that polished and professional sound. Typically a really good eq (API, Summit, Neve etc) or a plug in version of the same that just opens up the track and makes it breathe. Often times I duplicate the track to I can keep one as is and add one with "AIR" and then blend the two for a nice mix. The "AIR" is just a really crisp, high end eq that makes the sound of that guitar really punch out of a mix. Start playing around with high end EQ's or plug in's (I am a firm believer in the hardware) and you will eventually run into the "AIR" aspect of these frequencies when you hear it.

If not just send me the files and I can show you what I mean.

Thanx,
Jack

[mossimo654]

Originally Posted by Pred80r

If not just send me the files and I can show you what I mean.Thanx,
Jack

This is a very, very nice offer. I may PM you the stems in WAVs this weekend. Unfortunately my access to high end EQ hardware is a bit limited for the time being (not forever!).