acc git on Yellow

studjo · 7th September 2005

Hi Michael

I'm sure you get asked this everyday at least 300 times. But how did you get that guitar sound on Yellow (Coldplay-if you don't remember

).
btw I love both the e-git and the a-git - but the accoustic is a landmark for me.

Thanks

Jo

(note to self: listen to that track again)

Michael Brauer · 9th September 2005

you're right, I think I could retire just on that one sound....but what if I find something better? I did that six years ago and I barely remember how I mixed today's song for Beth Orton. I'll have to go back to my site in the Q&A to find the answer to that one. just a sec. Phew, I couldn't find it at first. It figures it was the first question asked and it was at the bottom of the list. Here was my answer and it sounds about right.

"In regards to your acoustic gtr sound question, I can probably answer that one since I mixed the Coldplay record. First, the gtr was well recorded. Second, I put the acoustic across an API compressor into an API 5502 EQ. I took out a little 300hz and added a little 1.5 K. I kept tweaking the Eq's until the gtr found a nice place in the track. I also sent the acoustic to a stereo pair of 1176's that had all the ratios in. I added a little hall from the Sony DRE777 and that was about it. BTW, a good way to address extra noisy finger slides is to put the spl de-esser across the acoustic."

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studjo Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 2,414 Thread Starter	acc git on Yellow Hi Michael I'm sure you get asked this everyday at least 300 times. But how did you get that guitar sound on Yellow (Coldplay-if you don't remember ). btw I love both the e-git and the a-git - but the accoustic is a landmark for me. Thanks Jo (note to self: listen to that track again)

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9th September 2005	#2
Michael Brauer Past Guest Moderator Joined: Sep 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 222	you're right, I think I could retire just on that one sound....but what if I find something better? I did that six years ago and I barely remember how I mixed today's song for Beth Orton. I'll have to go back to my site in the Q&A to find the answer to that one. just a sec. Phew, I couldn't find it at first. It figures it was the first question asked and it was at the bottom of the list. Here was my answer and it sounds about right. "In regards to your acoustic gtr sound question, I can probably answer that one since I mixed the Coldplay record. First, the gtr was well recorded. Second, I put the acoustic across an API compressor into an API 5502 EQ. I took out a little 300hz and added a little 1.5 K. I kept tweaking the Eq's until the gtr found a nice place in the track. I also sent the acoustic to a stereo pair of 1176's that had all the ratios in. I added a little hall from the Sony DRE777 and that was about it. BTW, a good way to address extra noisy finger slides is to put the spl de-esser across the acoustic."