BFT Gibson
Ambassador of Originality
From a RECORDING perspective.Kinda been a theme lately. Never payed much attention to it before. Then last year went into studio after a hiatus from 1st accident, My sound guy took my board, We went over to the computer & he showed me a graph,,then we set the DSL up strait into Classic side..he only had my gain on 3...i was like this will never ..work. Holy crap on the graph & in the headphones. He said next song..bring your plexi. From then on its been all older circuits with the Fenders & Marshalls
This is not negative on any gear., just observations of what i had on hand. If i am going heavy DSL always for me. But think i learned something..my technique sucked..i was covering it up with gain & noise. That day i went home & played for days..at lower gain & man was i sloppy..but as i worked harder..the chords came out & something opened in me...a melody line..for songwriting...it made such a big platform for a singer.maybe aging..the music is calming but even on our last drop C song..the gain was so down..I heard the bigness open up & the fizz go down.
The compression in the recordings...led me to look at my technique...even going from wav to mp3 to a platform like soundcloud..it piles up & deteriorates that super thick tone that originally was captured..the master copy vs what is in the end really is noticeable;e.. almost recording now ,a lil less gain on purpose..even tho it sounds weak at first to the ears...cause i know the recording process & hosting platforms will further deteriorate the original recording. Compress it & change what that strike on the strings actually was. I am going to pay more attention to the sound guy this tuesday. BastardDon asked me about the pre amps...really has me thinking..that stuff i ignore..really makes a dif...i know my guy shoots for as little extra stuff as possible,,but inevitable with all the tracks..something has to give,,he did drill in me..less is more...hit right..pick right..catch your strings...getting that guitar into amp then on to final product with as little of compression as possible really does matter.
This is not negative on any gear., just observations of what i had on hand. If i am going heavy DSL always for me. But think i learned something..my technique sucked..i was covering it up with gain & noise. That day i went home & played for days..at lower gain & man was i sloppy..but as i worked harder..the chords came out & something opened in me...a melody line..for songwriting...it made such a big platform for a singer.maybe aging..the music is calming but even on our last drop C song..the gain was so down..I heard the bigness open up & the fizz go down.
The compression in the recordings...led me to look at my technique...even going from wav to mp3 to a platform like soundcloud..it piles up & deteriorates that super thick tone that originally was captured..the master copy vs what is in the end really is noticeable;e.. almost recording now ,a lil less gain on purpose..even tho it sounds weak at first to the ears...cause i know the recording process & hosting platforms will further deteriorate the original recording. Compress it & change what that strike on the strings actually was. I am going to pay more attention to the sound guy this tuesday. BastardDon asked me about the pre amps...really has me thinking..that stuff i ignore..really makes a dif...i know my guy shoots for as little extra stuff as possible,,but inevitable with all the tracks..something has to give,,he did drill in me..less is more...hit right..pick right..catch your strings...getting that guitar into amp then on to final product with as little of compression as possible really does matter.
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