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Originally posted by psycho chemist Well, here's a trial. I've recorded a trio this weekend - piano, flute and violin. Link to the song The digital piano was recorded directly to an Audiophile 192, stereo. The flute and violin were overdubs, so there were lots of bleeds from each track. Sennheiser e835 for the flute, a homemade mic based on telephone capsules for the violin. Cheap mixer preamps on the overdubs chain. Audacity was the software, freeware plugins have been used too. Violin at center, the other ones were panned 20%, opposite. Any replies are very welcome. Hey, I really dig the sound, especially from the digital piano, it's some of the best digital piano sound I've heard in a long time. The Violin is getting a ton of surface sound that I don't think most listeners are used to hearing. That could be from a hanful of things. #1, try micing the violin in a good room, using a room mic and a direct mic, and blend heavy on the room side. #2, Have the violinist use less abrasive strings, something like a eudoxa just sound richer in tone, less like a karate chop. He or she is also struggeling a bit with intonation, which is just inherintly hard on a stringed instrument. causes a sharp pierce to the sound sometimes. Lastly, the vibratto the violinist uses is a little to spastic. Try to encourage a more controlled and developed sound. When playing legatto, a really quick vibratto sounds out of place, it needed a bit wide vibratto sound, changing with the speed of the passage. Good luck

Producer nate, I think that's a really good sounding track. I have a handful of problems with it though. Firstly, the guitar tone is hot, very pavement ish, but it sits a little too far left for me. The way drums, vocals, and especially the gutiars are panned, it feels like everything is really competeing when full band starts rockin out. The tamborine sound is a great idea, but is really lost on my speakers, a pair of logitech home computer junky speakers and a 10" sub. The drum sound is good, but there's some highs, that I myself have had a really big problem getting rid of, that sort of attack the ears coming from the over heads. Acoustic guitar track is really hot, same with that rhodes sound, but I think that they are really contrasting sounds that are a bit wierd... really crystal clear rhodes sound and synth sound (panned too far right maybe) and they stand out HARSH from the mix. Try to soften them up with another pre? Maybe the lightest touch of a small room verb. Cool music though, definitly

Hey guys. I'm super amatuer, and I am givin a stab at this recording thing. I did everything with a digi 002, a pair of at 4040s, 3 SM57s, and a beta kick. This is my third attempt at really trying to record a band, so it's sort of all over the place. http://aristocrat.sealpiggypig.net/index2.html