February 2, 2008
I’ve never got a good sound from recording acoustic guitar so far, or any instrument in fact, so this is as good a place to start as any. My friends have suggested three different microphone placements, all involving two microphones, so to find the best way I thought I’d try them out and record the results for reference. My tests are far from scientific, my microphones are fairly cheap, my sound card is currently onboard, and I should really change my acoustic’s strings to get a warmer sound, but the results are somewhat conclusive.
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January 31, 2008
My pro sound card just arrived and it doesn’t work with ALSA so I’ve got to send it back. Don’t believe the lies perpetuated about snd_ice1724 cards, any report of the cards working properly (outputs and inputs) are officially lies. That’s the second pro card I’ve tried with Linux/ALSA and I’m losing faith/pissed off. There’s no going back now though, I’m too far down the free software yellow brick road and considering this blogging software, whose theme I just repaired, is GPL’d I think I’ll just shut my ranting trap now and go record something onboard.
January 30, 2008
Not much achieved today, though I’m glad that in a few days my exams will be over and I’ll be able to focus on my music. I’ve chosen a simple song to record and produce just for learning purposes (so that when I start on album material I’ll at least have the basics covered).
January 29, 2008
From reading a Sound on Sound home recording book (that you can pick up from isoHunt) I’ve found out a lot about equalisation that has helped me understand what I’m supposed to be doing (page 66 onwards).
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January 28, 2008
I finally moved the crap out of my room just so I could call it a studio.
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