Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
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Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
Little specific... I know.
But what flavor do you put on for general purpose guitar spaciousness: plate, room, spring, mono, stereo? Predelay, high pass, low pass?
I know what to do if it's supposed to be a psychedelic swamp, but I rarely get into verb on an acoustic for gentle space, and realized listening to some records that I probably should.
But what flavor do you put on for general purpose guitar spaciousness: plate, room, spring, mono, stereo? Predelay, high pass, low pass?
I know what to do if it's supposed to be a psychedelic swamp, but I rarely get into verb on an acoustic for gentle space, and realized listening to some records that I probably should.
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1. The room itself, if it sounds good.
2. a very short reverb, or even a delay set as "pre reverb" aka lots of small repeats, very low, and random. Some reverb units do this, as well as plug ins.
3. A plate.
In the end, the song itself will dictate what fits best.
2. a very short reverb, or even a delay set as "pre reverb" aka lots of small repeats, very low, and random. Some reverb units do this, as well as plug ins.
3. A plate.
In the end, the song itself will dictate what fits best.
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I made an IR of a room that I work out of quite frequently. It's a decent size but not huge. Wood walls and a lowish wood ceiling. Black and white checkered asphalt tiles. On paper it should be a mess but it sounds really great on acoustic instruments. It's a small room sound but really brings things to life.
I made an IR of the room so I could fake room mics if needed but now I use it all the time on projects recorded at various places
I made an IR of the room so I could fake room mics if needed but now I use it all the time on projects recorded at various places
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Often a room mic or two. Little Plate can be good, or various rooms from the TC M3000.
Re: Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
Room, or simulated room.
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Re: Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
Strum. Or a more general verb, play.
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Re: Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
Natural room ambience depending on the room which sometimes is just dry.
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Re: Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
I have a small room (14'x17',12 ' ceiling),so when im tracking acoustic,I use an sdc and a ribbon as close together as possible,halfway between 12th fret and soundhole. Then i gauge the tempo of the song,as well as the prominence/role of the acoustic in the song. This helps decide how "honest" it's supposed to sound. Then i run either the ribbon or sdc (or both) through the PA system,open the door to the hallway and run mic's (omni/pzm/ribbon) down both sides of the hallway. Both runs of hallways are very long,with 90 degree turns to bathrooms,etc. Essentially an echo chamber. If not that, a PZM taped to a ceiling as far away from source,or better yet, a Lexicon Pcm-60 set on Plate and inverse.
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Re: Your go-to acoustic guitar verb
or just reamp through an Ampeg Gemini with the reverb turned up.
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