Transient Response

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:32 pm

chamelion wrote:Reading through this thread reminded me of the beautifully recorded acoustic guitar work on the early Seals and Crofts albums.

Great stuff... performance, musicianship, writing. They just sounded wonderful!

David Polich · Post by **David Polich** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:47 am

Maybe James would like to confirm this as well - but in my experience - it's the guitarist, not as much the guitar itself.

Whenever I'm recording guitar tracks I remind the guitarist not to attack the strings so hard.

Also depends on the guitar - generally, Strat-type guitars are worse than Les Paul or 335 hollow body style guitars.

Electric guitarists CAN play with their fingers and not picks - you can try that as well, depending on how receptive your guitarist is to that.

You can also try recording WITHOUT compression going in, then add the compression later.

Mr_Clifford · Post by **Mr_Clifford** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:25 pm

David Polich wrote:Maybe James would like to confirm this as well - but in my experience - it's the guitarist, not as much the guitar itself.

Whenever I'm recording guitar tracks I remind the guitarist not to attack the strings so hard.

Also depends on the guitar - generally, Strat-type guitars are worse than Les Paul or 335 hollow body style guitars.

Electric guitarists CAN play with their fingers and not picks - you can try that as well, depending on how receptive your guitarist is to that.

You can also try recording WITHOUT compression going in, then add the compression later.

The pick makes a lot of difference as well. For strummed chords a softer pick can greatly reduce the transient attacks and make it much easier to mix (just remember to change back for the lead solo).

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:03 am

David Polich wrote:In my experience - it's the guitarist, not as much the guitar itself.

You got that right! It's the great and terrible thing about guitars, especially when compared to keys... I've yet to hear a one-note organ, synth or piano solo that comes anywhere close to the emotion exuded by B.B. or Clapton cajoling breathtaking monotonic sounds (that are anything but monotonous) from a stringed axe. This is depressing. I'm gonna' go get hammered. cue piano...

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:07 am

There, there, HC; all's not lost.

Have you tried playing your organ with a pick?

chamelion · Post by **chamelion** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:59 am

monkey man wrote: Have you tried playing your organ with a pick?

Getting a little personal there aren't we, monkey boy?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:06 am

Sorry, Geoff.

After staring at your avatar for a while, I've decided to comply.