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OK - been messing on my Gibson Acoustic - and burning the recordings to CD - then playing it back. It's pretty mad how great the recordings actually sound - they are firmly in the Audiophile category!
So I thought I'd post a recording. I have kept it short, at around 16.5 Mb for pain free download. I have also kept it real - you may hear me curse at the beginning (I am trying to get the Edirol to stand up!) and clear my throat at the end.
It's just a basic chord sequence I dreamt up today. I am using a soft pleck which is really audible - you can hear it scrape over the strings really vividly.
So if you want to hear what is possible using cheap kit these days, I think you'll find this beats most commercial recordings for SQ. You MUST play it really loudly to get the best effect - but I guarantee if you do, your Logans will reward you! Blow it onto a CD - it's cheap enough these days.
Here's the link: http://www.filesavr.com/madeup_1
Maybe not the world's finest guitar playing, but this is an SQ exercise - not a guitar playing one. The recorder cost £250. But even a laptop with a £15 mic can get pretty close. I kid you not! The trouble is the laptop noise. But the Edirol is SS so it is quiet.
BTW: the SQ on this absolutely destroys the CLX recordings I did a while ago. Nothing like recording a real instrument rather than a playback system! But that isn't to say the CLX isn't great.
Sorry - forgot to say - it is a 44.1 KHz / 16 bit recording. And it will sound awful through your PC, so do as I say, and play it through your Logans!
I accept this thread may stimulate little interest - the CLX recordings went down like a dead duck - or people just thought it was futile - which is fair enough. But if you bother to do what I say, you might be surprised at the SQ.
Having heard the CLX and played back the recordings through headphones, they definately told you more than a reviewer can. You just have to add a factor for "it's a recording" in your mental map. The tonal presentation was definately there.
Oh - zee geetar is an SJ200 Super Custom Cutaway, loaded with the finest strings available IMHO - Elixir Nanowebs.
This recording shows what you get when you don't mess around, you don't compress, and you don't overly produce to get "a sound". This sort of recording is what we all need more of!
Just waiting for the "I downloaded it and it sounded crap" comment
So I thought I'd post a recording. I have kept it short, at around 16.5 Mb for pain free download. I have also kept it real - you may hear me curse at the beginning (I am trying to get the Edirol to stand up!) and clear my throat at the end.
It's just a basic chord sequence I dreamt up today. I am using a soft pleck which is really audible - you can hear it scrape over the strings really vividly.
So if you want to hear what is possible using cheap kit these days, I think you'll find this beats most commercial recordings for SQ. You MUST play it really loudly to get the best effect - but I guarantee if you do, your Logans will reward you! Blow it onto a CD - it's cheap enough these days.
Here's the link: http://www.filesavr.com/madeup_1
Maybe not the world's finest guitar playing, but this is an SQ exercise - not a guitar playing one. The recorder cost £250. But even a laptop with a £15 mic can get pretty close. I kid you not! The trouble is the laptop noise. But the Edirol is SS so it is quiet.
BTW: the SQ on this absolutely destroys the CLX recordings I did a while ago. Nothing like recording a real instrument rather than a playback system! But that isn't to say the CLX isn't great.
Sorry - forgot to say - it is a 44.1 KHz / 16 bit recording. And it will sound awful through your PC, so do as I say, and play it through your Logans!
I accept this thread may stimulate little interest - the CLX recordings went down like a dead duck - or people just thought it was futile - which is fair enough. But if you bother to do what I say, you might be surprised at the SQ.
Having heard the CLX and played back the recordings through headphones, they definately told you more than a reviewer can. You just have to add a factor for "it's a recording" in your mental map. The tonal presentation was definately there.
Oh - zee geetar is an SJ200 Super Custom Cutaway, loaded with the finest strings available IMHO - Elixir Nanowebs.
This recording shows what you get when you don't mess around, you don't compress, and you don't overly produce to get "a sound". This sort of recording is what we all need more of!
Just waiting for the "I downloaded it and it sounded crap" comment
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