MASTER CLASS 1–(RECORDING GREAT STUNNING GUITARS)

DAY 1   9am-12pm

Deciding on microphones for the job

• Microphone designs
  • Dynamic mics:
  • Ribbon mics:
  • Condenser mics
• Microphone placement techniques
  • Single mic technique
  • Stereo mic technique
  • Three point system
  • Four point system

Stereo miking techniques

• Spaced or (a/b)
•  X/y
• M/S
• Blumlein
• M/s pro tools / mixer trick

 

DAY 1   1pm-4pm

Acoustic Guitar Placement Techniques

• Listen to the guitar and rate it’s sound aggression factor
• Listen to the mics and rate their sound aggression factor
• How to listen to the guitar in the actual room
• How to listen under headphones
• Where to place the amp
• Listen to the amp in the room
• Decide on a mic technique
• When should you use a DI

 

DAY 2   9am-12pm

Guitar Miking And Headphone Techniques

• Deciding on a mic technique
• Setting up a microphone for the guitar
• Using more than one mic for the guitar
• Creating a headphone mix for the player
• Setting up tracks for the acoustic guitar
• Coarse adjustment of placement
• Fine tune adjustment of placement

Controlling the Guitar Sound

• Create a track or tracks
• Create a headphone cue mix
• Turn up the amp or the pre amp and listen for tone
• Decide on height
• Decide on distance
• Decide on angle
• Decide on the type of Pre to use on the mics
• Using a compressor while recording

DAY 2   1pm-4pm

Great Electric Guitar Workshop

Electric Guitar-The Different Animal

• What affects the sound of the Electric Guitar
• Type of wood or material
• Pickup Placement
• Types of Pickups
• Tone Controls
• Frequency range
• Things that can make your electric guitar sound bad
• How to listen to the guitar amp in the actual room
• Should you use a DI
• Using quick punch and track punch for guitars
• Using Pre Roll and Post Roll settings for guitars
• Loop Record and Multiple Playlist Settings for comp tracks and emotional decisions later
• Setting quick punch and track punch crossfade preferences

DAY 3  9am-12pm

• RE-AMPING AND MULTIPLE AMPS
• Single Mic to Amp Techniques
• DISTANCE
• Using Two Mics Together
• Phase matching
• Different Speaker Cones
• Ambient Mics
• Although shunned by a few famous producers combining the close and ambient techniques
• Multiple amps
• Creative use of phase cancellation between microphones
• The use of timed effects as part of the performance vs ambience