Matt,
I engineer in a studio and teach recording so you can take this to heart.
EQ is your best friend. I'd have to hear the specific sound but, it's very
possible if it's not EQ alone it might be something that's a combo of mic
and his pickup going to FX which probably include EQ.
-Adriel
> From: Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
> Reply-To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:51:07 -0800
> To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
> Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] sizzle sound
>
> OK, I'll try this again. I think I asked this question before, but never
> heard back.
>
> I don't have a lot of recording experience, so I was hoping that some of you
> regulars could provide some pointers on a particular recording technique.
> My reference is the recording of Tim O'Brien's called Restless Spirit
> Wandering on his Traveler CD. At 3:22 on this tune Jerry Douglas takes a
> break (takes over the tune, like he tends to do). For the most part it
> sounds like a regular resonator--by that I mean that it's a modern spider &
> quarterman type and not a Weissenborn or biscuit-bridge guitar. But in this
> particular recording there is an excess of metal-on-metal sound, a kind of
> sizzle that over-rides the typical resonator sound. Pretty cool sound, too.
> Instead of the super-fat, rich reso sound that people have been trying for
> years to get, it's a messy, clashing sound that fits the song pretty well.
>
> So what's going on there? Any ideas? Is he using a glass slide, or is
> there a recording technique to bring out that sort of sound? I've tried
> closer and more distant placement of the mic, which makes some change but
> not radically. Is it a post-recording EQ of some sort? Sometimes I hear
> that sort of sound going on while playing (or it's all in my head), but when
> I record it the sound comes out super-clean dobro-round (especially with the
> new GreenBeard) instead of glassy-messy. How's that for a poor description?
>
> If you can interpret my prattling and have a clue, send me a note!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
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