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Audio Arts – Week 3 – “Outside the Square” – 18/03/08

Step 1: Binaural recording:

I ran a headphone set to EMU space, set mics in place (as close as possible to my ears) making adjustments to my position and to the surrounding mics as I played.
The U87’s I used proved uncharacteristically boomy in the low end. This was played facing a corner (identified as corner stacking in the reading), which may have been a contributing factor to the extra low end. In reverse however, when I played facing into the space and split the U87’s with a baffle, similar results followed. A little roll off at the EQ stage fixed things nicely though.

Step 2 Outside the square:

I first miced the electric guitar with a single U87 with the Amp playing through the body of the acoustic guitar. This produced a more ‘wooden boxy’ effect similar to a Les Paul Gibson than would normally be evident in a Strat. The recording features an outtake without the classical guitar to make a comparison.

Finally the piano was ulilised the same way, with two U87s as a spaced pair, and the amp underneath facing up. Holding the sustain pedal and playing a few notes produces a very interesting reverb indeed.

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Reference:

Grice, David. “Audio Arts – Week 3 – “Outside the Square”. Lecture presented at EMU Space and Studio 1, Level 5, Schultz Building, University of Adelaide, 18th of March 2008.

posted by David J Dowling @ 6:02 PM