The Challenge 02/11/09 Voting

Renesongs

Here are the Sunset entries. Voting ends at sunset Sunday

[quote author=PeteM link=action=profile;u=1544 date=1257700061] This week's entry - Sunset. One guitar - Yamaha CG170-SA Category A http://www.box.net/shared/cs4ql5uezl [/quote]

[quote author=majestikc link=action=profile;u=173 date=1257700979] Mines in as well, is it jazz?...no. Is it blues?....no (it's kind of jazzy and bluesy) All done with red fender copy guitar, missing top string, straight into onboard soundcard, some tapping and slide stuff at the end. http://www.box.net/shared/nees1pt3uu [/quote]

[quote author=DonovanB link=action=profile;u=1474 date=1257748789] here is my entry http://www.box.net/shared/4tnpikolia a nice, chilled out memory of sitting at my grandparents place when I was a young lad watching the sun go down over the hill... [/quote]

[quote author=Squonk link=action=profile;u=298 date=1257768580] http://www.box.net/shared/4jkq3ic1zn Peavey T-60 on both tracks Going through Pocket Pod into Behringer UCA202 interface into Sony Laptop I think I need Electric Guitar lessons, Blues where are you? [/quote]

(old forum) Poll Results: Sunset ?

PeteM (A): 11
majestikc (A): 1
DonovanB (B): 3
Squonk (B): 10

CDee

Good stuff guys! Now I can't wait for the day to end ?

DonovanB

Wow you okes nailed it... but am I the only one who isn't sleepy at sunset? mine seems more like a sunrise then... :-[

PeteM I think you need to give us a run down of how youget your guitar sounding so good.

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Squonk with a rain song! Yeehah!

Renesongs

I see I've messed up the categories this week - Majestikc wanted to be in B and Squonk wanted to be in A. I don't listen to the pieces before I post them so could you please state your category in your PM to me in future, pretty please... :'(

evolucian

oh bugger... I seemed to have missed it by a day... sigh. DOh doh doh doh doh

I guess Andrew and I will have to trade tracks on boxnet, :'( ...

Squonk

DonovanB wrote: PeteM I think you need to give us a run down of how youget your guitar sounding so good.

Come on Pete, share with us

the nylon sounds incredible, did you mic it?

PeteM

@ Donovan and Squonk

Yep I did mic it – it’s my Yamaha Classical with no PUs.
• Used a Sennheiser e835 positioned 40cm away from the guitar aiming at the 12th fret. (my studio is acoustically treated and pretty dead with no standing waves)
• The mic is plugged into a Creative X-Fi sound card which has an analogue mic input pot.
• Capture software is Sony Vegas Pro
• At mix, I used a gentle bass roll-off from 640Hz.
• Used a little compression and limiting
• Added a little delay (to create a stereo effect)
• Finally added some reverb. (Attenuated the bass frequencies from 600Hz)

However, recording technicalities aside, I do think that the right hand technique I learned from the late great David Hewitt is the reason for the tonal quality I’m able to achieve.

Squonk

Thanks Pete

I think in these weekly Comp's we should share how record, helps us noobs quite a lot.

That Right hand technique of yours definately sounds good.

Good entry Pete ?

Renesongs

And the winners are PeteM (A) and Squonk (B). ?arty: Peter can you PM me the topic for this week

PeteM

Hey all. Thanks for the votes, but I must say I feel a bit of fraud winning this one. Evolucian asked for a rock/blues sunset and mine was classical.
Where is EVO by the way - he's conspicuous by his absence this week.
I'll soon be sending the brief for the next challenge to Rene.