Recent content by elmatto

Wow, what a world of difference. Haven't had a chance to try out the hardware mentioned above, but I did try playing around with a harmonic exciter plugin (Izotope Ozone) in Pro Tools. Like night and day. What previously sounded like it was coming out of a telephone speaker now has all the...

Thanks for all the tips, it certainly helped. Reconfiguring the room, trying different mic placements, slapping the hell out of it with the eq, etc. - I managed to get a more passable sound, although I'll still be working on it. Which brings me to my next question (and I probably should have...

I'll definitely give that a try. Anything to sweeten up and eliminate the boxy-ness of the mic'd track is a huge plus. And I got these responses within an hour of posting? That's why I come here, you guys rock. Thanks!

I've tried many positions/angles - not so much to get the best tone, but to get the least boxy-sounding one. Where I usually end up is with the mic about 6 inches from the neck, at about the 12-14th fret, slightly turned towards the body. This allows me to get as much string response as I can...

I've been attempting to record some tracks with an electric-acoustic guitar, with not so great results, and I was hoping the more experienced minds here could offer a few tips on how how to make this the best I can get out of it. The guitar I'm using (Fender Stratacoustic) is hardly the best...