Into the Studio-Episode 01

Welcome to my video series called Into the Studio. This is the first episode. I'll go step by step through my recording, mixing and mastering process.
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I use a modified spider capo: spidercapo.com

[@Fichtezxc]

I've spent literally years of my life chasing your recorded tone. Part of the reason I became a recording engineer was to learn how to make a guitar sound as incredible as yours. In reality you sound great even on a webcam....you're an incredible musician with incredible instruments and that can't be beat.

[@RichardVallanceMusic]

Existence in terms of "how to record an acoustic guitar" is a masterpiece :)

[@AdrianBellue]

Sweet! I am looking forward to this new series and new music Antoine! Hope you are doing well my friend.

[@EddievanderMeer]

Antoine, I have a question for you. I've spent a long time mixing my original song 'The Motion Below' and I am really satisfied with the sound but I am interested in what you think about it (Quality and improvement). Thanks!

[@AntoineDufour]

Can you put a link for this one?

[@EddievanderMeer]

Antoine Dufour Here you go :) The Motion Below - Eddie van der Meer (#LowdenYoungGuitarist) Solo Acoustic Guitar

[@AntoineDufour]

Eddie van der Meer Nice song mate! Cool big sound. Lots of space. Very nice mood. Very full. I think there's a bit much saturation somewhere when you play harder parts. Are you using 2 reverbs? If so, one of them is a bit bright to my taste but that's my own personal choice. I don't like when the hits on the strings are getting to heard in the reverb like a tissss sound. But ya know, it's just an opinion because you ask. You'll see what i mean in the video about fx. But great job overall, it really sounds good. Keep it up!

[@EddievanderMeer]

Antoine Dufour Thanks a lot man! I used 4 reverbs haha , but I see what you mean :)

[@AntoineDufour]

Eddie van der Meer Cool, man! Very nice job again. Sounds big!

[@ambiguationdotnet]

Awesome. Looking forward to this series. Thanks Antoine!

[@kimsj419]

Wow! Great! I love it.

[@RichardVallanceMusic]

Sweeeeet! I'm so glad you're sharing how the magic is made Antoine! So pumped for the rest of this series, thanks for the hard work so far! :)

[@marsdwarf]

Awesome! These Behind-the-Scenes videos from you are exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, looking for to the next ones.

[@richardtrudel9560]

Merci de prendre ce temps pour nous montrer ton savoir faire ! J'ai hâte de voir la suite !

[@RobertoColombo]

Great!!! It's absolutely useful and interesting to watch/know what's going on behind-the-scene of a new masterpiece recording, by one of the best fingerstyle guitar players. Thanks for sharing

[@hackjian]

Thanks for taking your time to make these videos. The material you're planning to cover is very interesting. I am looking forward to seeing future videos in this series as well as your new tunes!

[@mhil1000]

Looking forward to the next vid... good stuff. Thanks Antoine!

[@johnnytortuga5795]

Thank you, Antoine, for helping firmly plant my feet in this process. I forget sometimes and get ahead of where I want the piece to go. Can't wait 'til the next episode.

[@adammorkus]

Thanks! Looking forward to your new tunes... :)

[@FredLILLO]

Merci Antoine ! C'est super de parler de la façon dont tu composes... Je suivrai avec plaisir tes autres vidéos. Superbe son et superbe jeu de guitare... Bonne continuation Fred L.

[@armyboy1986good]

Antoine, thank you so much for your valuable gift of music you bring to the world. As a guitar player myself, you are one of my top inspirations along with Tommy Emmanuel, Stephen Bennett, and Don Ross. You guys are modern day string Mozart's. I thank you sir! Have a beautiful day.

[@davidsandberg6179]

I don't think I can adequately describe how excited I am by the idea of this series of videos from you. I love the guitar tone you get on your recordings, and am psyched by the prospect of learning as much as possible about the processes you use to get there. Thanks very much! (And "She Is Music" is quite awesome, by the way.)

[@baksteen123]

How nice of you to let us in on your secrets! Looking forward to the rest of this series!

[@bishnudhakal9796]

Coool.....n waiting for more....

[@Rickardius]

Awesome! I'm so excited about this! :D

[@stratorarious]

Hi Antoine!...just saying hello...and thanks for the great music. I'll be checking out out your new vids on your recording, mixing and mastering process.

[@RealSoundNow]

Thank you for doing this series .. this is REALLY cool of you. Fan for life!! :)

[@ssmann44]

The definition of those notes is purely the sonic properties of the wood. That piano like qualities in which we all love and hear is that wood combo! Cedar is very piano like in itself, it is very harmonious, has lots of depth, even with light finger picking or strong picking, you never seem to lose the over all clarity in a succession of notes or best of all CHORDS. The East Indian Rosewood gives the instrument a bit more midrange, thus giving you a very moving instrument lots of bass, lots of midrange, great for fingerpicking. The Fingerboard I assume to be ebony. I LOVE EBONY for fingerboards. Very quick and snappy, once again loads of clarity..... You my friend have my FAVORITE wood combo for acoustic guitars... Not to mention an OM model. God damn.... I digress. GREAT CHORD (Tuning)!

[@deanciufo4002]

Lets see the hardware (computer,mix board, mics, lights, camera etc.) As well as software being used to record audio and video. Really excited for this series keep it up!

[@TheAragorn22]

Can you give us a walk through of all your guitars? That would be pretty cool..

[@SuperRambo111]

that would be awesome

[@RichardVallanceMusic]

YES!!! I would guitar-nerd out so bad for this! :D

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

Thank you so much for doing this Antoine. It seems not many people know just how difficult recording solo acoustic guitar is for someone inexperienced, and there isn't nearly enough help out there on it. For someone like you to have done so much work with not just your own but other people's recordings and with such great sound to do this is a gift from the heavens. Also, and I'm not sure if that's a closet or not, but having your beautiful harp guitar tucked away in the dark like that makes it seem a bit lonely, I'd put that thing on a revolving stand in a lit up glass display case if I could it's so damn pretty! Or maybe it's a separate room and I'm just an idiot :\

[@gordonfamilyforge134]

Antoine, first let me say your great and I'm a big fan. When you first get a guitar do you just play it as is or do you modify the guitars action to your preference? What action settings if any do you prefer? Thanks for your music!!

[@oboyy]

Hey what happened to your ceder top stonebridge? I miss that guitar

[@controledosgamehuebr2048]

Tem que colocar legenda para Portugues do Brasil

[@majorburke9735]

I would love to see the sheet music 🎼 for his songs.

[@edwardkotenko2835]

Oh! I see a bottle of wine)))

[@ClemsonNigel]

Hey, Antoine! I like this new series you're going to start. I have a Furch G-23 CR (much like the Stonebridge you used to have). Would you choose those Ernie Ball strings over Elixir Phosphor Bronze? Furthermore, what gauge string do you use? I like to play in your tunings and I find that sometimes 12s of the Elixir don't withstand these tunings for very long. Thanks! By the way, are you going to be at Winter NAMM this year? My dad met you last year, I'm Nigel (if you at all by chance remember meeting him). I'm a huge fan and it would mean the world to me if you responded to my comment. I'm working on "These Moments" right now. Haha.

[@AquaStarDolphin]

Hey I just got the same Alto speaker! Alesis gave me such a hard time replacing a defective keyboard so I asked them to send me that speaker instead.

[@guitaroa47]

where did you get the odd tuning but sound great? how come of that idea of tuning? First i cover your song '30 Minutes in london' it just woww when i first hearing it. I have no idea how to pull it off from the recording. So, I decide to buy a set of tab. and it took me so looooooong to play it.Today I STILL dont know what am i playing on that song!!!

[@AntoineDufour]

I ended up finding this tuning working on an arrangement of a Coldplay tune that I played a few times live now. I found the tuning by looking for certain sounds to be able to make the arrangement. I like it a lot. Tuning is: EbBbCGBbD

[@guitaroa47]

Thank you so much for your response. I'll wait the next EP of "Into the Studio".

[@Evenhurst]

Hey Antoine, Just wondering what you use to anchor your guitar on your leg to keep it up while you play. I use a Neck Up and found it quite nice, but yours looks really good. Please let me know! Also check out my recording if you've time! You're a huge inspiration to me!

[@maxroest]

Hi Antoine, I would like to know your opinion on seperate pre-amps. Do you use them and do you consider them important? Do you think they add something to guitar recordings or are more something you would use for vocals?

[@AntoineDufour]

Next episode will answer that. Yes preamps are important. I use 2 different ones cause I like their color and sound. Can use on different sources, not only guitar

[@andrewhoehnen1491]

Do you have any techniques for breathing sounds getting picked up by the mics? I seem to be struggling with that.

[@tubesvor]

Are the strings on your guitar wider apart, like on a classical guitar?

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

Hey Antoine, if you were only to use one mic, would you record in mono or stereo?

[@BigotPE]

Hi Antoine, I have a question which is not related directly to the video but I'm still wondering about. I wanted to know if you let you're ergoplay "plugged" all the time on your guitar if you remove it every time after you've done playing guitar. By the way, this serie is a very good initiative in my opinion. Waiting for the next episode!

[@sakhrose6837]

And empty bottle of vine right back:)

[@kill3rkomodo]

antoine dufour? how about the mannn(toine) dufour

[@vlouz64]

Ugl