The Best Guitar Sound EVER???!!!

[@HoobtheNoob]

Not sure if you have ever seen it Christian but to phase align dialogue theres a very commonly used plugin called auto align post - there’s a version for musos too its by a company called sound radix. Takes the hassle out of phase alignment- particularly if the player / actor is moving around slightly. You just click a couple of buttons and it just fixes everything.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

One of those very costly comments but thanks!

[@JamesClark1991]

Yes, I believe the attempted phase alignment done here will not be effective at all as the guitar is moving. AAP is very expensive but nothing else does what it does to my knowledge.

[@petestyles8911]

It should totally fine, the mic's are not moving so the relationship of the sound hitting each mic will be constant even when the guitar moves. AAP is working the way you describe as the mics on set are moving. The radio mics on actors and the multiple booms are moving so there is no constant. The way Christian is doing it will work. Also a note when using AA for phase. You may not actually want perfect phase on guitar especially with a guitar cab. You can use the phase to remove unwanted frequencies where as AA will just put it 100% in phase and might actually emphasise bits you dont want@@JamesClark1991

[@jxcn]

Yep, Auto Align is a game changer. Phase correlation is so important and it does all the work for you. A bit on the costly side but well worth the expensive, time is money and this thing saves the user an absurd amount of time.

[@preciseaudioblog]

5:05 What a great combo on guitar and strings you make... fantastic!

[@bricelory9534]

I always find it helpful to see others in their process - a nice peak into yours. Thank you!

[@TheCrowHillCo]

I love how whatever stage we're at we always learn from one and other.

[@jono_young]

It’s feels very natural, with a warm cuddle attached 🎧😌

[@Marta1Buck]

I don't think you're describing tone 😂

[@jimsanger]

Great sound. Im nearly finished on an acoustic album and layering lots of guitars has made me turn to my ribbon, Ive found multiple tracks sit together really well without getting too harsh.

[@stephenfleming8030]

I love that Elliot Smith vibe, reminiscent of the classic XO record. Wonderful stuff.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

I'll have to check out ELLIOT!

[@geraldtir]

Thank you guys for putting this up. Really enjoyed it….

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Enjoyed making it!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Awesome video! Love it, keep it up Crow hill!

[@TheCrowHillCo]

WILL DO! xxx

[@ButeSound]

Mid side is lovely on acoustic, adjustable width and natural sound with one guitar take.

[@patrickkrou]

Really enjoyed this, and the track you've built is simply beautiful. Could almost hear Beth Gibbons sprinkling a dose of melancholy over it, in the best of ways. Nice work.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Thanks so much, I'll have to check out Beth Gibbons!

[@patrickkrou]

@@TheCrowHillCo Very cool, and always great to discover new things. :) She's the singer in the band Portishead, and released her very first solo material just last week - sublime as always. She recorded a collaborative album some 20+ years ago with Rustin Man (from the band Talk Talk), entitled "Out of Season", which truly oozes vibe and humanity. One standout track - to me, anyway - is Spider Monkey, but the entire album is just gorgeous. On a side-note, one of the founding members of Portishead, Geoff Barrow, currently plays drums in the band "BEAK", and they're utterly phenomenal. If you're a fan of Krautrock bands like CAN, NEU!, Cluster, etc, you might really like it. Happy listening :)

[@kevinlong4657]

@@TheCrowHillCo Beth Gibbons is the BEST Portishead forever solo work is ace

[@chasvox2]

Superb. I don't play guitar but certainly know when it's right because of my experience as a session musician in the mid 1970's in Nashville, and you can use your imagination as to how many GREAT guitar players I was with in-studio....this kid has a wonderful touch and Christian keep your dogs at your side...they have a knack for sniffing out talent and bringing them to you! 🤣

[@TheCrowHillCo]

That they do!

[@Err0r500]

You should give a try to the DPA 4099, very beautiful and natural sound

[@TheCrowHillCo]

I've got some DPAs on my piano in the house, maybe I should do an A/B

[@ToKillAGhost]

⁠@@TheCrowHillCo I’m using the same DPA piano mics and they work great on acoustic guitar. The mic you are using already also sounds wonderful too! Thank you for all the great work!

[@preciseaudioblog]

The track is beautiful! Is there a final version (mastered)?

[@WinItReigns]

No Crows Nest is complete without a few guitar strings woven in

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Indeed

[@TLMuse]

A very popular clip-on guitar mic, mainly for live use, resembling the Neumann KK 14, is the DPA 4099 CORE. If you'd just like to experiment with a mic of this type without spending at the Neumann or DPA level, Heimu makes an inexpensive clip-on mic for guitar. It's definitely usable, but having done a shoot-out between the Heimu, an AT 831 lav mic (which AT sold for guitar use), and the DPA, the DPA really sounds better.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Great tip, thanks.

[@officialfanofrichiebricker8324]

I would love this track if it had a more defined melody over the top of it, but still... very cool

[@Relayer6a]

I think there was cancellation going on before you time aligned them. The compression helped with removing some of the thudding sound. That's what I really found the most distracting before you corrected it. There is still some "muddiness" on the left channel IMO. And I'm not talking about the guitar resonance. Although it could be that needing to be drawn down a bit. The clip mic, probably because of it's placement so close to the strings, had an almost piezo tone to it.

[@MaxMCMLXXXV]

Fantastic! Can I find this tune for listening anywhere else?

[@leighrandle2736]

Nice to see some practical stuff with handy tips 👍

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Thanks, loads more where that came from!

[@matrix12x]

the guitar sounds amazing

[@robertrust]

I’d didn’t know about that trick for aligning the phase of different mics.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

I think it makes things more focussed.

[@alcraig1]

What is that thing to the right of Christian? BTW, years ago I put a Sony ECM 50 inside the sound hole pointing out. Very interesting sound.

[@tomwatson283]

Excellent.

[@scott_glasgow]

Nice! reminds me of music from the show DEADWOOD. Are the bendy strings from Murmurations?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

The bendy strings are indeed from Murmurations!

[@InSurrealtime]

It sounds perfect for an adventure game.

[@mhsandifer]

That Coles is so smooth

[@MatthewBarelick]

Did you change the phase on the clip on mic to get rid of feedback?

[@cornerliston]

Nice take with the clip-on mic. I would try getting the large diaphragms a bit further away and maybe focus more on the neck to avoid that low-mid rumble. Also worth trying a dynamic eq which can be really good at pinpointing just those frequencies you need to temper a bit.

[@LightsandMotion]

very interesting video! As someone who records acoustic guitars every week, I've tried so many combinations. I tend to go with a tubemic (47 / 67), but it depends. sometimes a AKGC414 can be great when you just want the percussive sound if it in a mix

[@doublehelix3952]

Ever heard of -- or use -- a PZM?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Would love to hear more @@doublehelix3952

[@doublehelix3952]

PZM = Pressure Zone Microphone -- for acoustic guitar, I would usually throw up a 414 *and* a PZM on separate channels, then combine to taste-- PZM was the Swiss Army knife of mic's; they sounded good/very transparent on virtually everything, even vocals (This was back in the early-mid 80s; unique sound, but not for everyone. I loved 'em)

[@RobFillo]

Thank you for this excellent video. I really needed this to get a better acoustic guitar sound in my home studio. ❤🎶🎶

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Absolute pleasure Rob.... also worth noting Theo has no acoustic treatment in his room... a lot of what we record in there is going to broadcast.

[@RobFillo]

This is the inspiration I needed! What you're doing is truly helping a lot of people. I'm sure of it. I love the Vaults as well. Thank you kindly.@@TheCrowHillCo

[@robertvangameren9735]

Nice sound!! thanks

[@GprokYB]

great video thanks for sharing!!

[@williambrauner4863]

That would be incredible for a movie soundtrack- of course only with great… filming to compliment the exquisite taste of the music

[@spencerarnold669]

Hi, what kind of noice isolation does the clip on mic have, can it block out say the number 94 bus? Ok, that might be too specific, but outside traffic? Room noice? Maybe a quiet vocal while playing?

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Imagine a harp or piano in front of a mic, the sound of these instruments engulfs the mic forcing out any knowledge of outside interference. This is why the clip works so well, its so close to the guitar and the guitar is comparatively huge that very little else can get in.

[@spencerarnold669]

Does the clip on, work better in that regard, than say, your average sm57 in the same place?@@TheCrowHillCo

[@gmichaelhall]

An interesting comparison between the mic clip on the instrument body vs mounted on a stand, would be very informative imo. Something about the sound captured by the mic clipped on to the body was not appealing. A direct comparison with the dPA would be quite informative as well. Thanks so much for the video Kind regards ✌️

[@gilesmoss5860]

Lovely piece of music, that guitar does indeed sound beautiful.

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Very kind thank you. What Theo didn't mention in his explanation is how important 'touch' is to the sound of the guitar.

[@KG-ss7kp]

hey Christian, can you ask Theo was sort of Guild acoustic that is behind him? is that his main guitar. Appreciate another great video!

[@choimdachoim9491]

In my youth I thought being a musician was about playing musical instruments but for quite a while it's become more like a carpenter building a house. All this attention on which type of nail, what length of nail, which types of boards, which dimensions of boards, what lengths of board, how many nails, how many screws and types of screws and lengths of screws, thicknesses of drywall, type of paint, how many coats of paint...you get what I'm saying. While something has been gained by all this technicality (the results prove that) I think something has also become lost. It's all turned into a job instead of just having fun.

[@KevinTPLim]

I feel like as long it sounds good to you in the moment, it’s nice to just savour that… but the challenge of making things sound good in recordings is another kettle of fish I guess (not sure if that’s the issue you’re facing)

[@choimdachoim9491]

@@KevinTPLim I'm very satisfied with my recording, mixing, editing. After watching this video it occurred to me that I really don't know how what I produce sounds like to people who don't have 76 year-old ears.

[@KevinTPLim]

@@choimdachoim9491 well, I’d be curious to listen to it (with my non-76yo ears) if it’s up somewhere! As for having fun, maybe just switching something up could make things fresh again? I’ve found trying new tunings quite refreshing, even if what I’ve mostly settled on is simply standard tuning dropped a few semitones

[@choimdachoim9491]

@@KevinTPLim I don't publish. I make old-fashioned CD's for my family and a few friends. My Daughter is making me begin sending her Thumb-drives, USB cards or via email. Haven't looked into it yet. For the most part what I make musically is not like what is heard on radio, etc. I did 5 years of college in the early 1970's as a music composer major but got more interested in synthesizer-type stuff than the classical stuff I was taught. Could never afford them but have a couple dozen now on my computer. Times really change. The main thing with me is I don't like to make music that sounds like or is constructed like music I've heard before. As far as guitars go I've recently become very interested in the various modes and tunings. I've been studying these on KZbin and taking tons of notes in preparation for a few months of experimenting and recording. A word of advice for everybody: your job is how you pay rent and eat. Your hobbies are what you were born to do.

[@KevinTPLim]

@@choimdachoim9491very cool! enjoy your musical explorations :) and i totally agree that our hobbies (what we love) are what we were born to do. we're not just here to work, pay the bills, and die... there is (meant to be) more to life, as much as others may try to take that away from us

[@ThomasHope73]

Interesting video. Great guitar sounds. (Ironically, I found a lot of sibilance on the narration of both presenters. 🤷‍♂️)

[@Oliasn8]

🙏🏻

[@JonasDenolf]

I love this

[@karayuschij]

On the classical guitar I feel too much low and mid-low frequencies, and I find it very disturbing

[@KevinTPLim]

Higher tension strings might help? And spruce tends to be brighter than cedar, which is too muddy for my tastes as well. Plus I suppose the easiest fix of placing your mic away from the axis of the sound hole as that’s where the strongest bass and mids seem to come from

[@lofomuses]

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[@TheCrowHillCo]

You had a sitter there surely it should read "the best crow hill video titles of all time EVER???!!!" 🤣

[@JonasDenolf]

I migfht get this when i have a guitar

[@holliefitzzz]

i met my band mate on a dog walk!

[@johnfinnis8373]

Magic. Another 10 minutes of that and I'd be off me face. What happened to Cubase, btw? (Not that this has anything to do with anything whatsoever!)

[@TheCrowHillCo]

We don't release these vids chronologically.

[@jameslanclos568]

$700 ??? It should be a good mic at that price!

[@MatthewSwasta]

I want to steel your idea of recording steal string guitar...😜

[@Pteradactylist]

The relentless clickbait titles are getting bit cringe Christian! Big fan though

[@TheCrowHillCo]

Thanks for the note...

[@francois633]

Musician :"I've gone with this guitar because of the particularly bright". Engineer:"I'm gonna change that a bit cause its too bright" 😂

[@NigelMoss]

"Something Top Gear related" ... Star With A Reasonably Priced Guitar? 🤔😂

[@kalapaouta]

Such nice flow of content on the channel heavily undermined by this unexplained urge for clickbait & over the top thumbnails. Your videos speak for themselves why such a zeal for click-baiting?

[@TavisAllen]

ADHD camera angle switching. 🤪