Re: [Harp-L] Towels (was EQ'ing for harp)

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Nice. You're a towel. That's a great bit o history there and much appreciated.

Frankly, when anyone asks me how I do ANYTHING I'm so flattered that I 
spill all the beans.

But I really believe it's better to develop one's own sound and 
approach.  Twisting knobs for a few hours will teach one far more than 
using someone else's settings.

I understand that when people ask these kinds of questions they're just 
asking for a starting point.  I think that's mainly what I was hoping for 
from my engineer pals.

But just diving into the deep end turned out to be pretty much the best 
thing for me.

By the way, though I recorded the guitar and vocals for Music For Small 
Audience in a professional studio, I recorded the harmonica at home, 
because each solo took more hours of work than I could afford to pay 
for.  I tried to record as flat as possible and then went back to the 
professional studio for mixes.  I told the engineer to use his own recipes 
on the harp eq and I'd just react.  He did far better than I could have.

The mastering engineer sweetened up the sound that much more.

But this year I intend to release a bunch of recordings on my blog for free 
download, and I will be recording those in the home studio, so I hope to 
learn alot more about how to get nice sounds from marginal equipment.