Re: [Harp-L] re: lee oskars

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
<Lee Oskars are tuned differently than Marine Bands.They're also kind of
<bright. When I listen back to recordings I've made, the harp seems a little
<trebly compared to old blues recordings. I believe the fault lies with the
<player rather than the instrument (playing too hard).

Don't forget that the old blues recordings were made on equipment that's far from the current state of the art.  If you do a frequency analysis on those recordings, you'll find that many of them lack treble, and not just in the harp.  In other words, it's difficult to separate out the sound of the harp from the sound of the gear used to make the recordings.  

A while ago, I did a piece called "Lightnin Bounce," and when I did the mix I found that I could make it sound just like an old Chess recording by simply turning down all the frequencies above 5 kHz.  Who knew it was that easy?

Regards, Richard Hunter

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