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What a fantastic tutorial. I’ve watched a lot of videos on this and similar subjects, and you just have a pleasant way of delivering things right to the point with no wasted words. Keep up the good work.
Very helpful!! I’m new to doing my own recordings (Studio One) and I couldn’t figure out why I was having a hard time getting a better sound on my tenor sax vs my soprano or alto-I kept getting that “muddy” sound and it makes so much sense now...too much low end smh. Thanks so much.
Hi EShort Sax, I am trying to get a recording of my Tenor! It's sounding so thin, I will makesure that I am not rolling of the low end on the mic! My set up is an AKG Mic, an Yamaha AG06 interface and I am using studio one. I am curious to find out how you are set up in studio one!
@@itapsgavzz4980 The DAW should not matter. I use logic pro x myself but a DAW is a DAW. You may want experiment with some different microphones. Or try a bell boost around 200Hz to see if you can thinken this up.
@@itapsgavzz4980 I use an EMC87 mic (virtual mic clone) for my tenor (I also have the personus m7 which came with my bundle and I have a Shure Sm57 I double with as well primarily for room noise). That gave the best sound for me-(side note I recently got the Shure KSM32 and it didn’t sound as good on my tenor as it does with my alto...that’s going to be my primary alto microphone). I use the presonus audiobox itwo which came with my studio one bundle as well. When it’s all said and done the audiobox iTwo and the ECM-87 virtual mic clone (I tend to use the C12 clone), plus removing the low end (thanks @The Home Recording Network lol) gives me the results I like.
Hi. Good evening. Please when I record myself, the sound of my pads reflect in the recording. I took my sax for servicing already but my sax technician said the pads were ok. And I play really fast so how do I eliminate this pad sound
@@HomeRecordingNetwork When you open the new plug ins, how ? Yours just pop up from the left side out of nowhere and I'm just trying to figure out how?
Thanks for the encouraging words! Glad you liked the video. 😀 usually if it is a solo I will have it right up the middle. But try some different things out!
Hi Josh, I am trying to get a recording of my Tenor! It's sounding so thin, I will makesure that I am not rolling of the low end on the mic! My set up is an AKG Mic, an Yamaha AG06 interface and I am using studio one. I am curious to find out how you are set up in studio one! Are putting the effects directly on the Sax Channel?
@@o.m.a the preamp doesn’t really matter. I have a uad Apollo 8p but you can get by with what you have. I do use the -6db pad when I record with the 414 mic.
Hi there! I'm a saxophonist and I want to start recording better sounding covers. Is a sound card necessary and if yes, which do you recommend. I usually play with a keyboardist and sometimes have a guitarist or violinist accompanying me. Also, can my clip on mic work or is a condenser mic better? Looking forward to your response
Hey there! I’m not sure what you mean by sound card? I have never recorded with a clip on mic so unfortunately I don’t have an answer for you. If you are a beginner it is probably best to keep trying with what you have. But if you want to make an investment in a good microphone the AKG 414’s are great for recording a lot of instruments!
Ahhh yes. An audio interface is most definitely needed. If you are on a budget, focusrite makes affordable interfaces that work very well. If you have some money to spend, I would look at universal audio Apollo twin. I have the 8 which gives me more preamps but if you are just recording one or two things at a time, the twin is very nice.
Hi Josh, I seem to have a lot of breath coming true my recordings, I've tried numerous different mic positions but I always seem to get a lot of air coming true the mic. Any advice?
In my experience you can have two breath problems when recording saxophone. Since I don't know what problem you have I'll give you my experience with both. Hopefully it helps. 1) If you have breath noise while playing there's a good chance that the saxophonist has air leaking between his/her lips and the mouth piece. This is typical when the saxophonist has been playing for a while and is getting tired. You can't really fix this with the mic position or mix. The only fix I have found to work is getting the saxophonist to better his/her mouth technique. 2) The other problem is the noise of breathing in between notes. I treath this the same way as breathing during vocals: I either manualy edit it out or remove it automaticly with a plugin like Waves DeBreath.
