Thanks for the replies. I auditioned all the mics and went with an ev
635a about 10inches in front facing the where the neck and body
meet..the mic seemed to give the truest (out of what I had available)
representation of the instrument...very cool and I was a victim of
inexperience when I asked about the compression once I heard it back
with nothing on it ..it all made sense. Thanks again,
Brian
Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:
I'm working on a song that is primarily uke and vocals. It's played in
a more traditional rock sense with steady chordal down picking on the
ukulele.. I'm just looking for tips on how to track the uke. Is it the
same techniqe as an acoustic guitar? What type of mic etc. etc. It is a
Martin and it really does sound nice when you are playing it, so from
the ears above the instrument it sounds great, just haven't put
anything in front of it. The mics I have are a 421, ev635a, mxl603,
sm57, akgc300b, and some other various oddball mics lying around. I'll
be tracking with a symetrix sx202 into a tascam da38.. The other
question is the instrument seems to be attack without sustain wondering
if there is a mixing trick to "smooth" it out with a bit of compression
etc...

No, it's supposed to be that way. There's a lot of attack on the note,
but it's not a very sharp attack... it's a very plunky kind of sound.
The 421 should be fine with it... really any dynamic without a big presence
boost should be fine. Don't smooth it out... the player will probably do
much of that himself by strumming it... when it's picked it becomes very
different.
--scott

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