Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Holy moly, 7000 subs! You guys are awesome! ^o^
Sadly I don't have anything prepared, be it a proper cover or a troll recording. Instead, I figured I could share some test recordings I did with stereo.
Got a budget stereo bar the other day, enabling me to hook up my old mic for a stereo pair! I'm still experimenting with mic positioning, but for now I've settled on this slightly off-axis vertical XY setup with one mic aimed at the lower tone holes and the other for the upper ones. I think like what I'm hearing so far. Gives the sound a bit more dimension, and the upwards-aiming mic really picks up a lot more overtones to give a closer and, at times, more balanced sound.
I went ahead and recorded a smorgasbord of different tunes, ranging from pieces I once had in almost-performance-ready status to stuff I'm just beginning to read or play by ear. You'll get a prize if you can identify them all~! Hell, I'll be impressed if you can even sit through the entire thing.
The AT mic was simultaneously routed to the left stereo channel as well as the mono track, so you can have a direct comparison between stereo and mono. Note that I did apply a touch of reverb to both tracks equally, as well as a low cut at 80 Hz to get rid of low frequency gunk.
Excerpt numbers and timestamps:
0:00 - 1+2 (stereo)
0:23 - 1+2 (mono)
0:45 - 3 (stereo)
1:17 - 3 (mono)
1:50 - 4 (stereo)
2:06 - 4 (mono)
2:23 - 5 (stereo)
4:00 - 5 (mono)
5:40 - 6 (stereo)
7:05 - 6 (mono)
8:32 - 7 (stereo)
9:20 - 7 (mono)
10:04 - 8 (stereo)
11:22 - 8 (mono)
12:37 - 9 (stereo)
13:34 - 9 (mono)
14:29 - 10 (stereo)
15:42 - 10 (mono)
17:00 - 11 (stereo)
18:00 - 11 (mono)
18:57 - 12 (stereo)
20:22 - 12 (mono)
21:50 - 13 (stereo)
26:37 - 13 (mono)
31:22 - 14 (stereo)
34:34 - 14 (mono)
Holy moly, 7000 subs! You guys are awesome! ^o^
Sadly I don't have anything prepared, be it a proper cover or a troll recording. Instead, I figured I could share some test recordings I did with stereo.
Got a budget stereo bar the other day, enabling me to hook up my old mic for a stereo pair! I'm still experimenting with mic positioning, but for now I've settled on this slightly off-axis vertical XY setup with one mic aimed at the lower tone holes and the other for the upper ones. I think like what I'm hearing so far. Gives the sound a bit more dimension, and the upwards-aiming mic really picks up a lot more overtones to give a closer and, at times, more balanced sound.
I went ahead and recorded a smorgasbord of different tunes, ranging from pieces I once had in almost-performance-ready status to stuff I'm just beginning to read or play by ear. You'll get a prize if you can identify them all~! Hell, I'll be impressed if you can even sit through the entire thing.
The AT mic was simultaneously routed to the left stereo channel as well as the mono track, so you can have a direct comparison between stereo and mono. Note that I did apply a touch of reverb to both tracks equally, as well as a low cut at 80 Hz to get rid of low frequency gunk.
Excerpt numbers and timestamps:
0:00 - 1+2 (stereo)
0:23 - 1+2 (mono)
0:45 - 3 (stereo)
1:17 - 3 (mono)
1:50 - 4 (stereo)
2:06 - 4 (mono)
2:23 - 5 (stereo)
4:00 - 5 (mono)
5:40 - 6 (stereo)
7:05 - 6 (mono)
8:32 - 7 (stereo)
9:20 - 7 (mono)
10:04 - 8 (stereo)
11:22 - 8 (mono)
12:37 - 9 (stereo)
13:34 - 9 (mono)
14:29 - 10 (stereo)
15:42 - 10 (mono)
17:00 - 11 (stereo)
18:00 - 11 (mono)
18:57 - 12 (stereo)
20:22 - 12 (mono)
21:50 - 13 (stereo)
26:37 - 13 (mono)
31:22 - 14 (stereo)
34:34 - 14 (mono)
