Bit of an acoustic thing

[badmotor]

Not meaning to make you self-conscious (or maybe I am? ), but it's something I've been trying to sort out (kinda) when recording acoustic; taking deep breaths in between passages. I hear you doing it, and I do it alot and it gets picked up by the mic - made more promenant if you compress the guitar. Or maybe it just adds to the ambience (now it is all you are going to hear)?

[rickenbackerkid]

Yup, it’s a real problem. not sure what to do about it. I’m not breathing very loudly, (i don’t think) but I’m playing fingerstyle and softly too. Also I was concentrating hard, playing a part I wasn’t very familiar with.
I think maybe next time I track acoustic, I might try to be conscious and breathe quietly, see if it improves. When I record with a 57 it’s not an issue.

[rickenbackerkid]

Bender might have something useful to add on the breathing issue?

[Delayman]

I like hearing breathing on solo guitar stuff, like classical guitar and Tommy Emmanuel's solo stuff. Not being argumentative as I haven't listened to the clip yet.

[badmotor]

I was thinking maybe something like this:

[Vince]

Yup, it’s a real problem. not sure what to do about it. I’m not breathing very loudly, (i don’t think) but I’m playing fingerstyle and softly too. Also I was concentrating hard, playing a part I wasn’t very familiar with.
I think maybe next time I track acoustic, I might try to be conscious and breathe quietly, see if it improves. When I record with a 57 it’s not an issue.

I had that problem ALL THE TIME when I was doing the 365 riffs thing. Never found a solution other than trying to breathe quietly. If you find a better one, let me know! I wonder if you can filter out the breathing? Audacity has something like that, but it doesn't work terribly well.

[Ironbird13]

I had that problem ALL THE TIME when I was doing the 365 riffs thing.

have you had the mic pickup your ticking yet Vince?

[rickenbackerkid]

I found a solution. I’m angling the mic downward 30 degrees or so, making my face/head more in the null (cardiod), and also I found that I breathe louder through my nose. I find it difficult to breathe through my mouth, (I’m a long term asthmatic) so I grabbed some bits of foam I had laying around and cut out nose plugs. They are porous enough so that I can breathe, and they cut down the noise significantly. Awkward, yes, I’m sure I look stupid, but it’s working and the guitars on the track sound seriously good.

[badmotor]

Ha ha. That's cool.