Wednesday, October 3, 2018

How to create guitar tremolo by hand oscillating the mic


By the recording engineer oscillating the mic towards or away of the Spanish or acoustic guitar.


A DC movement of the hand towards the guitar ( approaching the guitar while oscillating the mic at the same time) will increase sustain.


A sudden backwards movement of the mic hand on string attacks will make attacks less abrupt.


A human compressor.


A guitar player and a sound engineer could cooperate very well.


See for example the track Lonely with Me -  Delivorias on YouTube renewablemusic channel. It is recorded on a Tascam porta 07. The rocking mic is a ceramic Sonotone. The rocking mic on glockenspiel is an electret capsule connected with a military output transformer and a 9V battery.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmj3rtvQ-Bs


It is nice watching the effect of moving a mic by hand on an oscilloscope. The waveform shifts to the right or left. This indicates phase difference or caressing of the human basilar membrane as there is doodler effect into play too. See Leslie speakers. See also a Pleiades variation of the Leslie speaker.


















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