https://reverb.com/item/83123474-verd-a ... ric-guitar


What the heck is this thing?

GuyLaCroix wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:09 pm https://reverb.com/item/83123474-verd-a ... ric-guitar


What the heck is this thing?

That right there is a Verd AP Left Handed Electric Guitar if I've ever seen one

Whats the condenser mic on the acoustic here?

That's some kind of Blue, I believe.

Ben is right. Looks like a Blue "Blueberry" LDC.

Cool, the mic’s look doesn’t quite hit the same in a google image search, but maybe that’s a testament to how well shot the Burn To Shine series is.

Looks like the Blueberry has largely been replaced by a current JZ mic. Somebody around here has something by them IIRC

Definitely a Blueberry. I have one and it’s my go to vocal mic and occasional room mic for drums.

Blue had some goofy shock mount for it that sucks, but I use a Rycote now and it works great.

I'm pretty sure this question has been answered before, but I tried searching and couldn't find anything.
I have a "too much snare in the vocal mic" problem on this song I'm mixing for someone else. I have two recorded tracks - one is kick/snare, one is vocals/guitar.
My mental list of possible fixes includes:
- use a filtered copy of the drum track (isolating the snare as much as possible) as the sidechain for Oeksound Soothe to get it out of the vocal track
- instead of using Soothe, phase-invert the filtered drum track and then use delay to scrub it around looking for a good cancellation effect, then reduce level etc. to taste
- put an expander on the vocal track if I can find a threshold that sits above the snare but below the vocal to increase the volume difference between the two
- nuclear option: blow everything out into the red, which might be appropriate for this project, to keep the snare from having too much effect on the vocal track

All of this is in the box, fwiw.
What am I missing? (or, how dumb are these ideas?)
I can't re-record / fix it at the source, unfortunately.

I have become fully Based and Esquire-pilled and now my mind is reeling with ideas on how to wire in a toggle switch. I’m probably just gonna do a 2-way ON-ON switch as “position that kills my tone” is not super useful to me.

I’ve got 3 ideas. What would you go for?

1. Closest to standard Esquire wiring. Volume and Tone. Position 1 bypasses the tone knob and output from the Volume pot goes straight to jack, Position 2 is Volume and Tone wired normally.

2. More of a Blower Switch. Position 1 sends the output of the pickup directly to the jack, Position 2 is Volume and Tone wired normally.

3. Find concentric pots (do they make no-load concentric pots?), and make the switch toggle between a different set of Volume and Tone pots (so that I can switch between two sounds based on how V/T are set on each).

Any idea you like here better than the others? Am I going to drive myself nuts with this? Is there a secret 4th option I should consider?

If it were me, option 2.