On Jan 22, 9:57 pm, Geff Crawford <g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Is guitar backup just the slightest bit behind the beat in a dance tune
> with a fiddle lead? Here's why I ask: A few times I've overdubbed over
> my own fiddle part with a guitar backup on a multi-track recorder. It
> feels sort of artificial, compared with playing simultaneously with
> another live person in a jam, or when recording live with someone else.
> My perception is that I've noticed that if the guitar isn't just
> slightly behind the fiddle, it makes the fiddle sound uncertain, or not
> swingy, or somehow out of sync. It's all very slight, so it could just
> be my ear or sense of rhythm. I'd be curious if anyone else has this
> same perception.
>
> Geff
I'm not sure what the reason is, but back in the 1970s I bought a reel-
to-reel tape recorder that had a sound-on-sound capability, so I could
record with myself. I tried performing a piece where I played fiddle,
banjo and guitar, and sang as well. The result was incredibly boring,
and I think the reason was that you were hearing the same musical idea
repeated four times. I have no idea how musicians can do multiple
recordings with themselves and sound as good as unique musicians
playing together. I haven't tried it since. Maybe being slightly out
of sync would have helped.
Which reminds me of a memo I got years ago, back when I was working,
from a fellow engineer, (who spelled by ear) urging us all to "get in
sink."
Lyle
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