must have been his call. can't imagine a sound engineer wanting to try to mix a single DI in with mic'ed up acoustic instruments. it makes life harder, and it never blends right. here's yet another example of that.
@@5WireSam I know you made this comment a long time ago, but I'm curious what make you say that? I see a ton of players blending DI and mic these days. The pickup gives a little bit of extra oomph and can help fill out the sound. You disagree?
@@benwright391 Howdy! Blast from the past! I think we're talking about 2 different things. As you acknowledge, a pickup has more oomph than a mic. Therefore, (ignoring the bass, which is different) what I'm saying is that having one DI instrument and two mic'd instruments is a tough thing to mix. Here, the dobro probably had to be kept low to keep its extra presence from completely burying the guitar. IMO, it always yields a better sounding result when everyone (again, bass excepted) uses the same kind of signal, either all-DI, all-mic, or all-blend. I'm not an engineer by trade but I've heard this play out in live mixes too many times not to notice a trend. We've all heard recordings where it's painfully obvious that a band recorded in a studio with room sound and sent the track off for somebody to overdub a solo in their coat closet 2 inches from the mic - it's the same idea. It can be difficult or impossible to get a good mix when you have to blend radically different sources.
Clay on that awesome Hayes Guitar is beyond amazing !!!!!!
Ron and Rob two masters what a joy
Thank you, its a real pleasure watching & listening to talent!
Oh heck yeah. Great job well done
The Talent!
great music! thanks : )
Happy Birthday Ron Block!
At 0:20 I bet she's saying "I want to be like him Daddy!"
What's going on with the sound for the dobro? It's so quiet and thin.
Having sat two feet away from him I know he sounds great, no doubt about that at all :)
must have been his call. can't imagine a sound engineer wanting to try to mix a single DI in with mic'ed up acoustic instruments. it makes life harder, and it never blends right. here's yet another example of that.
@@5WireSam I know you made this comment a long time ago, but I'm curious what make you say that? I see a ton of players blending DI and mic these days. The pickup gives a little bit of extra oomph and can help fill out the sound. You disagree?
@@benwright391 Howdy! Blast from the past! I think we're talking about 2 different things. As you acknowledge, a pickup has more oomph than a mic. Therefore, (ignoring the bass, which is different) what I'm saying is that having one DI instrument and two mic'd instruments is a tough thing to mix. Here, the dobro probably had to be kept low to keep its extra presence from completely burying the guitar. IMO, it always yields a better sounding result when everyone (again, bass excepted) uses the same kind of signal, either all-DI, all-mic, or all-blend. I'm not an engineer by trade but I've heard this play out in live mixes too many times not to notice a trend.
We've all heard recordings where it's painfully obvious that a band recorded in a studio with room sound and sent the track off for somebody to overdub a solo in their coat closet 2 inches from the mic - it's the same idea. It can be difficult or impossible to get a good mix when you have to blend radically different sources.
@@5WireSam Totally. That makes sense.
A shame the guitar break was covered up by the banjo.
Sounds great, but the guitar is way too low in the mix.