Recording classical guitar
I thought I would throw this out to the community and see how other people are handling it.
When laying down multiple takes of a guitar piece, for syncing purposes, it seems a click track should be used to make editing easier. As we know, many classical guitar pieces are played rubato. How do other recording people handle this in the editing process? Is it standard practice in the recording room for classical guitar to use a click track?
Thanks
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That is an interesting question Michael! Until now I record in one take, because I don’t know how to edit the video. Editing a soundtrack is possible. But for video you probably need different camera positions to really make it work.
i’ll follow this thread!
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Do two takes. One mechanical and one rubato. Then cut and paste from the mechanical to heal errors in the rubato version. In your DAW you can slow down and speed up sections if you need to.
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I am actually going to try a different approach to video. It's almost like lip syncing. I will try to lay down a good track using various takes to get the best possible recording of the piece. Once I'm satisfied with the result, I will set up the video and play back the good recording of the piece while recording my video, essentially playing along with the recording, much like we did when we were kids learning guitar and playing along with the record. The video will also have audio, but I'll use that only to sync it to the good master recording. Sounds good in theory, lol, no idea if it will work. The first step is to get a good master, which is why I asked about the click track. I'll have to explore Norman's idea of slowing down sections. Sounds interesting.
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I record on a Tascam DR-05X (like a Zoom device) and video at the same time, sync in DAW and suppress video audio track. I've done this to use 4 different video tracks on 4 different instruments synced up. Can do this with or without a click track by playing later tracks along with the first one which i may or may not use depending on what I'm recording. Used this to record jazz tunes so may lay down a basic chord progression or bass guitar track as a guide track to discard and replace later with a better comping track. Pretty amateurish I guess but it suits my amateur purposes