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Linux Recording
- Compression (ACE Compressor): 10:24:46 [1/673]
- Use this sparingly. If you must use it, keep the ratio low (1.5:1 or 2:1) with a slow attack to preserve the natural "pluck" of the fingernails.
- Limiter (x42-Limiter):
- Place this last on your Master bus with a ceiling of -1.0 dB just to prevent clipping during aggressive transients.
- Specific Ardour Settings
- Sample Rate: Record at 48kHz or 96kHz if your interface supports it. Classical music benefits from the higher resolution for delicate harmonic content.
- Buffer Size: While recording, keep your buffer low (128 or 256 samples) to minimize latency. When mixing with heavy reverb plugins, you can increase this to 1024.
- Gain Staging: Aim for your meters to peak between -12 dB and -6 dB. This provides plenty of headroom for the guitar's natural dynamics without risking digital distortion.
- Monitor Path: Use the "Hardware Monitoring" setting if your interface supports it to avoid hearing any processing delay while performing.
- Recording Workflow Tips
- Stereo vs Mono: Classical guitar almost always sounds better in Stereo. Use a matched pair of small-diaphragm condensers in an XY or ORTF configuration.
- Input Strips: Create a Stereo Track in Ardour rather than two mono tracks to make EQ and Reverb management easier.
- Normalization: After recording, avoid "Normalize" to 0dB. Use Loudness Normalization (LUFS) if you need to match industry standards, typically aiming for -23 LUFS for classical content.