I had the privilege of hosting Japanese classical guitarist Toshiyuki Kumagai in my studio in mid December and I’ve just finished editing and mixing the pieces. We recorded a CD of works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Barrios and Llobet. Take a moment…
Recently, with the help of two colleagues of mine, Toshiyuki Kumagai and Takuya Okamoto, I have conducted my first Classical Guitar Shootout between four guitars made by world-class luthiers: Yuichi Imai (Japan), Bernd Holzgruber (Austria), Michele Della Giustina (Italy) and…
In this blog post I’ll explain several stereo techniques often used to record classical guitar – AB, ORTF, XY and MS (Mid-Side). You’ll be able to hear the difference for yourself and vote for whatever sound(s) you prefer! The microphones…
Here’s a little experiment I did – I’ve recently transcribed a baroque sonata by Giovanni Zamboni and recorded it twice – once in a high-end studio facility here at University of music in Vienna and once in my home recording…
I had to privilege to host guitarist Jure Cerkovnik in my recording studio a few weeks ago. It was a two-day session and the repertoire included compositions by Sergio Assad, Antonio Jose and Domenico Scarlatti. You can hear the mp3…
