I'm trying to heavily excentuate the pick sound on a new recording. It's a strummer, and I figure my UAD plugs are up for the task, but so far, I haven't been successful.
The best comparison for what I'm going for is \"Desire\" era Dylan or any Cat Stevens. On these records, the acoustic guitar almost works more as a rhythmic instrument in that you heavily hear the pick during the struming and not much fullness from the guitars. This is hard to describe, but if you listen to these examples, you'll know what I'm talking about.
Any time I try this by sweeping an EQ (have tried with both the Cambridge and the 88RS), I seem to be able to find an area which a boost helps, but if I boost too much it starts sounding much more harsh than these records. They seem to magically get that pick sound but with a certain \"softness\" to the sound.
Likewise, if I do a small boost but then do drastic cuts in the mids, it just starts sounding thin.
Any ideas of how to achieve this type of acoustic guitar sound?
The best comparison for what I'm going for is \"Desire\" era Dylan or any Cat Stevens. On these records, the acoustic guitar almost works more as a rhythmic instrument in that you heavily hear the pick during the struming and not much fullness from the guitars. This is hard to describe, but if you listen to these examples, you'll know what I'm talking about.
Any time I try this by sweeping an EQ (have tried with both the Cambridge and the 88RS), I seem to be able to find an area which a boost helps, but if I boost too much it starts sounding much more harsh than these records. They seem to magically get that pick sound but with a certain \"softness\" to the sound.
Likewise, if I do a small boost but then do drastic cuts in the mids, it just starts sounding thin.
Any ideas of how to achieve this type of acoustic guitar sound?