'Blame it on Cain' performed by Ted (Singer-Songwriter Fest)

[Ted]

Me giving Elvis Costello another case of mono--one mic, no tweaks.

And another song I occasionally pull out for open mic events.

[Tony W]

Really cool cover Ted. I've ever heard the original. Love the strip down mono recording. This does it for me.

[launched]

I can dig it. A quality one-off performance - Sounds great to me!

[Oldrottenhead]

great choice one of my fave elvis tracks from one of my fave albums. magic.

[Geir]

I downloaded this yesterday, and have listened a few times already !!

Love it Ted ! a great performance a a great recording. Love the guitarwork ! And you are a great entertainer, you really bring the song to life !

[Bluesberry]

how can you get such an excellent sound, one mic, one take, mono track, What are you using for a mic, straight into the microBR?  It just sounds of flipping good.

[Ted]

how can you get such an excellent sound, one mic, one take, mono track, What are you using for a mic, straight into the microBR?

I use the MBR mic. I have the MBR about sternum level on one of my mic-stand-adapter thingies.

I record in MP3 mode, but to a WAV file. Then I open up the file in Audacity to trim and/or fade the beginning and end. Since I'm already in Audacity, what the hell, I run the Normalize filter (default setting), then the Compression filter (default setting), then the EQ filter using the "Acoustic" preset. Then I export to MP3.

This method was not the result of trial-and-error. I was shooting from the hip when I first did it, and decided it was good enough.

Thanks fellas.

[Bluesberry]

Yes, bloody good enough.  Its hard to image improving on this recording technique, dead simple and sounds marvelous.

[Greeny]

Simple and sublime. What an amazing performance!

[Groundy]

OTD.....What a brilliant song, so well performed.......

Alex