Hey all,
I'd consider myself an intermediate-ish uke player. I use fingerpicking a lot to be able to play more complex parts and arrangements.
One thing I noticed when I record myself is that I can play the notes fine, but the tone isn't really that appealing to listen to. Does anyone have tips for getting better tone out of a fingerpicking style?
It's hard to describe the issues in words, but roughly speaking my sound is a little more plastic-y than I'd like. The attack transient sounds a bit too loud/plastic/spiky and the sustain/decay a little too thin+fast.
I have a hamano soprano. I generally like playing it, and to be honest, it doesn't sound so bad to my ears as I'm playing it, but when I listen to the recording it doesn't sound great. It's possible there may be two things to work on - how to fingerpick better and how best to record the uke. I come from kindof an electronic music production background I have an apogee one interface, so I'm not entirely clueless about recording in general, but any tips on improving the uke sound would be welcome as well.
I'd consider myself an intermediate-ish uke player. I use fingerpicking a lot to be able to play more complex parts and arrangements.
One thing I noticed when I record myself is that I can play the notes fine, but the tone isn't really that appealing to listen to. Does anyone have tips for getting better tone out of a fingerpicking style?
It's hard to describe the issues in words, but roughly speaking my sound is a little more plastic-y than I'd like. The attack transient sounds a bit too loud/plastic/spiky and the sustain/decay a little too thin+fast.
I have a hamano soprano. I generally like playing it, and to be honest, it doesn't sound so bad to my ears as I'm playing it, but when I listen to the recording it doesn't sound great. It's possible there may be two things to work on - how to fingerpick better and how best to record the uke. I come from kindof an electronic music production background I have an apogee one interface, so I'm not entirely clueless about recording in general, but any tips on improving the uke sound would be welcome as well.