BETTER SOUND for LESS MONEY Chords?!?! by Josh Turner

_ _ _ These days you've got a lot [G] of choice if you're looking to record yourself at home.
_ But the savvy engineer will tell you, the simplest way to get the job done is the best one.
It's gotten all too easy to become beguiled by [Dm] the latest [Ebm] gizmo and [G] forget why even as we sat down to record.
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Take the example of poor Josh Turner.
[Ebm] _ [E] He's gonna [G] have a devil of a time getting [Em] a decent take.
[Gb] [Dm] Rather than focusing on the music, [F] he's preoccupied with these coherency and [G] spatial relationships [C] of his many microphones.
_ _ Brother, it's [F] time to simplify.
[G] Next time you reach into your mic [C] cabinet, reach for the one thing you know you really need.
The Zoom [D] _ [Eb]
[Em] H2.
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_ [F] _ One of the things you gotta [E] take to heart as an engineer is that the best piece of equipment in the world in the hands of a [Gm] fool
doesn't come close [G] to the humblest piece of gear [A] in the hands of a master.
[G] Can you become a master?
[Eb] Sure you can.
[Dm] You just [E] gotta be willing to put [F] in the time to go through every settings menu, [A] read the manual, [C] test, experiment, _ fail and try [Gm] again.
_ _ _ [Dm] Josh here has [C] spent years developing mastery of his Zoom H2.
He's spent a lot of quality time with it, [A] and now he knows it like an old friend.
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ The sound quality, well, speaks for itself.
But some of the reasons that Josh has come to love the H2 is that it requires you to place the mic conscientiously.
[C] _ Listen here as [G] the placement and [C] balance gradually changes on Carson McKee as he sings a [G] well-loved classic.
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Closer to his instrument.
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[Am] closer to his voice.
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_ _ _ [C] Truth be told, this kind [N] of recording harkens back to the old days when things were recorded on analog tape.
_ A musician's gotta come prepared.
You can't just edit things till the cows come home in some kind of computer program.
_ _ See here, now that Josh has made sure that his microphone placement is alright, between him and his buddy Carson,
[C] he's talking through the arrangement to make sure that they get every beat just on time.
That level of precision, you can thank the Zoom H2. _
Let's listen in on this little session.
Hit it, boys. _
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[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ Yes, there's no doubt [Em] that the Zoom H2 and the well [G]-prepared musician are natural companions.
[Em] _ [G] But let's not forget that this device can stand on its own two feet as well. _ _
The tonality is smooth and pleasant, and compares quite favorably with some of its more expensive contemporaries.
How about a little tongue twister to see what we're talking about?
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_ _ _ The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed a certain Austrian microphone there at the end,
but I think you'd have to admit, the H2 holds its own.
Listen to those smooth, sibilant consonants.
Listen to that creamy mid-range. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And can a single 414 do surround sound?
Not in this lifetime.
_ So [E] if I send you home with just [G] one thing, it's this.
_ It ain't what [Dm] you spend, it's what you know.
[Ebm] Next time you're clicking [Em] Add to Cart, remind yourself it's [C] the options [Gb] you don't have [Ab] that define your [Am] sound just as much as the ones you [F] do.
[Ab] It'll save you a [G] buck, sure, but it might also just make [Eb] you [Bb] a [Am] better engineer.
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