Does anyone have any ideas on how to create the HUGE acoustic guitar sound that is in the movie Brokeback mountain. I have never heard anything like it before. Thanks Super Kristen

Not having seen the film I can't vouch for the sound but Google says Youtube says podx3 can do it: Sounds like a bunch of reverb to me.

Just plug the soundhole......

Here's a less than helpful thread on getting that "brokeback" sound from the folks at gearslutz:

The beginning of the youtube link sounded a lot like it, then it started to less "acousticy". If the sound was on a true acoustic guitar it would have probably nailed the sound. The gearsluttz link, amidst all the "non-related" comments, gave a little advice as well. At this point I think I would have to record a few acoustic guitar passages. And play around with the reverb and boominess (feedback?) of the recording to try to get that sound. But I can feel that there is something else going on besides the reverb, but I can't figure it out. Super Kristen

sounds like a big reverb and a delay in the youtube pod video, i suppose thats the sound of cowboys kissing ;) if i kiss a man i'll expect at least a heavily 'verbed whipcrack :D

Buy yourself a really big guitar and a really big mic . . . ;) Try micing it close and using a room mic in a decent sounding room. Add a touch of reverb to the close mic and blend the room to taste.

Look in the Reaper Manual on how to split the sound of an acoustic guitar into 3 or 4 dedicated frequency bands on separate tracks that are then panned across the stereo field.This is a psychoacoustic trick used by many studios.

stereo micing (ribbons or really good condensers) a really good guitar Sometimes you can use a Small diaphragm condenser AND a large diaphragm condenser together.. a small bit of hall reverb light compression

good advice above. - slight compression - maybe stereo miking - alternatively, if you really want to give room to the guitar: record two passages of the same tracks in mono and pan/eq them as desired. this gives you a natural "chorus" effect that makes tunes sounding fuller. - maybe a tad of chorus fx (many of the "pimped" pop acoustic guitar tracks use it) - a bit of delay (you can also use a stero delay on a mono source to make the sound bigger) - a bit (!) of reverb - most importantly: experiment with the mic position! the differences are extreme. good luck and have fun