RACHEL!
random
i imagine that the only living thing is yes.
Posts: 1,474
|
Post by RACHEL! on Jul 23, 2005 11:50:03 GMT -5
Wonderful, thank you. This whole recording thing is pretty intimidating. Estoy muy nerviosa.
|
|
|
Post by sleepyhead on Jul 23, 2005 21:59:36 GMT -5
emusician.com/tutorials/that's a link to some tutorials published by electronic musician magazine. you can just look through them and see if they have anything to answer questions and what not..
|
|
cifirrekcuT
Post Whore
Thanks. You'll be missed.
Posts: 2,168
|
Post by cifirrekcuT on Aug 8, 2005 2:26:32 GMT -5
you'll need a good condenser mic. maybe two. run them through some mic preamps and into a mixer into your computer. that's the ideal way, i think. condensers are really expensive though (the mics used for "silk rope" were some pretty nice stereo condensers. i used cheaper condensers on la bonne vie vous). i think alfonso has a condenser that he's trying to get rid of that you could buy off of him for a cheap price. if not, you could probably borrow the mic and other stuff from him if you ask nicely. what i did with the two mic set up is i opened the "hatch/door" whatever you want to call the opening to the piano, and i put one mic at the low end and one at the high end. then you could probably do something cool like panning the right mic to the right and the left to the left so the low end goes in one ear and the high in another, or even just flip that around. you still want to capture the middle, so angle them in a way. also watch your eq and mic placement, as the bassier, lower tones of the low end of the piano may cause peaking if the mic is too close. also, if it is not close enough the piano is too quiet and isn't as clear. that's what little amateurish knowledge i have, i'm sure tim would be a bigger help. No, this is great. Since you specified grand piano, what I would find best is three mics; one pointing at each the low and high ends later to be panned hard left right (for more separation, make the angle between their paths narrower). But with this x-y micing technique, you have to make sure the mics are the same distance from their target. Otherwise you run the risk of phase problems which are a real pain in the ass. I'd keep these mics about 3 feet from the source. As for the third mic, I'd place it about 12 feet away pointing as much to the middle of the strings as you can for the very big sound and natural verb that makes grand pianos so appealing. This distance again might have to be adjusted if something sounds funny and inexplicable (phase interference). I'd use large diaphragm condensors for each placement. They come pretty cheap now.
|
|