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Old July 6th 03, 02:34 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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Default simple portable digital recorder for speech?

In article , Glenn Booth
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Hi,

In message , tony sayer
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Try shoving the mike under the piano. Dunno if this works but some well
respected recording eng in the 60's reckoned it was good.


Putting a microphone underneath, aimed (if it's directional) towards the
soundboard can work well, but like most recording techniques it needs
experimentation as it will vary a lot between instruments.

I would personally wander around with a finger in one ear until it
sounds nice, then play around with positioning the microphone near that
position, while listening on headphones. That's kind of hard from the
underneath though :-)


Actually I think he meant right underneath, on the floor not just under
the soundboard!...
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Tony Sayer